Quality of life following a change in therapy for diabetes mellitus.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Intensive insulin therapy improves glycosylated haemoglobin (Hb(A1C)) levels and delays the onset of long-term diabetes-related complications. Current treatment guidelines recommend maintaining a glycosylated haemoglobin (Hb(A1C)) of < or = 7% in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. Ho...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Grima DT,Thompson MF,Sauriol L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper economic evaluation involves comparative analysis of alternative courses of action in terms of both costs and outcome. This is difficult for general anaesthesia as there are few alternatives and measurement of outcome is difficult to define. All that is generally available is a cost description of different a...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Rhodes SP,Ridley S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Darunavir boosted by low-dose ritonavir (DRV/r), at a daily dose of 600/100 mg twice a day (bid), has been shown to be superior to alternative highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens for the management of treatment-experienced, HIV-infected adults in the phase IIb POWER trials and the phase III TITAN tri...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Mauskopf J,Annemans L,Hill AM,Smets E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug utilisation in term and preterm neonates (i.e. less than 28 days of age) has been investigated prospectively in 4 clinical studies during the past 10 years. 3880 neonates with a mean gestational age of 34.5 weeks (corresponding birthweight 2280g) were enrolled in these studies. An overview indicates a high prev...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Gortner L

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Results from the PROVE IT trial suggest that patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with atorvastatin 80 mg/day (A80) have significantly lower rates of cardiovascular events compared with patients treated with pravastatin 40 mg/day (P40). In a genetic post hoc substudy of the PROVE IT trial, the...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Parthan A,Leahy KJ,O'Sullivan AK,Iakoubova OA,Bare LA,Devlin JJ,Weinstein MC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian healthcare systems are very diverse, representing cultures, political systems and economies from more than 30 countries with varying histories. Despite the diversity in the region, there has been enormous growth in health economics and outcomes research since the beginning of the 21st century. Whilst Japan has s...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Kamae I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to control escalating health expenditures, especially in hospitals, many countries are planning or experimenting with prospective budgeting systems. Belgium is no exception and has recently introduced, with some success, limited fixed charges per hospital admission and/or per hospitalisation day for labor...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Closon MC,Crott R,Even-Adin D

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 200 million people have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) worldwide. The number of disease-year equivalents and deaths attributable to COPD are high. Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of the disease recommend an individualized step-up approach in which treatment is intensified when...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Rutten-van Mölken MP,Goossens LM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the quality of reporting of original economic research articles in PharmacoEconomics from inception to the end of 1995, in order to identify areas of strength and weakness, and analyse trends over time. Each regular issue of the journal was examined for original economic evaluations. Accept...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Iskedjian M,Trakas K,Bradley CA,Addis A,Lanctôt K,Kruk D,Ilersich AL,Einarson TR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine headache is responsible for significantly more healthcare resource and lost labour costs than previously reported. Costs associated with migraine were assessed via a survey conducted in 940 patients, 70% of whom responded. All met the International Headache Society's diagnostic criteria for migraine and had ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Osterhaus JT,Gutterman DL,Plachetka JR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and actinic keratosis are becoming an increasingly important healthcare problem. There are approximately 1 million cases of NMSC in the US each year, primarily basal cell carcinomas, and the incidence is increasing. Although NMSC is significant in terms of both health risk and the resou...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Higashi MK,Veenstra DL,Langley PC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Patient heterogeneity is the part of variability that can be explained by certain patient characteristics (e.g. age, disease stage). Population reimbursement decisions that acknowledge patient heterogeneity could potentially save money and increase population health. To date, however, economic ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Grutters JP,Sculpher M,Briggs AH,Severens JL,Candel MJ,Stahl JE,De Ruysscher D,Boer A,Ramaekers BL,Joore MA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that the earlier a patient reaches hospital and receives thrombolysis, the better the outcome. The GREAT (Grampian Region Early Anistreplase Trial) directly addressed the issue of early thrombolysis by evaluating, in a randomised controlled trial, the efficacy of thrombolysis in the communi...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Vale L,Steffens H,Donaldson C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Of 1 346 700 total deaths each year in the US, an estimated 440 100 are smoking related, making it the leading preventable cause of premature death in the US. Despite the health and economic benefits of smoking cessation being well documented, reimbursement coverage for smoking cessation therapies is general...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Howard P,Knight C,Boler A,Baker C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bipolar disorder has a significant impact upon a patient's quality of life, imposing a considerable economic burden on the individual, family members and society as a whole. Several medications are indicated for the acute treatment of mania and depression associated with bipolar disorder as well as for maint...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Ekman M,Lindgren P,Miltenburger C,Meier G,Locklear JC,Chatterton ML

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare the cost effectiveness of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid with other antibacterial regimens for prophylaxis of infection after elective abdominal or gynaecological surgery. Data from 21 previously published comparative clinical trials were used to calculate statistical confidence...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Davey PG,Parker SE,Crombie IK,Jaderberg M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Australia, many patients who are initiated on asthma controller inhalers receive combination inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta2-agonist (ICS/LABA) despite having asthma of sufficiently low severity that ICS-alone would be equally effective and less costly for the government. METHODS:We conducted a ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Laba TL,Reddel HK,Zwar NJ,Marks GB,Roughead E,Flynn A,Goldman M,Heaney A,Lembke K,Jan S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the need to perform pharmacoeconomic evaluations of herbal medicines and assesses the extent to which this approach has been applied so far to these products. There seems to be no compelling need for pharmacoeconomic analyses of herbal over-the-counter medicines, but such analyses are certainly w...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： De Smet PA,Bonsel G,Van der Kuy A,Hekster YA,Pronk MH,Brorens MJ,Lockefeer JH,Nuijten MJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the 1990s, a number of new cytotoxic agents with clinically relevant activity in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and with a more favourable therapeutic index than drugs already in use, became available. Given the high prices of these new drugs and the large number of patients affected, it is impor...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Neymark N,Lianes P,Smit EF,van Meerbeeck JP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Like other developed countries with aging populations, Sweden is expecting large increases in the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and corresponding escalations in the cost of care for patients with this disease. Galantamine, a new acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and nicotinic modulator, has proved effective...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Garfield FB,Getsios D,Caro JJ,Wimo A,Winblad B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of health-related QOL (HR-QOL) measures specifically designed for people with diabetes mellitus have appeared in the literature. This article provides a selective review of 12 measures that address this important construct. For each included study, a description of the measure and its development phase is pro...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Watkins K,Connell CM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmaceuticals are usually granted a marketing authorisation on the basis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Occasionally the efficacy of a treatment is assessed without a randomised comparator group (either active or placebo). OBJECTIVE:To identify and develop a taxonomic account of economic modellin...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Hatswell AJ,Freemantle N,Baio G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A cost-effectiveness analysis of oral capecitabine versus intravenous bolus 5-fluorouracil/l-leucovorin (FU/LV) as adjuvant therapy in patients with stage 3 colon cancer was performed from a Japanese healthcare payer perspective. METHODS:Adjuvant therapy comprised 24 weeks of treatment with either oral capec...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Shiroiwa T,Fukuda T,Shimozuma K,Ohashi Y,Tsutani K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision makers increasingly request evidence on the real-world cost effectiveness of a new treatment. There is, however, a lack of practical guidance on how to conduct an economic evaluation based on registry data and how this evidence can be used in actual decision making. This paper explains the required steps on h...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Blommestein HM,Franken MG,Uyl-de Groot CA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high consumption of hypolipidaemic agents warrants the study of the costs caused by these medicines being inadequately prescribed. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the economic cost generated in 1 year in primary care by inadequate (or unnecessary) prescriptions for hypolipidaemic drugs. METHODS:A cross-sectional...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Ballesteros LC,Fernández San Martín MI,Sanz Cuesta T,Escortell Mayor E,López Bilbao C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germany is in a period of transition with regard to healthcare reform. The number and intensity of cost control interventions increased during the last decade in an attempt to contain healthcare expenditure. The German legislature has implemented long term macroeconomic measures such as contribution rate stability and...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Ulrich V,Wille E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors enhance thrombolysis in patients with acute coronary syndromes. This analysis evaluates the economic impact of abciximab, a GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor, as an adjunct to urokinase in peripheral artery occlusions of less than 6 weeks duration. STUDY DESI...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Duda SH,Tepe G,Bala M,Luz O,Ziemer G,Ouriel K,Pusich B,Wiskirchen J,Claussen CD,Banz K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of pricing and trade for in-patent medicines within the European pharmaceutical sector presents a major challenge. In conditions of large sunk costs and consumers with differential willingness to pay--between different Member States--an efficient way of pricing in-patent medicines is through price discr...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Glynn D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current climate of cost containment and quality control, nosocomial infection is a worrisome adverse event in hospital care. Hospitalised patients require care for increasingly severe illnesses, and are therefore more susceptible to infection, especially by opportunistic micro-organisms. It is thus necessary to...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Gálvez-Vargas R,Bueno-Cavanillas A,García-Martín M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hip and knee replacements (THR and TKR) are high-risk settings for venous thromboembolism (VTE). This review summarizes the cost effectiveness of VTE prophylaxis regimens for THR and TKR. We searched MEDLINE (January 1997 to October 2009), EMBASE (January 1997 to June 2009) and the UK NHS Economic Evaluation Dat...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Kapoor A,Chuang W,Radhakrishnan N,Smith KJ,Berlowitz D,Segal JB,Katz JN,Losina E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00