Author: Thawatchai Leelahanaj
Year: 2002
Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 47 No.2 April-June 2002. P. 110
Objective to introduce a model of cost-effectiveness analysis by comparing the use of lithium alone with the use of lithium plus carbamazepine to treat bipolar disorder. Results The cost of using lithuim alone to treat patients with bipolar disorder was higher than the cost of using lithium alone to treat patients with bipolar disorder was higher than the cost of using lithium tofether with carbamazepine which was 13% lower In addition,sensitivity analysis revealed that using lithium with ca...