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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/95071, first published .
Doctor using a stethoscope to listen to an elderly woman's heart in a hospital room.

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Age-Specific N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Thresholds for Heart Failure Diagnosis in China: Protocol for a Markov Model–Based Study

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Age-Specific N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Thresholds for Heart Failure Diagnosis in China: Protocol for a Markov Model–Based Study

Authors of this article:

Changyuan Liu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jing Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Shuangning Ding1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yongze Li1 Author Orcid Image

Changyuan Liu   1 * , MD ;   Jing Wang   1 * , MD ;   Shuangning Ding   1 , MD ;   Yongze Li   1 , PhD

1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Diseases, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Yongze Li, PhD
  • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology
  • National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Diseases
  • First Hospital of China Medical University
  • No. 155, Nanjing Bei street
  • Shenyang, Liaoning 110001
  • China
  • Phone: 86 13840140101
  • Email: yzli87@cmu.edu.cn