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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, Jutai, Jeffrey, Rajabali, Saima, Southall, Kenneth, Tannenbaum, Cara, van den Heuvel, Eleanor, Wagg, Adrian   +6 more
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Cost‐effectiveness analysis of delgocitinib in adult patients with atopic dermatitis in Japan

Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy, 2021
Objectives This study evaluated the cost‐effectiveness of delgocitinib relative to moisturization therapy in adult patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. Methods The analysis was performed by using the simulation model with the patient‐level
Motoi Takenaka, Mai Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Murota, Sachie Inoue, Hidetoshi Shibahara, Kazufumi Yoshida, Sotaro Takigawa, Atsushi Ishimoto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among nursing professionals in Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objective: Estimate the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among nursing professionals in Brazil. Method: Ecological study using data from the Nursing Observatory.
Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva, Daniel Aragão Machado, Antônio Augusto de Freitas Peregrino, Cristiano Bertolossi Marta, Thiago Quinellato Louro, Carlos Roberto Lyra da Silva   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The use of Quality-Adjusted Life Years in cost-effectiveness analyses in palliative care: Mapping the debate through an integrative review

Palliative Medicine, 2017
Background: In cost-effectiveness analyses in healthcare, Quality-Adjusted Life Years are often used as outcome measure of effectiveness. However, there is an ongoing debate concerning the appropriateness of its use for decision-making in palliative care.
Anne B. Wichmann, E. Adang, P. Stalmeier, S. Kristanti, L. Van den Block, M. Vernooij-Dassen, Y. Engels   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Laparoscopic versus open colorectal resection for cancer and polyps: A cost-effectiveness study [PDF]

, 2014
Methods: Participants were recruited in 2006-2007 in a district general hospital in the south of England; those with a diagnosis of cancer or polyps were included in the analysis.
Dowson, H, Gage, H, Jackson, D, Jordan, J, Rockall, T   +4 more
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Monetary Valuation of a Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) for Depressive Disorders Among Patients and Non-Patient Respondents: A Matched Willingness to Pay Study

Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2021
[Background] As estimated by the World Health Organization, depressive disorders will be the leading contributor to the Global Burden of Disease by 2030.
Laura Ulbrich, Christoph Kröger
doaj   +1 more source

Incremental decreases in quality-adjusted life years (QALY) associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms for U.S. Adults aged 65 years and older

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017
BackgroundQuality-adjusted life years (QALY) is a single value index that quantifies the overall burden of disease. It reflects all aspects of heath, including nonfatal illness and mortality outcomes by weighting life-years lived with health-related ...
Haomiao Jia, Erica I. Lubetkin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Butler, Jim, Donaldson, Cam, Gu, Yuanyuan, Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Lancsar, Emily, Ratcliffe, Julie   +6 more
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Is increased hepatitis C virus case-finding combined with current or 8-week to 12-week direct-acting antiviral therapy cost-effective in UK prisons? A prevention benefit analysis [PDF]

, 2016
UNLABELLED: Prisoners have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), but case-finding may not have been cost-effective because treatment often exceeded average prison stay combined with a lack of continuity of care. We assessed the cost-effectiveness
Brew, Iain F., Hickman, Mathew, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Irving, William L., Mandal, Sema, Martin, Natasha K., Miners, Alec, O'Moore, Eamonn, Saksena, Sushma, Vickerman, Peter, Williamson, Joan   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

Fundamental Measurement: The Need Fulfilment Quality of Life (N-QOL) Measure

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2021
The quality adjusted life year (QALY) has serious problems related to its failure to adhere to measurement theory. If a QALY is to be meaningful, the utility score that translates time spent to an equivalent time spent in so-called perfect health must ...
Paul C. Langley, Stephen P. McKenna
doaj   +1 more source