Cost‐effectiveness analysis of adult living‐donor liver transplantation in Japan

• Published in: Hepatology research Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 465 - 478
• Main Authors: Tajima, Tetsuya, Shin, Jung‐Ho, Kunisawa, Susumu, Sasaki, Noriko, Hata, Koichiro, Fushimi, Kiyohide, Hatano, Etsuro, Imanaka, Yuichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2024
• Subjects: Child–Pugh; conservative management; cost‐effectiveness; economic; Liver diseases; Liver transplantation; Liver transplants; living donor; Markov chains; Public health; Japan; cost‐effectiveness; living donor; Child–Pugh; conservative management; economic; liver transplantation

Aim Living‐donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a highly effective life‐saving procedure; however, it requires substantial medical resources, and the cost‐effectiveness of LDLT versus conservative management (CM) for adult patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD) remains unclear in Japan. Metho...