Amoxicillin Is the Most Cost-Effective Therapy for Acute Otitis Media: The Culmination of 40 Years of Research

In this volume of The Journal, Shaikh et al1 report "bang for the buck" rankings for 5 management options for acute otitis media (AOM). Two aspects should interest readers: (1) "cost-utility analysis," a complex but increasingly used method to judge whether the balance between benefits and adverse events justify the overall socioeconomic and treatment costs, and (2) confirmation of AOM guideline recommendations based on decades of increasingly rigorous science.

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