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Technologies to Support Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia: A Position Paper on Issues Regarding Development, Usability, Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness, Deployment, and Ethics

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2017
Background With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging.
F. Meiland, A. Innes, G. Mountain, L. Robinson, Henriëtte Geralde Van der Roest, J. A. García-Casal, D. Gove, Jochen René Thyrian, S. Evans, R. Dröes, Fiona Kelly, A. Kurz, Dympna Casey, D. Szcześniak, T. Dening, Michael P. Craven, M. Span, Heike Felzmann, M. Tsolaki, M. Franco-Martin   +19 more
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Evaluation of the appropriate use of chest CT-Scans in the diagnosis of hospitalized patients in shiraz teaching hospitals, Southern Iran

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Purpose During recent years, overuse of medical imaging especially computed tomography has become a serious concern. We evaluated the suitable usage of chest computed tomography (CT)-scan, in patients hospitalized in emergency and medical wards of two ...
Ramiz Kamrani, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Seyed Masoom Masoompour, Seiyed Mohammad Ali Ghayumi, Reza Jalli, Sepideh Khederzadeh, Amirhossein Erfani   +6 more
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Global bibliometric analysis of cost effectiveness analysis in healthcare research from 2013 to 2023

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Background Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) has become a crucial technique in appraising the efficiency of healthcare interventions and resource allocation decisions.
Kemdi Lugard Okoroiwu, Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu, Love Ogochukwu Ude, Chidimma Odilia Ezuma, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Omeje   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a single home-based fall prevention program: a prospective observational study based on questionnaires and claims data

BMC Geriatrics
Background Fall prevention programmes are essential interventions in societies with aging populations. This study assessed the fall rate and other health outcomes, as well as the cost-effectiveness of a home-based fall prevention programme for community ...
Karin Niedermann, André Meichtry, Barbara Zindel, Markus J. Ernst, Valérie Krafft, Renato Mattli, Irina Nast, Simon Wieser, Markus Wirz, Beatrice Brunner   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost of clinical events in health economic evaluations in Germany: a systematic review

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2012
Guidance from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) on cost estimation in cost–benefit assessments in Germany acknowledges the need for standardization of costing methodology.
Scheuringer Monika, Sahakyan Narine, Krobot Karl J, Ulrich Volker   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Iran: findings from a general population study

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background There are large gaps in health and well-being among different groups of the society. Socioeconomic factors play a significant role in determining the health status of the society.
Soraya Nouraei Motlagh, Zahra Asadi Piri, Heshmatollah Asadi, Razyeh Bajoulvand, Satar Rezaei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The cost of antiretroviral therapy in Haiti

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2008
Background We determined direct medical costs, overhead costs, societal costs, and personnel requirements for the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients with AIDS in Haiti.
Fitzgerald Daniel W, Atwood Sidney, Severe Patrice, Leger Paul, Riviere Cynthia, Koenig Serena P, Pape Jean W, Schackman Bruce R   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting a review of the benefits package of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background Although Ghana is lauded for its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), concerns exist about the scheme’s functioning and sustainability.
Heleen Vellekoop, Emmanuel Odame, Jessica Ochalek   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers.

Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina, 2016
BACKGROUND Extensive evidence shows that well over 50% of people prefer to be cared for and to die at home provided circumstances allow choice. Despite best efforts and policies, one-third or less of all deaths take place at home in many countries of the
M. Ventura
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic evaluations of non-communicable disease interventions in developing countries: a critical review of the evidence base

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2006
Background Demographic projections suggest a major increase in non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality over the next two decades in developing countries.
Walker Damian, Mulligan Jo-Ann, Fox-Rushby Julia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source