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Estimated annual prevalence, medical service utilization and direct costs of lung cancer in urban China

Cancer Medicine, 2021
Background Evidence‐based policy making for delivering affordable lung cancer care relies on the breadth, depth and quality of knowledge of its treatment costs.
Dawei Zhu, Xuefeng Shi, Stephen Nicholas, Yong Ma, Ping He   +4 more
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Direct Medical Expenses of Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery in Ahvaz Teaching Hospitals [PDF]

Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2023
Background. Cancers are showing a rising trend in developing countries. In Iran, cancer is the third leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and accidents.
Faezeh Bashiri, Mahdi Amraei, Farzad Faraji-Khiavi   +2 more
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Service Utilization Patterns and Direct Medical Costs of Hospitalization in Patients With Renal Failure Before and After Initiating Home Peritoneal Dialysis [PDF]

Value in Health Regional Issues
Jorge Salmeron, Alfonso Cueto-Manzano, VÍCTOR Marcial Granados Garcia   +2 more
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The Location-allocating Hub Problem with Direct Transportation Capability Considering Congestion and Tardiness Time in Hubs [PDF]

مدیریت صنعتی, 2023
Objective: This paper seeks to find the optimal number of hubs and their location to keep the preparation time and congestion in the hubs and costs at a minimum. Also, this study considers the tardiness time for the conditions that the customer's need is
Pardis Roozkhosh, Nasser Motahari Farimani   +1 more
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Direct healthcare costs and their relationships with age at start of drug use and current pattern of use: a cross-sectional study

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2021
BACKGROUND: It is well known that early start of drug use can lead users to psychosocial problems in adulthood, but its relationship with users’ direct healthcare costs has not been well established OBJECTIVES: To estimate the direct healthcare costs ...
Paula Becker, Denise Razzouk
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Provision of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system in Nigeria: Provider perspectives and service delivery costs [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Gates Open Research, 2020
Background: Several organizations in Nigeria are leading pilot introduction programs of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS). We conducted a qualitative assessment of providers’ experiences across the five programs and an analysis of service ...
Aurélie Brunie, Kate H. Rademacher, Anthony Adindu Nwala, Kendal Danna, Mariya Saleh, Kayode Afolabi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health service use and costs associated with fluoroquinolone‐related tendon injuries

Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2021
The aim of this study was to assess costs and health service use associated with tendon injuries after the use of fluoroquinolone antimicrobials in Finland during 2002–2012.
Laura S. M. Kuula, Janne T. Backman, Marja L. Blom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The burden of chronic pain for patients with osteoarthritis in Germany: a retrospective cohort study of claims data

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition that is often associated with chronic pain. Pain often leads patients to seek healthcare advice and treatment.
Marie Schild, Ulrike Müller, Ursula von Schenck, Sigurd Prieur, Robert Miller   +4 more
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The trend of direct medical costs and associated factors in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Guangzhou, China: an eight-year retrospective cohort study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background Although the expenses of liver cirrhosis are covered by a critical illness fund under the current health insurance program in China, the medical costs associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) related diseases is not well addressed.
Shuo Yang, Ge Chen, Yueping Li, Guanhai Li, Yingfang Liang, Feng Zhou, Shudong Zhou, Yi Yang, Weidong Jia, Yanhui Gao, Yue Chen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The early-stage comprehensive costs of routine PrEP implementation and scale-up in Zambia.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention option, but cost-effectiveness is sensitive to implementation and program costs. Studies indicate that, in addition to direct delivery cost, PrEP provision requires substantial demand ...
Cheryl Hendrickson, Lawrence C Long, Craig van Rensburg, Cassidy W Claassen, Mwansa Njelesani, Crispin Moyo, Lloyd Mulenga, Heidi O'Bra, Colin A Russell, Brooke E Nichols   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources