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A Bayesian approach to Markov modelling in cost-effectiveness analyses: application to taxane use in advanced breast cancer by N. J. Cooper, K. R. Abrams, A. J. Sutton, D. Turner and P. C. Lambert
J. R. Statist. Soc. A, 166 (2003), 389 - 405

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:
This is a WinBUGS program for evaluating the model described in the above paper. The first part of the program determines the parameters for the Markov model. Where more than one source of data are available meta-analyses are performed.

The second part of the program defines and evaluates the Markov model itself, which is split into four stages. Finally, the incremental costs and utilities are calculated and used to calculate the points for the acceptability curve. All data and initial values are provided.

Nicola Cooper
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Leicester
22 - 28 Princess Road West
Leicester
LE1 6TP
UK
E-mail: njc21@le.ac.uk

Dataset (WinBUGS program1.txt, 22kb)

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Statistics in Society

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Statistical Methodology

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Applied Statistics

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The Statistician