Trastuzumab beyond progression: a cost-utility analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The continuation of trastuzumab beyond progression in combination with capecitabine as secondary chemotherapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) prolongs progression-free survival without a substantial increase in toxicity ...
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Risk Equity: A New Proposal [PDF]
, 2007 What does distributive justice require of risk regulators? Various executive orders enjoin health and safety regulators to take account of “distributive impacts,” “equity,” or “environmental justice,” and many scholars endorse these requirements.
Adler, Matthew D.
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ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2011 Hamid Reza Rasekh1, Ali Imani1, Mehran Karimi2, Mina Golestani11Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Management and Pharmacoeconomics, School of Pharmacy, Tehran, 2University of Shiraz Medical Sciences, Hematology ...
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Economic evaluation of emergency obstetric care training: a systematic review
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Training healthcare providers in Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) has been shown to be effective in improving their capacity to provide this critical care package for mothers and babies.
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas +3 more
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Study of Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center utility systems [PDF]
The results of an engineering study of potential energy saving utility system modifications for the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center are presented. The objective of the study was to define and analyze utility options that would provide facility energy
Huber, W. C., Redding, T. E.
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Challenges for Economic Evaluation of Health Care Strategies to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance
Antibiotics, 2019 The threat of antimicrobial resistance has global health and economic consequences. Medical strategies to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, to conserve the effectiveness of current antimicrobials in the long term, inevitably result in short-term
Emily A. F. Holmes, Dyfrig A. Hughes
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Rough volatility and portfolio optimisation under small transaction costs [PDF]
, 2019 The first chapter of the thesis presents the study of the linear-quadratic ergodic control problem of fractional Brownian motion. Ergodic control problems arise naturally in the context of small cost asymptotic expansion of utility maximisation problems ...
Schelling, Denis Matthias
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Cost-Utility Analysis of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Strategies for People Undergoing Elective Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Surgeries in the English National Health Service [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Major orthopedic surgery, such as elective total hip replacement (eTHR) and elective total knee replacement (eTKR), are associated with a higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) than other surgical procedures.
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a universal parenting skills programme in deprived communities : multicentre randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2013 Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and cost utility of a universally provided early years parenting programme. Design: Multicentre randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis.
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Favourable cost-benefit in an early defibrillation program using dual dispatch of ambulance and fire services in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]
Aims: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is fatal without treatment and time to defibrillation is an extremely important factor in relation to survival.
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