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Utility Weights for Allergic Rhinitis Based on a Community Survey with a Time Trade-off Technique in Japan

open access: yesAllergology International, 2009
Background: Allergic rhinitis is not a fatal disease, but its symptoms deteriorate the quality of life. High morbidity raises a concern about its impact on health care resources.
Kazuhiro Tamayama   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

QALY: Quality Adjusted Life Year

open access: yesMedicine Science | International Medical Journal, 2012
Nufusun yaslanmasi ve yaslilik donemi hastaliklar ile kronik hastaliklarin one cikmasi verilen saglik hizmetlerinin sadece saglik duzeyi uzerine degil yasam kalitesine etkisinin de onemli bir cikti olarak degerlendirilmesini getirmistir. Aslinda bu yaklasim Dunya Saglik Orgutunun (WHO), 1946 yilinda sagligi “yalnizca hastalik ve sakatligin ...
Selale Sahin, Selime Toprak, Erdinc Unal
openaire   +2 more sources

Cost-effectiveness of treatments for superficial venous refluxin patients with chronic venous ulceration. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Venous leg ulcers impair quality of life significantly, with substantial costs to health services. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of interventional procedures alongside compression therapy versus compression ...
Davies, A   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary Dysfunction Is Associated With Sleep Study Abnormalities in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Multicenter Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary on the Urgent Need for Comprehensive Cost-Effectiveness Studies in Temporomandibular Disorders

open access: yesJournal of the California Dental Association
Objective This commentary underscores the critical need for focused, comprehensive research on the cost-effectiveness of treatments for temporomandibular disorders (TMD). While some studies have explored this area, a notable gap in systematic evaluations
K. Davina Frick, Anisha Paul-Ledesma
doaj   +1 more source

A narrative review on the burden of migraine: when the burden is the impact on people’s life

open access: yesThe Journal of Headache and Pain, 2019
Background The burden of headache disorders, and of migraine in particular, is multifaceted and fragmented. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a description the main topics underlying the concepts of burden and impact of migraine disorders ...
Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Raggi
doaj   +1 more source

Valuing the benefit of varicella vaccination: comparison of willingness to pay and quality-adjusted life-years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Vaccination is different from most health interventions because it is preventative, it protects against infectious disease (leading to knock-on effects), the diseases it prevents are usually acute and self-limiting, and most vaccines are given to ...
Brisson, M., Edmunds, J.
core  

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic burden on stroke survivors in Asian and African countries: A protocol for systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

open access: yesInternational Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 2023
Introduction: Stroke is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide accompanied by huge financial burden on an individual and society.
Summaiya Zareen Shaikh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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