Immediate versus delayed breast reconstruction in breast cancer patients in Colombia: A costutility analysis

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Ana Helena Perea, Diego Rosselli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018
• Subjects: neoplasias de la mama; mastectomía radical modificada; mamoplastia; análisis costobeneficio; calidad de vida; Colombia; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Billing
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i3.3705; https://doaj.org/article/b3788ded4a3d40878a94e3277787b178

Introduction. Breast reconstruction, either immediate or delayed, is part of the treatment of breast cancer. Each country and health system pays for and evaluates these procedures in different ways. Thus, it is important to determine which strategy is most cost-effective in Colombia. Objective: To e...