May, Peter Normand, Charles Noreika, Danielle Skoro, Nevena Cassel, J. Brian
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Health Economics Review
Background Economic research on hospital palliative care faces major challenges. Observational studies using routine data encounter difficulties because treatment timing is not under investigator control and unobserved patient complexity is endemic. An individual’s predicted LOS at admission offers potential advantages in this context. Methods We c...
Tossou, Yaovi
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Health Economics Review
Background Demand-side barriers to health care are as important as supply-side factors in deterring patients from obtaining effective treatment during COVID-19. Developing countries, including Togo, have focused on reducing the risk of health care utilization during this period by ensuring basic health care services as an important policy to improv...
Angeles, Renira C. Berge, Line I. Gedde, Marie H. Kjerstad, Egil Vislapuu, Maarja Puaschitz, Nathalie G. Husebo, Bettina S.
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Background Nearly 19 million people across OECD countries are living with dementia, and millions of family caregivers are affected by the disease. The costs of informal care are estimated to represent 40–75% of the total dementia cost exceeding formal care time and medical costs. Objective To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the methodologic...
Jabakhanji, Samira B. Sorensen, Jan Valentelyte, Gintare Burke, Lee Ann McElroy, Brendan Murphy, Aileen
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Background In the absence of electronic health records, analysis of direct healthcare costs often relies on resource utilisation data collected from patient-reported surveys. This scoping review explored the availability, use and methodological details of self-reported healthcare service utilisation and cost data to assess healthcare costs in Irela...
Feyisa, Diriba Yitbarek, Kiddus Daba, Teferi
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Health Economics Review
Background Provision of up-to-date cost information is crucial for not only addressing knowledge gap on the cost of essential health services (EHS) but also budgeting, allocating adequate resources and improving institutional efficiency at public health centers where basic health services are delivered the most. Objective To analyze the costs of es...
Borges, Andreia Pereira, Filipa Redondo, Patrícia Antunes, Luís Vieira, Cláudia Antunes, Pedro Bento, Maria José Sousa, Susana Lopes, José Machado Rocha-Gonçalves, Francisco
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Health Economics Review
i. The results obtained in the AC-DHP cohort, which included Pertuzumab as a NeoT, suggest better clinical outcomes compared to the AC-DH group, a confirmation based on real-world data. ii. Some patient profiles seem to be more promising concerning the overall costs for pathological complete response, but the present data does not include a long-te...
Fiala, Petr Holmerova, Iva Ruda, Tomas Steffl, Michal
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Health Economics Review
Background To enable people to live in old age in their own homes often requires specialised home care services. Despite the high importance of these services, the finance of home nursing care (HNC) is still under-investigated in many countries. The aim of this paper was to describe the finance of HNC in the Czech Republic. Methods Balancing of rev...
Gutiérrez Villegas, Celia Paz-Zulueta, María Herrero-Montes, Manuel Parás-Bravo, Paula Madrazo Pérez, María
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Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a treatable disease with a high prevalence, and high morbidity associated with significant socioeconomic costs. Objective To carry out a systematic review of the literature to analyze the main cost studies associated with COPD, in order to determine the main factors that influence the costs...
Raei, Behzad Emamgholipour, Sara Takian, Amirhossein Yaseri, Mehdi Abdoli, Ghahreman Alizadeh, Ahad
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Health Economics Review
BackgroundTo assess the potential impact of a tax-induced cigarette price increase on financial and health outcomes by different socioeconomic groups.MethodsIn a modeled condition using pooled cross-section data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2002–2017) and Iran 2019 population data, a methodology of an extended cost effectiveness an...
Antoñanzas, F. Juárez-Castelló, C. A. Rodríguez-Ibeas, R.
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BackgroundAntibiotics have been overprescribed to treat infectious diseases and have generated antimicrobial resistances that reduce their effectiveness. Following the rationale behind the new paradigm of personalized medicine, point-of-care diagnostic testing (POCT) has been proposed to improve the quality of antibiotic prescription with the aim o...
