Skip to main content
Top
Published in: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 3/2013

01-06-2013 | Correspondence

Cost Effectiveness of Guanfacine Extended-Release Versus Atomoxetine for the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Application of a Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison

Authors: Carlos I. Alatorre, Virginia Haynes, Douglas Faries, Himanshu Upadhyaya, Douglas Kelsey

Published in: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy | Issue 3/2013

Login to get access

Excerpt

In the November 1, 2012 issue of the Applied Health Economics and Health Policy journal, Erder et al. [1] discussed the cost effectiveness of guanfacine extended-release (GXR) versus atomoxetine (ATX) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using a matching-adjusted indirect comparison. We would like to alert you that, after careful review of this article, we noticed a couple of data inaccuracies in the reporting of publicly available ATX data that met the inclusion criteria for trial selection for the indirect comparison. …
Literature
1.
go back to reference Erder MH, Xie J, Signorovitch JE, Chen KS, Hodgkins P, Lu M, Wu EQ, Sikirica V. Cost effectiveness of guanfacine extended-release versus atomoxetine for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: application of a matching-adjusted indirect comparison. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2012;10(6):381–95.PubMedCrossRef Erder MH, Xie J, Signorovitch JE, Chen KS, Hodgkins P, Lu M, Wu EQ, Sikirica V. Cost effectiveness of guanfacine extended-release versus atomoxetine for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: application of a matching-adjusted indirect comparison. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2012;10(6):381–95.PubMedCrossRef
2.
go back to reference Michelson D, Faries D, Wernicke J, Kelsey D, Atomoxetine ADHD Study Group, et al. Atomoxetine in the treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-response study. Pediatrics. 2001;108(5):E83.PubMedCrossRef Michelson D, Faries D, Wernicke J, Kelsey D, Atomoxetine ADHD Study Group, et al. Atomoxetine in the treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-response study. Pediatrics. 2001;108(5):E83.PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Cost Effectiveness of Guanfacine Extended-Release Versus Atomoxetine for the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Application of a Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison
Authors
Carlos I. Alatorre
Virginia Haynes
Douglas Faries
Himanshu Upadhyaya
Douglas Kelsey
Publication date
01-06-2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1175-5652
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1896
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-013-0024-2

Other articles of this Issue 3/2013

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 3/2013 Go to the issue