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Health care policy evaluation: empirical analysis of the restrictions implied by Quality Adjusted Life Years, CHERE Working Paper 2006/10 [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the nature of the utility function for health care, defined over the probability of survival, survival duration, health state and cost of treatment.
Elizabeth Savage, Rosalie Viney
core  

Emapalumab for Immune Effector Cell‐Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis‐Like Syndrome Following CD19‐Directed CAR‐T in Two Patients With B‐ALL: Clinical and Biomarker Correlates

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immune effector cell‐associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis‐like syndrome (IEC‐HS) is a life‐threatening hyperinflammatory toxicity distinct from cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell (CAR‐T) therapy. In a single‐institution retrospective cohort of pediatric and young adult patients
Thomas J. Galletta   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utility of medicines information leaflets in hypertensive care in a setting with low health literacy: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesMedicine Access @ Point of Care, 2020
Introduction: Higher levels of health literacy improve utilization of health information, medication adherence and outcomes. Few studies evaluate the utility of medicines information in hypertensive care in settings with low health literacy.
Mtungwazi Kudzinesta   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recommendations for Using Online Social Networking Technologies to Reduce Inaccurate Online Health Information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This short report highlights patients' increasing use of the Internet and online social networking technologies to seek health information, and the consequences of gaining information from sites with biased or inaccurate health information. Reflecting on
Young, SD
core   +1 more source

Health Utility Values for Patients with Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis Undergoing Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – A Nested Case Control Study

open access: yesInternational Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, 2016
Health utility scores quantify an individual's valuation of particular health states and are vital components of health economic studies and cost‐effectiveness research.
T. Steele   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Supporting Survivor‐Centered Care Through Digital Health Integration

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Survivors of childhood cancer face barriers to receiving guideline‐based, long‐term follow‐up care. Two digital tools, Passport for Care (PFC) and Cancer SurvivorLink (SurvivorLink), address complementary gaps by enabling tailored survivorship care plan (SCP) generation, updating, storage, and sharing.
Jordan G. Marchak   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of social inequalities in health in Quebec? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper, based on data from the National Population Health Surveys (NPHS) from 1994 to 2007, analyzes the evolution of social inequalities in health in Quebec since the mid-1990s using two health measures namely self-assessed health (SAH) and health ...
Batana, Yélé Maweki
core   +1 more source

Is there a case for using Visual Analogue Scale valuations in Cost-Utility Analysis? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper critically reviews theoretical and empirical propositions regarding visual analogue scale (VAS) valuations of health states and their use in Cost Utility Analysis.
Devlin, N., Parkin, D.
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Utility of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) for educational psychologists’ work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Despite embracing a bio-psycho-social perspective, the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) assessment framework has had limited application to date with children who have special ...
Aljunied, M, Frederickson, N
core   +1 more source

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