Bruzzi, Carolina Ivaldi, Enrico Landi, Stefano
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Health inequalities exist between nations, regions, and even smaller units. In societies where social and economic structures change rapidly and continuously, analysis of health socioeconomic determinants plays a fundamental role to provide proper policy answers. This study aims to measure accurately two different conceptions of deprivation by deve...
de Sola-Morales, Oriol
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Hanly, Paul Maguire, Rebecca Drummond, Frances Sharp, Linda
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Standardised integration of productivity costs into health economic evaluations is hindered by equity and distributional concerns. Our aim was to explore the distributive impact of productivity cost methodological variation, describing the consequences for different groups. 527 prostate cancer survivors (2-5 years post-diagnosis) completed question...
Gill, Jennifer Fontrier, Anna-Maria Kyriopoulos, Dionysis Kanavos, Panos
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
External reference pricing (ERP) seeks to rationalize prices and contain costs using foreign prices as a reference for the determination of domestic prices and is often used as the starting point for the facilitation of negotiations between health authorities and pharmaceutical manufacturers. A systematic literature review was used to identify char...
Cavicchioli, Maddalena Pistoresi, Barbara
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Despite the long-run strong negative association between economic development and mortality, their short-run relationship remains controversial. In the present work, we study co-movement between mortality growth (overall, gender- and cause-specific) and economic fluctuations in Italy over the period 1862-2013. To this aim, we use Johansen (Economet...
Rodríguez-Sánchez, B Peña-Longobardo, L M Sinclair, A J
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
To carry out a cost-effectiveness analysis of the use of Neuropad as a screening test for diabetic neuropathy together with the standard care tool, the 10-g monofilament, in people with diabetes. A cost-effectiveness analysis using a Markov model was developed to assess the impact on costs and outcomes of using Neuropad as a test for diabetic neuro...
Fontrier, Anna-Maria Gill, Jennifer Kanavos, Panos
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
External reference pricing (ERP) is widely used to regulate drug prices. Although the literature has largely focused on the impact of ERP on a number of policy endpoints and its impact from a geographical perspective, a comparative study drawing on evidence from different settings does not exist to date. A systematic literature review was conducted...
Maynou, Laia Coll-de-Tuero, Gabriel Saez, Marc
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Evaluate the effects of the 'euro per prescription' on primary health care services (number of doctor visits), through a retrospective cohort study of health care users in Catalonia (Spain). This policy, implemented in Catalonia on 23 June 2012, only lasted 6 months. This policy was introduced to improve budgetary imbalances in Spain and boost the ...
Peña-Longobardo, L M Rodríguez-Sánchez, B Oliva-Moreno, J Aranda-Reneo, I López-Bastida, J
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
The main objective of this study was to analyse how the inclusion (exclusion) of social costs can alter the results and conclusions of economic evaluations in the field of Alzheimer's disease interventions. We designed a systematic review that included economic evaluations in Alzheimer's disease. The search strategy was launched in 2000 and ran unt...
Weinhold, Ines Schindler, Christian Kossack, Nils Berndt, Benjamin Häckl, Dennis
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Preventable chronic diseases account for the greatest burden in the German health system and statutory health insurance (SHI) funds play a crucial role in implementing and financing prevention strategies. On the contrary, the morbidity-based scheme to distribute financial resources from the Central Reallocation Pool among the different sickness fun...
