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A framework for quantifying net benefits of alternative prognostic models.
Stat. Med. 31, 114-130 (2012)
New prognostic models are traditionally evaluated using measures of discrimination and risk reclassification, but these do not take full account of the clinical and health economic context. We propose a framework for comparing prognostic models by quantifying the public health impact (net benefit) of the treatment decisions they support, assuming a set of predetermined clinical treatment guidelines. The change in net benefit is more clinically interpretable than changes in traditional measures and can be used in full health economic evaluations of prognostic models used for screening and allocating risk reduction interventions. We extend previous work in this area by quantifying net benefits in life years, thus linking prognostic performance to health economic measures; by taking full account of the occurrence of events over time; and by considering estimation and cross-validation in a multiple-study setting. The method is illustrated in the context of cardiovascular disease risk prediction using an individual participant data meta-analysis. We estimate the number of cardiovascular-disease-free life years gained when statin treatment is allocated based on a risk prediction model with five established risk factors instead of a model with just age, gender and region. We explore methodological issues associated with the multistudy design and show that cost-effectiveness comparisons based on the proposed methodology are robust against a range of modelling assumptions, including adjusting for competing risks.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
net benefit; cost-effectiveness; cardiovascular disease; meta-analysis; competing risks; screening strategies
Language
english
Publication Year
2012
HGF-reported in Year
2012
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0277-6715
e-ISSN
1097-0258
Journal
Statistics in Medicine
Quellenangaben
Volume: 31,
Issue: 2,
Pages: 114-130
Publisher
Wiley
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF-Topic(s)
30503 - Chronic Diseases of the Lung and Allergies
30202 - Environmental Health
30202 - Environmental Health
Research field(s)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP Element(s)
G-503900-001
G-504000-002
G-504000-002
PubMed ID
21905066
DOI
10.1002/sim.4362
WOS ID
WOS:000298595400002
Erfassungsdatum
2012-04-23