University of Twente Student Theses
Cost-effectiveness analysis of 68GA-NODAGA-EXENDIN-4 PET/CT for localizing insulinomas
Gramsbergen, Maarten J.E. (2023) Cost-effectiveness analysis of 68GA-NODAGA-EXENDIN-4 PET/CT for localizing insulinomas.
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Abstract: | Thesis is aimed at determining the cost-effectiveness of a Dutch care pathway that incorporates 68GANODAGA-EXENDIN-4 PET/CT (from now on referred to as Exendin), a newly developed medical imaging technique for localizing insulinomas. Insulinomas are neuroendocrine tumors that can form in the pancreatic beta cells and are the main cause of a condition called adult endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (AHH). Current imaging techniques are e.g. CT, MRI and DOTA. Exendin has a better accuracy, but is more expensive than current imaging techniques and during this thesis I will attempt to determine if a care pathway incorporating Exendin is more cost-effective at the relevant willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold in the Netherlands. The cost-effectiveness will be determined by finding the average net monetary benefit (NMB) at the relevant Dutch WTP of the current care pathway and of four care pathway variants incorporating Exendin. |
Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
Clients: | Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
Subject: | 44 medicine |
Programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management MSc (60029) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95941 |
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