Health care overbooking cost minimization model [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Challenges in the health care industry have confounded the provision of quality services for patients. Among many relevant concerns, the drive for cost-effectiveness and efficient care have placed considerable pressure on public health care systems and ...
Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom
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Cost Minimization Analysis of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy [PDF]
Current Oncology, 2021 Early-stage breast cancer patients comprise a large proportion of patients treated with radiotherapy in Canada. Proponents have suggested that five-fraction hypofractionated radiotherapy for these patients would result in significant cost savings.
Hannah L. Yaremko +5 more
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Restoration ecology: two-sex dynamics and cost minimization. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 We model a spatially detailed, two-sex population dynamics, to study the cost of ecological restoration. We assume that cost is proportional to the number of individuals introduced into a large habitat.
Ferenc Molnár +3 more
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Maintenance Cost Minimization for an Agricultural Harvesting Gripper [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 A crucial aspect that has to be considered in all fields and, especially, in smart farming, a rapidly developing industry, is maintenance. Due to the costs generated by both under-maintaining and over-maintaining the components of a system, a balance has
Florina Maria Șerdean +2 more
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The death of cost-minimization analysis? [PDF]
Health Economics, 2001 Four different types of evaluation methods, cost-benefit analysis (CBA), cost-utility analysis (CUA), cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-minimization analysis (CMA), are usually distinguished. In this note, we pronounce the (near) death of CMA by
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Resources Utilization Assessment and Cost-Minimization Analysis of the 6-Monthly Formulation of Triptorelin in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer in China [PDF]
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes ResearchYing Chen,1 Jiahua Pan,2 Yan Zhong,3 Bin Wu,1 Mengxia Yan,4 Ruiyun Zhang2 1Clinical Research Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Urology, Renji Hospital,
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Cost minimization analysis of a hexavalent vaccine in Argentina [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Argentina currently uses a pentavalent vaccine containing diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whole cell), Haemophilus influenza type b and hepatitis B antigens, administered concomitantly with the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) (DTwP-Hib-HB plus
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Cost minimization analysis of nasopharyngoscope reprocessing in community practice [PDF]
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2023 Background Reprocessing of nasopharyngoscopes represents a large financial burden to community physicians. The aim of this study was to perform a cost analysis of nasopharyngoscope reprocessing methods at the community level.
Ameen Biadsee +3 more
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Cost minimization analysis of digital-first healthcare pathways in primary care [PDF]
npj Digital MedicineA retrospective, registry-based cost-minimization analysis assessing whether initiating minor acute primary care episodes via a digital-first pathway reduces costs compared to traditional care in a Finnish setting.
Alexandra Dahlberg +3 more
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The Protein Cost of Metabolic Fluxes: Prediction from Enzymatic Rate Laws and Cost Minimization.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2016 Bacterial growth depends crucially on metabolic fluxes, which are limited by the cell's capacity to maintain metabolic enzymes. The necessary enzyme amount per unit flux is a major determinant of metabolic strategies both in evolution and bioengineering.
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