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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 +3 more
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El labrador: Año I Número 3 - (14/03/22) [PDF]
, 1922 BACKGROUND: Use of everolimus-eluting stents (EES) has proven to be clinically effective and safe in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction but it remains unclear whether it is cost-effective compared to bare-metal stents (BMS) in the ...
Ademi, Zanfina +17 more
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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 +7 more
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Cross-national agreement on disability weights: the European Disability Weights Project
Population Health Metrics, 2003 Background Disability weights represent the relative severity of disease stages to be incorporated in summary measures of population health. The level of agreement on disability weights in Western European countries was investigated with different ...
Burström Kristina +3 more
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Methodological challenges surrounding QALY estimation for paediatric economic evaluation
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022 Cost-utility analysis remains the preferred form of economic evaluation for health technology assessment, pricing and reimbursement authorities in several countries. The results of cost-utility analyses are commonly expressed in terms of incremental cost
Stavros Petrou
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Cost-effectiveness of physical fitness training for stroke survivors [PDF]
, 2018 Background Physical fitness is impaired after stroke, yet fitness training after stroke reduces disability. Several international guidelines recommend that fitness training be incorporated as part of stroke rehabilitation. However, information about cost-
Clifton, E. +3 more
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Quality of life in the five years after intensive care: a cohort study [PDF]
, 2010 INTRODUCTION Data on quality of life beyond 2 years after intensive care discharge are limited and we aimed to explore this area further. Our objective was to quantify quality of life and health utilities in the 5 years after intensive care discharge ...
Brian H Cuthbertson +4 more
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Estimation of Utility Weights for Prostate-related Health States in Korea [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022 Objectives Very limited previous research has investigated the utility weights of prostate-related diseases in the general population in Korea. The purpose of this study was to calculate the utility of prostate-related health states in the Korean general
Seon-Ha Kim +3 more
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The relative value of different QALY types [PDF]
, 2020 The oft-applied assumption in the use of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in economic evaluation, that all QALYs are valued equally, has been questioned from the outset.
Bulfone, Liliana +6 more
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Continence Across Continents To Upend Stigma and Dependency (CACTUS-D): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Urinary incontinence occurs in 40 % of women aged 65 years and over; however, only 15 % seek care and many delay healthcare seeking for years.
Fritel, Xavier +6 more
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