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Growth and Quality of the Cost–Utility Literature, 1976–2001

Overview of attention for article published in Value in Health (Elsevier Science), January 2005
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Title
Growth and Quality of the Cost–Utility Literature, 1976–2001
Published in
Value in Health (Elsevier Science), January 2005
DOI 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2005.04010.x
Pubmed ID
Authors

Peter J. Neumann, Dan Greenberg, Natalia V. Olchanski, Patricia W. Stone, Allison B. Rosen

Abstract

Cost-utility analyses (CUAs) have become increasingly popular, although questions persist about their comparability and credibility. Our objectives were to: 1) describe the growth and characteristics of CUAs published in the peer-reviewed literature through 2001; 2) investigate whether CUA quality has improved over time; 3) examine whether quality varies by the experience of journals in publishing CUAs, or the source of external funding for study investigators; and 4) examine changes in practices in US-based studies following recommendations of the US Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine (USPCEHM). This study updates and expands our previous work, which examined CUAs through 1997.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 4%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 69 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 21%
Researcher 14 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Professor 4 5%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 17 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 29%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 10 14%
Social Sciences 6 8%
Engineering 3 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 3%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 26 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2021.
All research outputs
#2,655,838
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Value in Health (Elsevier Science)
#419
of 4,140 outputs
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#6,782
of 151,229 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Value in Health (Elsevier Science)
#1
of 7 outputs
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