Estimating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of establishing additional endovascular Thrombectomy stroke Centres in England: a discrete event simulation

• Main Authors: Peter McMeekin (Author), Darren Flynn (Author), Mike Allen (Author), Diarmuid Coughlan (Author), Gary A. Ford (Author), Hannah Lumley (Author), Joyce S. Balami (Author), Martin A. James (Author), Ken Stein (Author), David Burgess (Author), Phil White (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background We have previously modelled that the optimal number of comprehensive stroke centres (CSC) providing endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in England would be 30 (net 6 new centres). We now estimate the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of increasing the number of centres fr...