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What Matters for Well-Being: Individual Perceptions of Quality of Life Before and After Important Life Events [PDF]

, 2012
In recent decades, what matters for individual quality of life (QoL) has increasingly been the focus of empirical social science research. However, individuals are rarely asked directly what is important for their quality of life as part of large-scale ...

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Eliciting a value set for the Swedish capability-adjusted life years instrument (CALY-SWE) [PDF]

, 2023
Purpose: Our aim was to elicit a value set for Capability-Adjusted Life Years Sweden (CALY-SWE); a capability-grounded quality of life instrument intended for use in economic evaluations of social interventions with broad consequences beyond health ...
Norström, Fredrik, Lindholm, Lars, Ssegonja, R, Ssegonja, Richard, Månsdotter, A, Norström, F, Feldman, Inna,, Mulhern, B, Hjelte, Jan, Lindholm, L, Norström, Fredrik,, Meili, Kaspar Walter, Ssegonja, Richard,, Meili, KW, Hjelte, J, Lindholm, Lars,, Månsdotter, Anna, Mulhern, Brendan,, Månsdotter, Anna,, Mulhern, Brendan, Hjelte, Jan,, Feldman, Inna, Meili, Kaspar Walter,, Feldman, I   +23 more
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Health economics and health preference concepts to orthopedics practitioners [PDF]

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2014
The aim of this study was to describe concepts of health economics in order to update and provide the orthopedic practitioner decision making parameters based on preferences.
Carlos Delano Mundim Araújo, Daniela Francescato Veiga, Bernardo Hochman, Luiz Eduardo Felipe Abla, Neil Ferreira Novo, Lydia Masako Ferreira   +5 more
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Cost Analysis of a Digital Multimodal Cancer Prehabilitation

Current Oncology, 2022
Introduction: There is growing evidence that prehabilitation programmes effectively improve the physical and psychological conditions of cancer patients awaiting treatment. During the pandemic, people with cancer were classed as vulnerable.
Evdoxia Gkaintatzi, Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou, Tarannum Rampal, Roberto Laza-Cagigas, Nazanin Zand, Paul McCrone   +5 more
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Tenofovir prophylaxis for preventing mother-to-child hepatitis B virus transmission in China: A cost-effectiveness analysis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate whether tenofovir prophylaxis for mothers with high viral loads in late pregnancy is a cost-effective way to prevent mother-to-child hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission in China.
Juan Yin, Peifeng Liang, Gang Chen, Fuzhen Wang, Fuqiang Cui, Xiaofeng Liang, Guihua Zhuang   +6 more
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The quality-adjusted life-years in the oncological patients’ health-related quality of life

Scientific Reports, 2022
The oncological treatment can significantly affect patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL), which should be monitored to ensure our patients’ well-being.
Karolina Kucnerowicz, Agata Pietrzak, Witold Cholewiński, Piotr Martenka, Andrzej Marszałek, Ewa Burchardt, Erwin Strzesak   +6 more
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Disease burden, associated mortality and economic impact of antimicrobial resistant infections in Australia

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2022
Summary: Background: The growing spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is accepted as a threat to humans, animals and the environment. This threat is considered to be both country specific and global, with bacteria resistant to antibiotic treatment ...
Teresa M. Wozniak, Amalie Dyda, Greg Merlo, Lisa Hall   +3 more
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Comparative evaluation of a low‐cost solar powered otoscope with a traditional device among health care workers in Malawi

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Objectives To comparatively evaluate a low‐cost otoscope with a traditional device among health care workers in Malawi. Methods The study is a prospective, comparative, qualitative observational survey of health care worker's opinions using 5‐point ...
Katharine Balfour, Amy McCarthy, Shi Ying Hey, Obaid Kousha, Emmanuel Singano, Wakisa Mulwafu, David F. D. L. Walker, Andrew Blaikie   +7 more
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Modelling the impact of multiple sclerosis on life expectancy, quality-adjusted life years and total lifetime costs: Evidence from Australia

Multiple Sclerosis, 2020
Objectives: To quantify life expectancy (LE), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and total lifetime societal costs for a hypothetical cohort of Australians with multiple sclerosis (MS).
A. Palmer, I. A. van der Mei, B. Taylor, P. Clarke, S. Simpson, H. Ahmad   +5 more
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Impact of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions on quality-adjusted life years in Singapore

Scientific Reports, 2020
The current study aims to evaluate the burden of disease in Singapore by estimating the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost due to mental disorders and chronic physical conditions.
E. Abdin, S. Chong, J. Vaingankar, S. Shafie, S. Verma, N. Luo, K. Tan, L. James, D. Heng, M. Subramaniam   +9 more
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