Miéra, Maxence Massin, Sophie Eroukmanoff, Vincent
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
We estimate the social surplus of gambling in France by adding three components: consumer surplus, producer surplus and taxation revenue. To estimate consumer surplus, we use the rational benchmark approach, which attributes a loss of welfare (i.e. a negative surplus) to problem gamblers depending on their level of excess spending compared with rec...
Fontrier, Anna-Maria Kamphuis, Bregtje Kanavos, Panos
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Access to medicines is a shared goal across healthcare stakeholders. Since health technology assessment (HTA) informs funding decisions, it shapes access to medicines. Despite its wide implementation, significant access variations due to HTA are observed across Europe. This paper elicited the opinions of European stakeholders on how HTA can be impr...
Ben, Ângela Jornada van Dongen, Johanna M Finch, Aureliano Paolo Alili, Mohamed El Bosmans, Judith E
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Inconsistent results have been found on the impact of using crosswalks versus EQ-5D value sets on reimbursement decisions. We sought to further investigate this issue in a simulation study. Trial-based economic evaluation data were simulated for different conditions (depression, low back pain, osteoarthritis, cancer), severity levels (mild, moderat...
Stolz, Maike Albus, Christian Beutel, Manfred E Deter, Hans-Christian Fritzsche, Kurt Herrmann-Lingen, Christoph Michal, Matthias Petrowski, Katja Ronel, Joram Schultz, Jobst-Hendrik
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The EQ-5D and the SF-6D are examples of commonly used generic preference-based instruments for assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, their suitability for mental disorders has been repeatedly questioned. To assess the responsiveness and convergent validity of the EQ-5D-3L and SF-6D in patients with depressive symptoms. The data...
Murley, Chantelle Tinghög, Petter Teni, Fitsum Sebsibe Machado, Alejandra Alexanderson, Kristina Hillert, Jan Karampampa, Korinna Friberg, Emilie
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Population-based estimates of the socioeconomic burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) are limited, especially regarding primary healthcare. This study aimed to estimate the excess costs of people with MS that could be attributed to their MS, including primary healthcare. An observational study was conducted of the 2806 working-aged people with MS in St...
Chan, Sophelia H S Wong, Carlos K H Wu, Tingting Wong, Wilfred Yu, Michael K L Au, Ivan C H Chan, Godfrey C F
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The aim of this study is to quantify the mortality rate, direct healthcare costs, and cumulative life costs of pediatric patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1, type 2, and type 3 born in Hong Kong. Data were collected from genetically confirmed SMA patients born in or after 2000 from the Hospital Authority medical database. Patients we...
Lillini, Roberto De Lorenzo, Francesco Baili, Paolo Iannelli, Elisabetta Del Campo, Laura M Pero, Dina Traclò, Gianfranca Sproviero, Alessandro Sant, Milena Perrone, Francesco
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Out of Pocket costs (OOP) sustained by cancer patients also in public NHS contribute to disease-related financial toxicity. Aim of the study was to investigate the amount and the types of OOP sustained by Italian cancer patients for care services. A sample survey was conducted by FAVO in December 2017-June 2018, in 39 adhering hospitals and 1289 pa...
Xu, Richard Huan Lu, Ming Zhang, Shuyang Dong, Dong
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This study assessed patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using two generic preference-based measures in Chinese patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) and identified demographic and clinical determinants of health utility scores in this population. This study used cross-sectional data of 212 Chinese patients with...
Brühmann, Boris A Kaier, Klaus von der Warth, Rieka Farin-Glattacker, Erik
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Providing adequate medical care to nursing home residents is challenging. Transfers to emergency departments are frequent, although often avoidable. We conducted the complex CoCare intervention with the aim to optimize nursing staff-physician collaboration to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and ambulance transportations, thereby reducing costs...
Peña-Longobardo, L M Oliva-Moreno, J Fernández-Rodriguez, C
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection causes a substantial economic burden, not only in terms of healthcare costs, but also in labour productivity losses. The main objective of this study is to provide objective and comparable information about the trend in labour productivity losses caused by premature HCV-associated deaths in Spain in recent years (2...
