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NIHR Journals Library, Health Technology Assessment, 48(10), 2006
DOI: 10.3310/hta10480
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Evaluation of the ventricular assist device programme in the UK.
Journal article published in 2006 by
L. Sharples,
M. Buxton,
N. Caine,
F. Cafferty 
,
N. Demiris,
M. Dyer,
C. Freeman
,
N. Demiris,
M. Dyer,
C. Freeman
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Abstract
To summarise the relevant clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness literature, to collect data on survival, transplantation rates, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and resource use for ventricular assist device (VAD) and non-VAD transplant candidates in the UK, and to construct cost-effectiveness and cost-utility models of VADs in a UK context. Also to investigate the factors that drive costs and survival.