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Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis [PDF]

Medical Decision Making, 2015
Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA) is a framework for incorporating health inequality concerns into the economic evaluation of health sector interventions. In this tutorial, we describe the technical details of how to conduct DCEA, using an illustrative example comparing alternative ways of implementing the National Health Service (NHS)
Asaria, Miqdad, Griffin, Susan, Cookson, Richard   +2 more
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Economics of tandem mass spectrometry screening of neonatal inherited disorders [PDF]

, 2006
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of neonatal screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) and medium-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency using tandem mass spectrometry (tandem MS). Methods: A systematic review
Beverley, C., Chilcott, J., Eastham, J., Paisley, S., Pandor, A.   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for patients with advanced heart failure : analysis of the British NHS Bridge to Transplant (BTT) program [PDF]

, 2001
Background: A previous cost-effectiveness analysis showed that bridge to transplant (BTT) with early design left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for advanced heart failure was more expensive than medical management while appearing less beneficial ...
Aileen Clarke, Ruth Pulikottil-Jacob, Martin Connock, Gaurav Suri, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, Nicholas R. Banner, Paul Sutcliffe, Aaronson, Garber, Weinstein, Slaughter, Temple, MacGowan, Clegg, Clegg, Sharples, Sharples, Sharples, Slaughter, Sharples, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Gohler, Rogers, Personal social services research unit, Briggs, Levy, Schaffer, Strueber, Rose, Stevenson, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Moreno, Pagani   +33 more
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Current Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Cost-Effectiveness in Glaucoma Pharmacotherapy: A Glaucoma Specialists Focus Group Study. [PDF]

, 2020
Background:Rising healthcare costs motivate continued cost-reduction efforts. To help lower costs associated with open-angle glaucoma (OAG), a prevalent, progressive disease with substantial direct and indirect costs, clinicians need to understand the ...
Cioffi, George A, Feldman, Robert M, Feldman, Robert M, Liebmann, Jeffrey M, Weinreb, Robert N   +4 more
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Moving beyond a limited follow-up in cost-effectiveness analyses of behavioral interventions [PDF]

, 2012
Background Cost-effectiveness analyses of behavioral interventions typically use a dichotomous outcome criterion. However, achieving behavioral change is a complex process involving several steps towards a change in behavior.
Braakman-Jansen, Louise M.A., Christenhusz, Lieke C.A., Palen, Job van der, Pieterse, Marcel E., Prenger, Rilana, Seydel, Erwin R.   +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis for trigeminal neuralgia: Cyberknife vs microvascular decompression

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2008
Rosanna Tarricone1, Giovanni Aguzzi1, Francesco Musi1, Laura Fariselli2, Andrea Casasco31Economic Evaluation Area, CERGAS Centre for Research on Healthcare Management-Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; 2Radiotherapy Department, Carlo Besta National ...
Rosanna Tarricone, Giovanni Aguzzi, Francesco Musi, Laura Fariselli, Andrea Casasco   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis in oncology

Annals of Oncology, 1998
Physicians are faced with a burgeoning literature of economic studies. However, most physicians have little training in evaluating economic research. Economic studies involve a comparison of the costs and benefits of alternative treatment options. To be of use for medical decision making, they should meet appropriate methodological standards.
W. K. Evans, Doug Coyle, Craig C. Earle
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of intranasal live attenuated vaccine (LAIV) versus injectable inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) for Canadian children and adolescents

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2012
Jean-Eric Tarride,1,2 Natasha Burke,1,2 Camilla Von Keyserlingk,1,2 Daria O'Reilly,1,2 Feng Xie,1,2 Ron Goeree1,21Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton ...
Tarride JE, Burke N, Von Keyserlingk C, O'Reilly D, Xie F, Goeree R   +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness of linezolid to ventilator-associated pneumonia in Colombia

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a prominent cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Due to the increase in Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, it is important to consider other more
Jefferson Antonio Buendía, Diana Guerrero Patiño, Andrés Felipe Zuluaga Salazar   +2 more
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A trial-based economic evaluation of the Restore4Stroke self-management intervention compared to an education-based intervention for stroke patients and their partners

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Since stroke survivors are increasingly responsible for managing stroke-related changes in their own health and lifestyle, self-management skills are required.
Ghislaine A. P. G. van Mastrigt, Mitchel van Eeden, Caroline M. van Heugten, Nienke Tielemans, Vera P. M. Schepers, Silvia M. A. A. Evers   +5 more
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