Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μοντέλο Αλυσίδας Markov στην Οικονομική της Υγείας	Ανάλυση Κόστους-Αποτελεσματικότητας (CEA)
Πεδίο	Οικονομικά της Υγείας	Οικονομικά της Υγείας
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1983	1984
Δημιουργός	Beck & Pauker (medical decision analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital)	Drummond & Stoddart (Health Economics Research Group, McMaster University)
Τύπος	Method	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Beck, J. R., & Pauker, S. G. (1983). The Markov Process in Medical Prognosis. Medical Decision Making, 3(4), 419-458.	Gold, M. R., Siegel, J. E., Russell, L. B., & Weinstein, M. C. (Eds.). (1996). Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Markov model, state transition model, cohort simulation	CEA, ICER, Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	A Markov model is a decision-analytic tool that simulates disease progression through defined health states over time, calculating cumulative costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to enable cost-effectiveness analysis. Developed by Beck and Pauker in 1983, Markov models are now the standard framework for projecting long-term outcomes of health interventions, especially chronic diseases where patients transition between clinical states (treatment response, disease progression, remission, death). Used by health technology assessment bodies and pharmaceutical companies to predict intervention value beyond trial duration.	Cost-effectiveness analysis compares the incremental cost per unit of health benefit gained by one intervention relative to a comparator (standard care or best alternative). Developed rigorously in the 1980s by Drummond, Stoddart, and colleagues, CEA is now the standard framework for technology appraisal globally. NICE, HAS, CADTH, and other health technology assessment bodies use CEA to decide which treatments warrant public funding and at what price.