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Decreasing alloimmunization‐specific mortality in sickle cell disease in the United States: Cost‐effectiveness of a shared transfusion resource
Ito S, Pandya A, Hauser R, Krishnamurti L, Stites E, Tormey C, Krumholz H, Hendrickson J, Goshua G. Decreasing alloimmunization‐specific mortality in sickle cell disease in the United States: Cost‐effectiveness of a shared transfusion resource. American Journal Of Hematology 2024, 99: 570-576. PMID: 38279581, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseDelayed hemolytic transfusion reactionQuality-adjusted life expectancyAlloimmunized patientsPatient populationRed blood cell alloimmunizationCell diseaseCost-effective interventionMedical expenditure of patientsHealth system perspectiveExpenditure of patientsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioHemolytic transfusion reactionsUnited StatesMarkov cohort simulationCost-effectiveAverage patient populationCost-effectiveness ratioBirth cohortAnalytical time horizonAntibody historyCohort simulationTransfusionTransfusion reactionsLife expectancy
2023
Allotransplantation and Gene Therapy Equity for Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Distributional Cost-Effectiveness of Allotransplantation Vs Gene Therapy Vs Standard-of-Care in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States
Goshua G, Ito S, Chetlapalli K, Potnis K, Calhoun C, Krishnamurti L, Krumholz H, Pandya A. Allotransplantation and Gene Therapy Equity for Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Distributional Cost-Effectiveness of Allotransplantation Vs Gene Therapy Vs Standard-of-Care in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States. Blood 2023, 142: 490. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-191072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioDistributional cost-effectiveness analysisPediatric patientsCell diseaseCost-effectiveness analysisDisease severityHealth resource utilization dataPediatric Health Information SystemGene therapyJustifiable treatment optionTransplant-related mortalityVaso-occlusive crisisExpert clinical experienceMarrow Transplant ResearchSubstantial mortality riskVisual analog scaleQuality-adjusted life expectancyConcomitant riskCost-effectiveness ratioResource utilization dataCost-effectiveness frontierHost diseaseMaximum patientsOpioid therapy