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Screening of household contacts for TB infection in Cote d'Ivoire

IJTLD Open
SETTING: Côte d'Ivoire is a country with a high incidence of TB. The control of TB infection is focused on high-risk patients but has limited implementation. OBJECTIVE: Cost-benefit analysis of TB infection (TBI) screening of household contacts in Côte d’
R. K. N’Guessan, D. A. B. Orsot, J.M. Ahui Brou, N. K. Bamba, M. E. Tchoutedjem Mefo, A. S. Bakayoko   +5 more
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Decision-analytic cost-effectiveness model to compare prostate cryotherapy to androgen deprivation therapy for treatment of radiation recurrent prostate cancer [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of salvage cryotherapy (SC) in men with radiation recurrent prostate cancer (RRPC). Design: Cost-utility analysis using decision analytic modelling by a Markov model.
Birrell, Fiona, Boyd, Kathleen A., Briggs, Andrew H., Jones, Rob J., Leung, Hing Y., Paul, Jim   +5 more
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Investment case for two-year post university speciality training in family medicine in Tajikistan: how much is needed for continuing and scaling up the improved education of family doctors?

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background A new two-year Post University Specialty Training (PUST) programme in family medicine was introduced to improve the quality of postgraduate speciality medical education in Tajikistan.
Jari Kempers, Leah F. Bohle, Alexandra Topa, Greta Ross, Zukhra Kasymova, Shakhlo Yarbaeva, Cristina Rotaru, Helen Prytherch   +7 more
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First-line sintilimab plus chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A cost-effectiveness analysis from China

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Objective: The study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of sintilimab combined with cisplatin plus paclitaxel versus chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment in patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from the ...
Jian Shen, Jian Shen, Yi Du, Yi Du, Rong Shao, Rong Shao, Rong Jiang, Rong Jiang   +7 more
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Telemonitoring after discharge from hospital with heart failure: cost-effectiveness modelling of alternative service designs. [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives To estimate the cost-effectiveness of remote monitoring strategies versus usual care for adults recently discharged after a heart failure (HF) exacerbation.
Al-Mohammad, A, Baalbaki, H, Bakhai, A, Brennan, A, Cleland, J, Cowie, MR, Gomersall, T, Pandor, A, Stevens, JW, Thokala, P, Wang, J, Wong, R   +11 more
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A QALY is [still] a QALY is [still] a QALY?

BMC Medical Ethics
Abstract Despite clinical evidence of drug superiority, therapeutic modalities, like combination immunotherapy, are mostly considered cost-ineffective due to their high costs per life year(s) gained. This paper, taking an ethical stand, reevaluates the standard cost-effectiveness analysis with that of the more recent justice-enhanced methods and ...
Mahdiani, Hamideh, Münch, Nikolai, Paul, Norbert W.   +2 more
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The cost-effectiveness of nivolumab monotherapy for the treatment of advanced melanoma patients in England [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Nivolumab was the first programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitor to demonstrate long-term survival benefit in a clinical trial setting for advanced melanoma patients.
Ellis, John, Hertel, Nadine, Johnson, Helen, Lee, Dawn, Meng, Yang, Morais, Edith, Philips, Zoe, Roskell, Neil, Walker, Andrew   +8 more
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ICER, ISPOR AND QALYs: A Tale of Imaginary Worlds

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2019
Previous commentaries in the Formulary Evaluation section of INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy have pointed to the lack of credibility in modeled claims for cost-effectiveness and associated recommendations for pricing by the Institute for Clinical and Economic ...
Paul Langley
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Association Between Sedentary Time and Quality of Life From the Osteoarthritis Initiative: Who Might Benefit Most From Treatment? [PDF]

, 2017
Objective To investigate the relationship between sedentary behavior and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) among participants in the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Design Longitudinal, observational design.
Chang, Rowland W., Dunlop, Dorothy D., Ehrlich-Jones, Linda S., Lee, Jungwha, Pellegrini, Christine A., Pinto, Daniel, Semanik, Pamela A., Song, Jing   +7 more
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Opportunities for improving the efficiency of paediatric HIV treatment programmes [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: To conduct two economic analyses addressing whether to: routinely monitor HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinically or with laboratory tests; continue or stop cotrimoxazole prophylaxis when children become stabilized on
Bakeera-Kitaka, S, Bwakura-Dangarembizi, M, Gibb, DM, Kekitinwa, A, Mabugu, T, Mugyenyi, P, Munderi, P, Musiime, V, Nahirya-Ntege, P, Nathoo, KJ, Revill, PA, Sculpher, MJ, Walker, AS, Walker, S   +13 more
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