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Source of funding: This report was commissioned by the NIHR HTA Programme as project number
xxxxx STA.
Declared competing interests of the authors
None.
Acknowledgements
Professor Stansby, Professor of Vascular Surgery, School of Surgical & Reproductive Sciences,
Faculty of Medical sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne and Co-ordinating Editor of
the Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases group, provided advice and commented on the background
section of this report.
Dr. A. Ten Cate – Hoek, Department of Internal Medicine. Maastricht University Medical Center,
Maastricht, the Netherlands, provided advice and commented on the model structure and inputs.
Rider on responsibility for report
The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR
HTA Programme. Any errors are the responsibility of the authors.
This report should be referenced as follows:
Riemsma R, Joore M, Grutters J, Armstrong N, Misso K, Noake C, Tushabe DA, Deshpande S,
Severens JL, Kleijnen J. Apixaban for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in people
undergoing elective knee and hip replacement surgery: a Single Technology Appraisal. York:
Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd., 2011.
Contributions of authors
Rob Riemsma acted as project lead and systematic reviewer on this assessment, critiqued the clinical
effectiveness methods and evidence and contributed to the writing of the report. Manuela Joore acted
as health economic project lead, critiqued the manufacturer’s economic evaluation and contributed to
the writing of the report. Janneke Grutters acted as health economist on this assessment, critiqued the
manufacturer’s economic evaluation and contributed to the writing of the report. Nigel Armstrong
acted as health economist on this assessment, critiqued the manufacturer’s submission and contributed
to the writing of the report. Kate Misso and Caro Noake critiqued the search methods in the
submission and contributed to the writing of the report. Doreen Allen Tushabe and Sohan Deshpande
acted as systematic reviewers, critiqued the clinical effectiveness methods and evidence and
contributed to the writing of the report. Johan L. Severens critiqued the manufacturer’s definition of
the decision problem and their description of the underlying health problem and current service
provision, contributed to the writing of the report and supervised the health economic sections of the
report. Jos Kleijnen critiqued the manufacturer’s definition of the decision problem and their
description of the underlying health problem and current service provision, contributed to the writing
of the report and supervised the project.
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