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Modelling the cost effectiveness of interferon beta and glatiramer acetate in the management of multiple sclerosis [PDF]

, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of four disease modifying treatments (interferon betas and glatiramer acetate) for relapsing remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Modelling cost effectiveness.
Abrams, K., Chilcott, J., Claxton, K., Cooper, N.J., McCabe, C., O'Hagan, A., Tappenden, P.   +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
doaj   +1 more source

Cost effectiveness of treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration [PDF]

, 2011
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in people aged >= 50 years. Wet AMD in particular has a major impact on patient quality of life and imposes substantial burdens on healthcare systems.
Annemans, Lieven, Gallagher, Meghan, Mitchell, Paul, Thomas, Simu, White, Richard   +4 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Assessing Hygiene Cost-Effectiveness [PDF]

, 2011
This paper introduces "hygiene effectiveness levels" as a tool for standardized analysis of costs and outcomes of hygiene promotion interventions.
Alana Potter, Amelie Dube, Maarten van de Reep, Peter Burr   +3 more
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Does scale matter? Cost-effectiviness of agricultural nutrient abatement when target level varies [PDF]

, 2005
Agriculture is facing stringent requirements for nutrient loss reductions. These reductions should be done cost-effectively. For instance, the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) emphasizes cost-effectiveness in reaching good water status in ...
Iho, Antti
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Disease control programme support costs: an update of WHO-CHOICE methodology, price databases and quantity assumptions

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2017
Background Estimating health care costs, either in the context of understanding resource utilization in the implementation of a health plan, or in the context of economic evaluation, has become a common activity of health planners, health technology ...
Melanie Y. Bertram, Karin Stenberg, Callum Brindley, Jina Li, Juliana Serje, Rory Watts, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source