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Portable continuous wave Doppler ultrasound for primary healthcare in South Africa: can the EUnetHTA Core Model guide evaluation before technology adoption?

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2021
Background This study had a threefold aim: to test the value of stakeholder involvement in HTA to reduce evidence gaps and interpret findings; and to assess a medical device by applying the EUnetHTA Core Model (CM) in South Africa and thus ultimately ...
Debjani Mueller, Robert C. Pattinson, Tsakane M. Hlongwane, Reinhard Busse, Dimitra Panteli   +4 more
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Budget impact analysis of lens material on the posterior capsule opacification (PCO) as a complication after the cataract surgery

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2020
Background Over 300,000 cataract operations are performed in Poland every year, and the most common, late complication of cataract removal surgery is posterior capsule opacification (PCO). The risk of PCO depends on the lens material. Hydrophobic acrylic
Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek, Iwona Grabska-Liberek, Aleksandra Opala, Marta Słomka, Michał Chrobot   +4 more
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for nine diseases in Iran: insight from an interrupted time series analysis

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background Associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and hospitalizations have not been studied Iran. This study aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for nine categories of disease in seven public hospitals in ...
Sina Ahmadi, Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Nasim Badiee, Sarah Byford, Ali Mohammadi, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Satar Rezaei   +6 more
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A qualitative study on patient-centered care and perceptions of nurses regarding primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background Patient-centered care (PCC) approach has continued to gain recognition globally as the key to providing quality healthcare. However, this concept is not fully integrated into the management of primary health care (PHC) in existing nursing ...
Monsurat Adepeju Lateef, Euphemia Mbali Mhlongo   +1 more
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An ex-ante cost-utility analysis of the deemed consent legislation compared to expressed consent for kidney transplantations in Nova Scotia

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background This study was an ex-ante cost-utility analysis of deemed consent legislation for deceased organ donation in Nova Scotia, a province in Canada. The legislation became effective in January 2021.
Prosper Koto, Karthik Tennankore, Amanda Vinson, Kristina Krmpotic, Matthew J. Weiss, Chris Theriault, Stephen Beed   +6 more
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Likelihood of residential aged care use in later life: a simple approach to estimation with international comparison

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: In New Zealand (NZ), place of death among decedents aged 65+ years has been reported as residential aged care (RAC, 38%), acute hospital (34%) or elsewhere (28%). However, lifetime risk of use of RAC (or nursing homes) is unknown.
Joanna B. Broad, Toni Ashton, Merryn Gott, Heather McLeod, Peter B. Davis, Martin J. Connolly   +5 more
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Title: the impact of a pilot integrated care model on the quality and costs of inpatient care among chinese elderly: a difference-in-difference analysis of repeated cross-sectional data

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background Recently, integrated care has received tremendous popularity in China, a leading example of which is the Luohu model. In the present analysis, we aimed to examine the impacts of the Luohu model on the quality and costs of inpatient care ...
Zhaojia Ye, Yawen Jiang
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Assessing the external validity of model-based estimates of the incidence of heart attack in England: a modelling study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background The DisMod II model is designed to estimate epidemiological parameters on diseases where measured data are incomplete and has been used to provide estimates of disease incidence for the Global Burden of Disease study.
Peter Scarborough, Kate Smolina, Anja Mizdrak, Linda Cobiac, Adam Briggs   +4 more
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A pragmatic clinical trial of hearing screening in primary care clinics: cost-effectiveness of hearing screening

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background Hearing loss is a high prevalence condition among older adults, is associated with higher-than-average risk for poor health outcomes and quality of life, and is a public health concern to individuals, families, communities, professionals ...
Judy R. Dubno, Pranab Majumder, Janet Prvu Bettger, Rowena J. Dolor, Victoria Eifert, Howard W. Francis, Carl F. Pieper, Kristine A. Schulz, Mina Silberberg, Sherri L. Smith, Amy R. Walker, David L. Witsell, Debara L. Tucci   +12 more
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Effects of prescription restrictive interventions on antibiotic procurement in primary care settings: a controlled interrupted time series study in China

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background The overuse of antibiotics has been identified as a major challenge in regard to the rational prescription of medicines in low and middle income countries.
Yuqing Tang, Chaojie Liu, Zinan Zhang, Xinping Zhang   +3 more
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