Probabilistic choice models in health-state valuation research: background, theories, assumptions and applications.

abstract：:This review was designed to explore and review the range of patient-reported outcomes used to assess people with epilepsy. Literature searches were conducted through EMBASE.com and supplemented with hand searching of relevant articles. References obtained through hand searches were compared with EMBASE.com citations u...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Stafford M,Gavriel S,Lloyd A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the cost-effectiveness of treating poorly controlled, severe, persistent asthma patients with bronchial thermoplasty (BT), a novel technology that uses thermal energy to reduce airway smooth muscle mass, with 5-year outcome data demonstrating a durable reduction in asthma exacerbations. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Cangelosi MJ,Ortendahl JD,Meckley LM,Bentley TG,Anene AM,Shriner KM,Fox J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of asthma management during pregnancy is to keep the mother symptom free and to prevent complications in the fetus. Asthma is a common chronic condition in pregnancy that, if inadequately treated, has the potential to cause adverse effects for both mother and fetus. Aggressive treatment during pregnancy can d...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Streck MR,Blaiss MS

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to provide a critical evaluation of the available literature describing the economic burden of multiple sclerosis and to assess the gaps in information. The studies included in this review describe costs in patients categorized into severity groups according to the Expanded Disability St...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Orlewska E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 50th Anniversary Conference was held on the 15-16 March in Brussels, Belgium. More than 1100 participants (including EORTC members and staff, national research organizations, health authorities, patient advocacy groups, European Commission, cancer ...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Bean J,Bottomley A,Meunier F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pharmacogenomic testing has the potential to greatly benefit patients by enabling personalization of medication management, ensuring better efficacy and decreasing the risk of side effects. However, to fully realize the potential of pharmacogenomic testing, there are several important issues that must be a...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Moyer AM,Caraballo PJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In order to look beyond the cost-effectiveness analysis, this study used a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), which reflects societal values with regard to reimbursement decisions. This study aims to elicit societal preferences of the reimbursement decision criteria for anti cancer drugs from public ...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Kwon SH,Park SK,Byun JH,Lee EK

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Limitations of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) include frequent monitoring, dietary restrictions and drug interactions. This study conducted an indepth exploration of perspectives of VKA therapy in respondents with atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism. METHODS:A total of 60 respondents, recruited from the UK...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Wild D,Murray M,Donatti C

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the person tradeoff method has received much attention because it directs one to value health improvements of those other than one's self. As a result, several researchers have suggested that the person tradeoff measures preferences in pharmaceutical and health economic analysis more accurately than the stan...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Doctor JN,Miyamoto JM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 14% of cancer patients live with minor children. Being a parent with cancer has far-reaching consequences for individual treatment decision-making and quality of life in patients and their families. Even though the majority of children and adolescents do not show clinically relevant symptoms of psychopatholog...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Krauel K,Simon A,Krause-Hebecker N,Czimbalmos A,Bottomley A,Flechtner H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions Questionnaire (EQ-5D) is the most common instrument to value health outcomes under the patient's perspective. Several studies have investigated whether observed changes are meaningful to patients, using a variety of approaches to estimate the minimum clinically important diffe...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Coretti S,Ruggeri M,McNamee P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin diseases are among the most common health problems worldwide and are associated with a considerable burden. The burden of skin disease is a multidimensional concept that encompasses psychological, social and financial consequences of the skin disease on the patients, their families and on society. Chronic and inc...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Basra MK,Shahrukh M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment switching has become an important issue in the development and approval of new drugs, particularly in oncology. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) represent the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, but often patients randomized to the control group are permitted to switch onto th...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Latimer NR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine and dipyridamole are coronary vasodilators used in nuclear imaging. The acquisition cost of adenosine is four to ten times higher than dipyridamole. Data suggest comparable sensitivity, although specificity may be lower with dipyridamole. While side effect profiles are similar, fewer patients who receive ade...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Reddy P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses are used to determine whether certain groups respond differently to a particular item of a test or questionnaire; however, these do not explain the reasons for observed response differences. Many studies have used external reviews of items, sometimes using blinded reviewers...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Scott NW,Fayers PM,Aaronson NK,Bottomley A,de Graeff A,Groenvold M,Gundy C,Koller M,Petersen MA,Sprangers MA,EORTC Quality of Life Group.,Quality of Life Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis Group.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care in Germany makes recommendations for ceiling prices of drugs based on an evaluation of the relationship between costs and effects in each therapeutic area. The analysis requires, when applicable, calculation of savings from avoided clinical events and increased f...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Gandjour A,Gafni A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we will focus on how preferences and utilities are measured, including the strengths and limitations of various approaches, discuss their use in estimating quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and make some recommendations for further research. Preferences are either measured using direct (visual analo...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Revicki DA,Lenderking WR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main analytic problems for assessing the equality of means of healthcare costs are the skewed and heteroscedastic nature of the distribution of healthcare costs and the occurrence of persons with zero cost values. Without taking these special features into consideration, any statistical method may lead to the wron...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Zhou XH,Ramsey S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life has become an important end point in clinical trials and academic studies. The questionnaires developed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group are widely used to measure quality of life in cancer patients. The expanding geographical coverage of current s...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Kuliś D,Arnott M,Greimel ER,Bottomley A,Koller M,European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 10th consecutive World Health Economics conference was organized jointly by International Health Economics Association and European Conference on Health Economics Association and took place at The Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland in July 2014. It has attracted broad participation from the global professional commu...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Jakovljevic MB,Getzen TE,Torbica A,Anegawa T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article is part of the series "How to Prepare a Systematic Review (SR) of Economic Evaluations (EE) for Informing Evidence-based Healthcare Decisions" in which a five-step-approach for conducting a SR of EE is proposed. Areas covered: This paper explains the data extraction process, the risk of bias a...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Wijnen B,Van Mastrigt G,Redekop WK,Majoie H,De Kinderen R,Evers S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rotavirus diarrhea is a major health problem among young children worldwide with potential negative impacts on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study assessed the impact of rotavirus diarrhea on HRQoL of children and their caregivers. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study among 460 hospit...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Rochanathimoke O,Riewpaiboon A,Postma MJ,Thinyounyong W,Thavorncharoensap M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare reform in any nation is an evolving process. Brought about by demographic, technological, social, cultural, economic and political factors, all healthcare systems are continually confronting issues related to cost, access and quality. This paper examines other countries' approaches to healthcare in the ongo...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： O'Rourke TW,Iammarino NK

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Economists' approaches to priority setting focus on the principles of opportunity cost, marginal analysis and choice under scarcity. These approaches are based on the premise that it is possible to design a rational priority setting system that will produce legitimate changes in resource allocation. However, beyond is...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Peacock SJ,Mitton C,Ruta D,Donaldson C,Bate A,Hedden L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking cessation is the only strategy that has shown a lasting reduction in the decline of lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, to assess the q...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Kirsch F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of longitudinal change in subjective patient-reported outcomes such as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a key component of many clinical and research evaluations. A major goal of measuring patient-reported HRQoL is to determine to what extent changes in HRQoL reports over time represent true ch...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Hamidou Z,Dabakuyo TS,Bonnetain F

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pharmacoeconomics Section of the Pharmaceutical Association of Serbia organised a one day international conference on the value of innovation in decision-making in health care in Central and Eastern Europe. The focus of the conference was on reimbursement decisions for medicines using health technology assessment ...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Novakovic T,Martin AP,Parker M,Ferrario A,Vukovic S,Łanda K,Duba J,Dankó D,Kotsopoulos N,Godman B,Ristic J,Stefanovic D,Tesic D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review addresses hidden costs associated with the Bayer VERSANT assay, Roche AMPLICOR MONITOR test and COBAS AMPLICOR MONITOR test and how these influence the final per reportable cost to a testing laboratory in resource-rich and -poor countries. An in-depth evaluation and recommendation of the most cost-effectiv...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Elbeik T,Chen YM,Soutchkov SV,Loftus RA,Beringer S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive disease of the airways in which respiratory symptoms aggravate transitorily during disease exacerbations. The treatment of the disease in its stable state is the most important factor in reducing related morbidity, but exacerbation therapy might also impact on sub...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Antoniu SA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid rise in health care expenses has resulted in an increased interest in the cost of treatments from a cost-effectiveness point of view for management purposes and in a reimbursement setting. The economics of radiotherapy within the global context of health care, and more specifically of cancer therapy, are dis...

journal_title：Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research

authors： Lievens Y,Slotman BJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00