Reform of prescription drug reimbursement and pricing in the German social health insurance market: a comparison of three scenarios.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cyclosporin microemulsion (Neoral) is a self-emulsifying preconcentrate of cyclosporin which is more rapidly and consistently absorbed than the original oil-based formulation of cyclosporin (standard formulation; Sandimmun, Sandimmune). This superior pharmacokinetic profile suggests that cyclosporin microemu...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Coukell AJ,Plosker GL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct administration of a drug into a vein guarantees bioavailability, i.e. the total amount of drug is fully available to the bloodstream for transport to all areas of the body. What is not ensured is the safety, need and 'value for money' of this route. Few workers would disagree that there is increased morbidity...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Parker SE,Davey PG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to obtain an appropriate estimate of the excess costs of production losses arising from morbidity in patients with diabetes, we compared the number of sick days and permanently disabled individuals in a diabetic population and the corresponding general population. These comparisons show that the rate of ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Persson U

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have not previously reported the indirect cost burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) from an employer perspective. To compare annual indirect costs between privately insured US employees with MS and matched employee controls. A retrospective analysis of a privately insured claims database containing disability dat...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Ivanova JI,Birnbaum HG,Samuels S,Davis M,Phillips AL,Meletiche D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manufacturer of olaratumab (Lartruvo®), Eli Lilly & Company Limited, submitted evidence for the clinical and cost effectiveness of this drug, in combination with doxorubicin, for untreated advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) not amenable to surgery or radiotherapy, as part of the National Institute for Health and C...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Tikhonova IA,Jones-Hughes T,Dunham J,Warren FC,Robinson S,Stephens P,Hoyle M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a consequence of its prevalence, early onset and chronicity, schizophrenia imposes clinical and economic impediments to healthcare practitioners and society alike. Among the many antipsychotics available to treat the symptoms of this devastating illness, clozapine has emerged and differentiated itself from the othe...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Tse G,Thompson D,Procyshyn RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the economic impact (cost-benefit analysis) of childhood varicella vaccination, with the Oka/Merck varicella zoster virus vaccine live (Varivax) in Italy. METHODS:This analysis is based on an epidemiological model of varicella zoster virus (VZV) dynamics adapted to the Italian situation. Cost data (Eu...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Coudeville L,Brunot A,Giaquinto C,Lucioni C,Dervaux B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the policy relevance and growing volume of research measuring individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for health-related goods and services, meta-analysis provides a potentially rich set of tools for answering key questions about this research area. In particular, when taken as a whole, what does the existing empi...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Van Houtven G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While drotrecogin alfa (activated) was shown to decrease absolute 28-day mortality by 6.1% in patients with severe sepsis in the Recombinant Human Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis (PROWESS) study, no mortality benefit was observed in the subset of patients with only one organ system failure. C...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Betancourt M,McKinnon PS,Massanari RM,Kanji S,Bach D,Devlin JW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study provides the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis of levetiracetam as an adjunctive treatment for refractory epilepsy from the Canadian Ministry of Health perspective. The main objective is to estimate the expected cost-effectiveness ratio expressed as the incremental cost per seizure-free day...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Blais L,Sheehy O,St-Hilaire JM,Bernier G,Godfroid P,LeLorier JJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the cost of sequential treatment with once-daily ofloxacin or twice-daily ciprofloxacin in 474 hospitalised patients in different countries. The patients were treated intravenously for at least 3 days, then orally for 7 to 10 days or for 3 days beyond the disappearance of infection-related symptom...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Salewski E,Bassaris HP,Calangu S,Kitzes R,Kosmidis J,Raz R,Kompan L

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent multinational, randomised, prospective studies Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events (CURE), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention substudy of CURE (PCI-CURE) and Clopidogrel for the Reduction of Events During Observation (CREDO) have demonstrated the clinical efficacy and safety of clopid...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Weintraub W,Jönsson B,Bertrand M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Netherlands, decisions about the reimbursement of new pharmaceuticals are based on cost effectiveness, as well as therapeutic value and budget impact. Since 1 January 2005, drug manufacturers are formally required to substantiate the cost effectiveness of drugs that have therapeutic added value in com...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Hoomans T,Severens JL,van der Roer N,Delwel GO

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to a single error in the annual cost of sarilumab the following needs to be corrected in the article. ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Wehler E,Boytsov N,Nicolay C,Herrera-Restrepo O,Kowal S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are insufficient resources in the UK to fund all new technologies and new indications approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Diverting funding from existing sources will have a detrimental effect on the provision of other priority services. The UK Office of Fair Trading (OF...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Godman B,Haycox A,Schwabe U,Joppi R,Garattini S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate discounting rules in economic evaluations have received considerable attention in the literature and in national guidelines for economic evaluations. Rightfully so, as discounting can be quite influential on the outcomes of economic evaluations. The most prominent controversies regarding discounting involv...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Attema AE,Brouwer WBF,Claxton K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a devastating and costly illness that affects 1% of the population in the US. Effective pharmacological therapies are available but suboptimal patient adherence to either acute or long-term therapeutic regimens reduces their effectiveness. The availability of a long-acting injection (LAI) fo...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Edwards NC,Rupnow MF,Pashos CL,Botteman MF,Diamond RJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping functions are estimated using regression analyses and are frequently used to predict health state utility values (HSUVs) in decision analytic models. Mapping functions are used when evidence on the required preference-based measure (PBM) is not available, or where modelled values are required for a decision an...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Ara R,Rowen D,Mukuria C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Economic models are considered to be important, as they help evaluate the long-term impact of diabetes treatment. To date, it appears that no article has reviewed and critically appraised the cost-effectiveness models developed to evaluate new oral treatments [glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Asche CV,Hippler SE,Eurich DT

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are regularly used in health economics to elicit preferences for healthcare products and programmes. There is growing recognition that DCEs can provide more than information on preferences and, in particular, they have the potential to contribute more directly to outcome measurement ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Lancsar E,Louviere J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent leading article in PharmacoEconomics, Nuijten described some methods for incorporating uncertainty into health economic models and for utilising the information on uncertainty regarding the cost effectiveness of a therapy in resource allocation decision-making. His proposals are found to suffer from seriou...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： O'Hagan A,McCabe C,Akehurst R,Brennan A,Briggs A,Claxton K,Fenwick E,Fryback D,Sculpher M,Spiegelhalter D,Willan A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent clinical trial results have demonstrated that, in patients with type 2 diabetes, second-line treatment of rosiglitazone in combination with metformin can lead to significant improvements in the control of fasting plasma glucose/ glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) after the failure of metformin mon...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Beale S,Bagust A,Shearer AT,Martin A,Hulme L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke remains the leading cause of neurological disability and the third leading cause of death worldwide, consuming a large share of total healthcare expenditures. In this review, we discuss the cost effectiveness of stroke prevention for various risk factor-modification programmes and pharmacological interventions ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Alexandrov AV,Smurawska LT,Bartle W,Oh P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a major orthopaedic procedure with a high risk of postoperative thromboembolism. Increasing demand for this type of surgery, together with its high cost, has led to examination of means by which the cost of THA may be minimised. Current clinical opinion favours the use of suitable pharm...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Dunn CJ,Goa KL

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several randomised comparative trials have shown that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) reduces the duration of neutropenia, hospitalisation and intravenous antibacterial use in patients with cancer who are receiving high-dosage antineoplastic therapy. However, one area that has received less attention is ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Dranitsaris G,Altmayer C,Quirt I

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the relative cost effectiveness of escitalopram compared with venlafaxine XR in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). METHODS:An economic evaluation was conducted alongside a double-blind, multinational, randomised clinical trial and examined the costs and quality of life of 251 patients taking ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Fernandez JL,Montgomery S,Francois C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturer of denosumab (Amgen Inc., UK) to submit evidence for the clinical and cost effectiveness of denosumab for the prevention of fragility fractures in post-menopausal women, as part of the Institute's single technology appraisal (STA...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Scotland G,Waugh N,Royle P,McNamee P,Henderson R,Hollick R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop a generic treatment algorithm for influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) that could be used to estimate the costs and outcomes of current and new treatments for influenza in different countries for different patient subgroups. METHODS:A series of possible treatment pa...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Mauskopf JA,Cates SC,Griffin AD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) Single Technology Appraisal (STA) process, ruxolitinib was assessed to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of its use in the treatment of disease-related splenomegaly or symptoms in adults with myelofibrosis. Ruxolitinib had previously...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Wade R,Hodgson R,Biswas M,Harden M,Woolacott N

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty in the decision-making process for reimbursement of health technologies could be reduced if additional information were available. Although methods to evaluate the monetary value of the uncertainty have been previously described, an economic evaluation of alternative methods to acquire additional informati...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Shavit O,Leshno M,Goldberger A,Shmueli A,Hoffman A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00