The applicability and generalizability of findings from clinical trials for health-policy decisions.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost effectiveness of sequential intravenous (i.v.) to oral ciprofloxacin plus metronidazole (CIP/MTZ i.v./PO) with that of i.v. ciprofloxacin plus i.v. metronidazole (CIP/MTZ i.v.) and i.v. imipenem-cilastatin (IMI i.v.) in patients with intra-abdominal infections. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Pat...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Walters DJ,Solomkin JS,Paladino JA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Economic analysts are increasingly likely to rely on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of health state utility values to inform the parameter inputs of decision-analytic modelling-based economic evaluations. Beyond the context of economic evaluation, evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses of health stat...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Petrou S,Kwon J,Madan J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination therapies with cetuximab (Erbitux®; Merck Serono UK Ltd) and panitumumab (Vectibix®; Amgen UK Ltd) are shown to be less effective in adults with metastatic colorectal cancer who have mutations in exons 2, 3 and 4 of KRAS and NRAS oncogenes from the rat sarcoma (RAS) family. OBJECTIVE:The objecti...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Tikhonova IA,Huxley N,Snowsill T,Crathorne L,Varley-Campbell J,Napier M,Hoyle M

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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：:Since the inception of the National Health Service in 1948, successive British governments have taken various measures to restrain the growth of the medicines bill. A total of 10 different measures have been introduced with very limited success. The most effective measures have been those directed at increasing the le...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Griffin JP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacoeconomic data may be obtained within the context of randomised clinical trials (RCTs) and from effectiveness studies in the 'real world'. The differences between the 2 types of study design have implications for the types of data that can be obtained and the interpretation of the resulting findings. Because RC...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Revicki DA,Frank L

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a public health priority in the UK. The National Service Framework (NSF) has set standards for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of CHD, which include the use of cholesterol-lowering agents aimed at achieving targets of blood total cholesterol (TC) < 5.0 mmol/L and low d...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Wilson K,Marriott J,Fuller S,Lacey L,Gillen D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Productivity costs are frequently omitted from economic evaluations, despite their often strong impact on cost-effectiveness outcomes. This neglect may be partly explained by the lack of standardization regarding the methodology of estimating productivity costs. This paper aims to contribute to standardization of prod...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Krol M,Brouwer W

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:A wide variety of oral antiplatelet trials have been carried out, and a large number of cost-effectiveness estimates based on them have been published. OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost effectiveness of oral antiplatelet treatments in the prevention of cardiovascular events. METHODS:A comprehensive literature s...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Heeg B,Damen J,Van Hout B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to review the literature related to economic outcomes associated with treating allergic rhinitis. A literature review was conducted using 'Medline' and the in-house database of the publishers of this journal for articles published between January 1991 and January 1996. Only 3 cost-outcom...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Kozma CM,Sadik MK,Watrous ML

更新日期：1996-07-01 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: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：:This century has seen a phenomenal growth in the development, understanding and use of pharmaceuticals. Additionally, this period has seen the balance of the treatment needs of patients shift dramatically from infectious to cardiovascular and cancer diseases, and from infancy and middle-age to old age. The value of mo...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Mason J,Freemantle N

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National EQ-5D value sets are developed because preferences for health may vary in different populations. UK values are lower than US values for most of the 243 possible EQ-5D health states. Although similar protocols were used for data collection, analytic choices regarding how to model values from the coll...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Augestad LA,Rand-Hendriksen K,Kristiansen IS,Stavem K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are commonly treated with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi) in order to delay progression of renal disease. However, research has shown that RAASi in CKD patients increases hyperkalaemia (HK) prevalence, which leads to RAASi discontinuation or ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Widén J,Ivarsson M,Schalin L,Vrouchou P,Schwenkglenks M,Heimbürger O,Ademi Z,Sutherland CS

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Most countries have healthcare resource constraints and it is easy to identify new health technologies as an area in need of resource management, particularly given that new health technologies usually increase rather than save costs. Resource constraints are even more noticeable in Asia than in other regions, with a ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Yang BM

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Increasingly in the developed world, patients expect to be partners in the management of their healthcare. Several recent studies show that the patient perspective differs from the perspective of the healthcare provider. Patients usually focus on the impact of their condition on their lifestyle, while clinicians may t...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Rameckers E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This analysis compared the cost effectiveness of adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin therapy versus atorvastatin titration or adding cholestyramine (a resin) for patients at high risk of a coronary artery disease (CAD) event who did not reach target cholesterol levels on their current atorvastatin dosage. The...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Kohli M,Attard C,Lam A,Huse D,Cook J,Bourgault C,Alemao E,Yin D,Marentette M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of recent findings from the literature imply that the value of a QALY varies depending on the concentration or dispersion of that QALY over treated individuals. Given that funding decisions are currently made under either the assumption of distributive-neutrality or some combination of explicit decision crite...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Mortimer D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are associated with impairment in multiple domains of health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). HR-QOL of children with ADHD has been assessed by relatively long multidimensional questionnaires. A review of the literature found no studies using t...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Matza LS,Secnik K,Mannix S,Sallee FR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the annual direct cost of managing erectile dysfunction (ED) to the UK National Health Service (NHS) and to examine the impact of the introduction of sildenafil in 1998 and Schedule 11 restrictions in 1999. DESIGN:A prevalence-based cost-of-illness approach was used. The period 1997 to 2000 was c...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Wilson EC,McKeen ES,Scuffham PA,Brown MC,Wylie K,Hackett G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Economic evaluations of new diabetes therapies rely heavily upon the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) equations for prediction of cardiovascular events; however, concerns persist regarding their relevance to current clinical practice and appropriate use in populations other than newly diagnosed patients....

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： McEwan P,Bennett H,Ward T,Bergenheim K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a global perspective to the economic consequences of diabetes, which is illustrated in the many publications now being produced on this subject. Because of the higher prevalence of type II diabetes, its impact is greater than that of type I diabetes in both developed and developing countries (but particularly...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Williams R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate savings in the cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) during 6 months, 1 year and 2 years of treatment with rivastigmine. An intermediate objective was to estimate the relationship between disease progression and institutionalisation. DESIGN AND SETTING:We assessed the relation...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Hauber AB,Gnanasakthy A,Snyder EH,Bala MV,Richter A,Mauskopf JA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About half of the world's population live in Asia. Mandarin (the official language of China), Hindi and Japanese are among the ten languages spoken by the largest number of primary speakers. The numbers of Tamil and Malay speakers are expected to grow rapidly in the next few decades. Most health-related quality-of-lif...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Cheung YB,Thumboo J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important public health problem all over the world. Vaccination is one way to prevent it, and several strategies can be used depending on endemicity, the main pattern of HBV transmission and the demographic structure of the population. In this study, an economic comparison of 3 ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Antoñanzas F,Garuz R,Rovira J,Antón F,Trinxet C,Navas E,Salleras L

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00