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Cost effectiveness of outpatient lumbar discectomy [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Microdiscectomy is the most commonly performed spine surgery and the first transitioning for outpatient settings. However, this transition was never studied, in what comes to cost-utility assessment.
Fonseca, JA, Sousa-Pinto, B, Linhares, D, Ribeiro-da-Silva, M, Conceição, F, Sousa, A, Neves, N   +6 more
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Abstract Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a form of economic evaluation concerned with efficiency: that is, with achieving the most for the resources (“value for money”). This chapter explains the appeal and relevance of CEA and describes its use in localized and strategic decision-making.
Lauer, Jeremy, Bertram, Melanie, Morton, Alec   +2 more
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Heterogeneity in health funding and disparities in health outcome: a comparison between high focus and non-high focus states in India

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2023
Background The Central Government of India introduced the National Health Mission (NHM) in 2005 to improve health outcomes by enhancing publicly financed (government) health expenditure and health infrastructure at the state level.
Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, Deepak Kumar Behera   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Using and interpreting cost-effectiveness acceptability curves: an example using data from a trial of management strategies for atrial fibrillation [PDF]

, 2006
Background: The cost-effectiveness acceptability curve (CEAC) is a method for summarizing the uncertainty in estimates of cost-effectiveness. The CEAC, derived from the joint distribution of costs and effects, illustrates the (Bayesian) probability ...
Deborah A Marshall, Levy, Adrian R, Nichol, G., Fenwick Elisabeth, Adrian R Levy, Fenwick, E., Graham Nichol, Elisabeth Fenwick, Marshall, Deborah A, Nichol, Graham, Marshall, D.A., Levy, A.R., Levy Adrian R, Marshall Deborah A, Nichol Graham, Fenwick, Elisabeth   +15 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of two routine therapeutic methods for Helicobacter pylori eradication: A Persian cohort-based study

, 2021
Aim: This study aimed to analyze the cost-effectiveness of two routine therapeutic methods for H. pylori eradication in Iran Background: Because of the importance of Helicobacter pylori (H.
Pourfarzi, Farhad, Moghadam, Telma Zahirian, Yazdanbod, Abbas, Zandian, Hamed, Malekzadeh, Reza   +4 more
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Cost-effective clustering [PDF]

Computer Physics Communications, 2001
Small Beowulf clusters can effectively serve as personal or group supercomputers. In such an environment, a cluster can be optimally designed for a specific problem (or a small set of codes). We discuss how theoretical analysis of the code and benchmarking on similar hardware lead to optimal systems.
openaire   +3 more sources

Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source