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SUBMITTER: Zhang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687655 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Ting T Xiang Jie J Cui Bota B He Zhi Z Li Pan P Chen Hai H Xu Lijuan L Ji Guozhong G Nie Yongzhan Y Wu Kaichun K Fan Daiming D Huang Guangming G Bai Jianling J Zhang Faming F
Oncotarget 20171004 51
There is a lack of health economics evidence on the use of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness before (with conventional therapy) and after introducing FMT for treating IBD. 104 patients with IBD received FMT were recruited. Health status was evaluated by European dimension health table (ED-5Q). Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) and net monetary benefit (NB) were calculated by different age grou ...[more]