Should Health-Care Systems Pay for Replacement Therapy in Patients With Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency? A Critical Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Stephan A. Alkins, MD and Patrick O'Malley, MD, MPH From the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service (Dr. Alkins) and the Department of Internal Medicine (Dr. O'Malley), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Disclosures

CHEST. 2000;117(3)

Footnotes

Abbreviations: alpha1-AT = alpha1-antitrypsin; LE = life expectancy; LEtreated = life expectancy of treated subjects; LEuntreated = life expectancy of untreated subjects; NIH = National Institutes of Health

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense.

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