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Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2003 Aug;3(4):427-32. doi: 10.1586/14737167.3.4.427.

Cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices.

Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

Jeffrey A Morgan, Mehmet C Oz

Affiliations

  1. Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, Milstein Hospital 7GN-435, NY 10032, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19807452 DOI: 10.1586/14737167.3.4.427

Abstract

Implantable left ventricular assist devices are expensive both in terms of the actual device cost and postoperative care. These devices have been successfully used in numerous life saving indications but their cost and cost efficacy remains unclear. This report reviews these issues focusing on device, in-hospital, and posthospitalization costs.

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