Towards a transparent, credible, evidence-based decision-making process of new drug listing on the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Drug Formulary: challenges and suggestions [PDF]
The aim of this article is to describe the process, evaluation criteria, and possible outcomes of decision-making for new drugs listed in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Drug Formulary in comparison to the health technology assessment (HTA) policy ...
Cheung, Bernard M.Y. +2 more
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Gianni Ghetti,1 Maria Claudia D’Avella,2 Lorenzo Pradelli1 1Department of Health Economics and Outcome Research, AdRes, Turin, Italy; 2Department of Market Access, Sanofi, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence: Gianni GhettiDepartment of Health Economics and ...
Ghetti G, D'Avella MC, Pradelli L
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Cost effectiveness of nusinersen for patients with infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy in US
Background Patients with infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare, genetic neuromuscular disease, do not achieve key motor function milestones (e.g., sitting) and have short life expectancy in the absence of treatment.
Praveen Thokala +5 more
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Is increased hepatitis C virus case-finding combined with current or 8-week to 12-week direct-acting antiviral therapy cost-effective in UK prisons? A prevention benefit analysis [PDF]
UNLABELLED: Prisoners have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), but case-finding may not have been cost-effective because treatment often exceeded average prison stay combined with a lack of continuity of care. We assessed the cost-effectiveness
Brew, Iain F. +10 more
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Laparoscopic versus open colorectal resection for cancer and polyps: A cost-effectiveness study [PDF]
Methods: Participants were recruited in 2006-2007 in a district general hospital in the south of England; those with a diagnosis of cancer or polyps were included in the analysis.
Dowson, H +4 more
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International experience in determining the cost-effectiveness thresholds
The article reviews international methodological guidelines, regulatory documents and existing approaches to the determination of the costeffectiveness threshold (CeT), also known as the willingness-to-pay threshold (WTP), the threshold value of the ...
T. P. Bezdenezhnykh +5 more
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Introduction. Exudative tumor pleurisy affects up to 100 000 people a year in Russia, up to 400 000 people a year in Europe. Inpatient treatment of such patients is associated with certain costs, and there are also queues for treatment in oncology ...
O. V. Ivanov +2 more
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Method for adjusting results of pharmacoeconomic studies from country to country using Bayesian statistics [PDF]
Introduction: Key problems when transferring results of pharmacoeconomic studies between countries are: relative infrequency of observational design, utilization of unreliable estimates of input parameters in many of modelling studies, not reporting ...
Janković Slobodan M. +2 more
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Cost-utility of transcatheter aortic valve implantation for inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis treated by medical management: a UK cost-utility analysis based on patient-level data from the ADVANCE study. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To use patient-level data from the ADVANCE study to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) compared to medical management (MM) in patients with severe aortic stenosis from the perspective of the UK ...
Bleiziffer, S +13 more
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Case Studies of Aerosol Pollution in Different Public Transport Vehicles in Hungarian Cities
In this case study, aerosol pollution and passenger exposure were investigated while travelling on different public transport vehicles in Hungary. Two sampling campaigns were carried out: one in autumn 2012 and the other in spring 2014.
Enikő Papp +5 more
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