CMAJ June 20, 2006; 174 (13). doi:10.1503/cmaj.051104.
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Cost-effectiveness of self-managed versus physician-managed oral anticoagulation therapy
Dean A. Regier,
Rubina Sunderji,
Larry D. Lynd,
Kenneth Gin and
Carlo A. Marra
From the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (Regier, Lynd, Marra), the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Sunderji, Lynd, Marra), and the University of British Columbia Post-graduate Cardiology Training Program and Faculty of Medicine (Gin), University of British Columbia; and CSU Pharmaceutical Sciences (Sunderji) and the Coronary Care Unit and Echocardiography Laboratory (Gin), Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC

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Fig. 1: Joint density of the incremental costs and benefits of each of the 20 000 simulated cost-effectiveness ratios.
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Fig. 2: Cost-effectiveness acceptability curve of maximum willingness to pay for self-managed anticoagulation therapy versus physician-managed anticoagulation therapy.
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