Cost-Utility Analysis of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Ontario.

CONCLUSION: From a societal perspective utilizing a lifetime horizon, rTMS is a cost-effective first-line treatment option for TRD relative to ECT, as it is less expensive and produces better health outcomes. The reduced side effect profile and greater patient acceptability of rTMS that allow it to be administered more times than ECT in a patient's lifetime may contribute to its cost-effectiveness.
PMID: 31801363 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - December 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fitzgibbon KP, Plett D, Chan BCF, Hancock-Howard R, Coyte PC, Blumberger DM Tags: Can J Psychiatry Source Type: research