Methods to include environmental impacts in a cost-effectiveness analysis: a case study of PET/CT surveillance imaging after treatment for stage III melanoma

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate how including environmental impacts affects cost-effectiveness analysis in melanoma treatment.
• Conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of PET/CT imaging
• Assessed various monetary values for carbon emissions
• Compared results with and without integrated environmental methods
• Integrated methods significantly changed the cost-effectiveness results
• Higher monetary values for carbon emissions influenced the analysis outcome
• The base case analysis was meaningfully altered by including environmental impacts