Abstract:was adapted to the Portuguese setting to evaluate the cost-effectiveness (CEA) of linezolid vs.vancomycin in MRSA cSSTI. Methods: Published Bayesian evidence synthesis results were used to populate efficacy parameters of the model. Resource utilization and MRSA prevalence rates were obtained through an expert panel of Portuguese clinicians and costs from published sources were applied to resource units. Analyses were done from the Portuguese NHS perspective. Both univariate and probabilistic sensitivity analys… Show more
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