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Stroke survivors’ long-term QALY-weights in relation to their spouses’ QALY-weights and informal support: a cross-sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017
Background Healthcare interventions that have positive effects on the stroke survivors’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) might also have positive effects for their spouses in terms of improved HRQoL and/or ...
Josefine Persson, Lars-Åke Levin, Lukas Holmegaard, Petra Redfors, Katarina Jood, Christina Jern, Christian Blomstrand, Gunilla Forsberg-Wärleby   +7 more
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Association between Lifestyle Factors and Quality-Adjusted Life Years in the EPIC-NL Cohort

PLoS ONE, 2014
The aim of our study was to relate four modifiable lifestyle factors (smoking status, body mass index, physical activity and diet) to health expectancy, using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in a prospective cohort study. Data of the prospective EPIC-
H. Fransen, A. May, J. Beulens, E. Struijk, G. Ardine De Wit, J. Boer, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, J. Hoekstra, Y. T. van der Schouw, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, P. Peeters, Jung Eun Lee   +11 more
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Detection of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer patients using a methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed a cost‐effective methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex assay containing tissue‐conserved and tumor‐specific methylation markers. The assay can detect circulating tumor DNA with high accuracy in patients with localized and metastatic colorectal cancer.
Luisa Matos do Canto, Louise Raunkilde, Jan Lindebjerg, Mads Malik Aagaard, Christina Therkildsen, Jakob Kleif, Lars Henrik Jensen, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Rikke Fredslund Andersen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trial‐based economic evaluation of mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy compared to treatment as usual for bipolar disorder

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
Objective Aim of this study was to assess the cost‐effectiveness and cost‐utility of mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and treatment as usual (TAU) compared to TAU alone in adults with Bipolar disorder (BD). Methods An economic evaluation with a
Ben Wijnen, Maud Jansen, Annelieke vanVelthoven, Imke Hanssen, Marloes Huijbers, Silvia Evers, Anne Speckens   +6 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Tests for Respiratory Tract Infection in Primary Care in England [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction Despite recommendations that general practitioners (GPs) delay antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs), antibiotic prescriptions in primary care in England increased by 4.1% from 2010 to 2013.
Hunter, R
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Next‐generation proteomics improves lung cancer risk prediction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This is one of very few studies that used prediagnostic blood samples from participants of two large population‐based cohorts. We identified, evaluated, and validated an innovative protein marker model that outperformed an established risk prediction model and criteria employed by low‐dose computed tomography in lung cancer screening trials.
Megha Bhardwaj, Clara Frick, Ben Schöttker, Bernd Holleczek, Hermann Brenner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploratory health economic analyses to support decisions within the innovation process in radiotherapy: Magnetic Resonance Linear Accelerator as a case study

Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology
Background and purpose: There is an increasing need for understanding the added value of radiotherapeutic innovations before their widespread adoption.
Marike J. Ulehake, Ellen J.L. Brunenberg, Marcel Verheij, Janneke P.C. Grutters   +3 more
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Cost-Benefit Estimation of Cadaveric Kidney Transplantation, the Case of a Developing Country [PDF]

In this paper we estimate cost savings for the health-care system and quality of life improvement for patients from an increase in the number of kidney transplants in Chile. To do so, we compare the present value of dialysis and transplantation costs and
Javier Dominguez, Rodrigo Harrison
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Calibrating QALYs to Respect Equality of Persons [PDF]

, 2016
Comparative valuation of different policy interventions often requires interpersonal comparability of benefit. In the field of health economics, the metric commonly used for such comparison, quality adjusted life years (QALYs) gained, has been criticized
Franklin, Donald
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Monitoring of circulating tumor DNA allows early detection of disease relapse in patients with operable breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Monitoring circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients with operable breast cancer can reveal disease relapse earlier than radiology in a subset of patients. The failure to detect ctDNA in some patients with recurrent disease suggests that ctDNA could serve as a supplement to other monitoring approaches.
Kristin Løge Aanestad, Marie Austdal, Oddmund Nordgård, Gunnar Mellgren, Satu Oltedal, Marie L. Austbø, Ylva H. Vignes, Thomas Helland, Kristin Jonsdottir, Tone H. Lende, Emilius A. M. Janssen, Bjørnar Gilje, Kjersti Tjensvoll, PBCB study group, Gunnar Mellgren, Tone Hoel Lende, Anette Heie, Kristin Viste, Anita Røyneberg Alvheim, Emiel AM Janssen, Kristin Jonsdottir, Ann Cathrine Kroksveen, Thomas Helland, Einar Gudlaugsson, Oddmund Nordgård, Satu Oltedal, Kristin Løge Aanestad, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Kirsten Lode, Kari Britt Hagen, Marie Austdal, Ylva H. Vignes, Siri Tungland Sola, Nina Egeland Amundsen, Finn Magnus Eliassen, Emeritus Ernst A Lien   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source