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Is the Use of DALYs and QALYs Ethically Permissible in Triage Decisions? COVID-19 and Equity Considerations from a Queer-Crip Perspective

open access: yesEthic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2023
This paper explores the symbolic and material implications of the use of DALYs and QALYs as priority or tie-breaker criteria in triage decisions. It aims to answer the question of their ethical permissibility based on the particular case of the COVID-19
Lautaro Leani, Ignacio Mastroleo
doaj   +1 more source

A comparison of quality-adjusted life years in older adults after heart transplantation versus long-term mechanical support: Findings from the SUSTAIN-IT study. [PDF]

open access: greenJ Heart Lung Transplant
Grady KL   +16 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Health economics and health preference concepts to orthopedics practitioners [PDF]

open access: yesActa 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost Analysis of a Digital Multimodal Cancer Prehabilitation

open access: yesCurrent 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tenofovir prophylaxis for preventing mother-to-child hepatitis B virus transmission in China: A cost-effectiveness analysis

open access: yesInternational 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease burden, associated mortality and economic impact of antimicrobial resistant infections in Australia

open access: yesThe 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
doaj   +1 more source

El labrador: Año I Número 3 - (14/03/22) [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +12 more sources

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