Measuring Efficiency of Health Systems of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Updated treatment guidelines for atrial fibrillation (AF) have been released by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK, and highlight a current shortfall in the prescription of anticoagulants to patients with AF for stroke prevention. OBJECTIVE:To design a budget impact model...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Shields GE,Bates AE,Chapman AM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act instituted pay-for-performance programs, including Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP), designed to encourage hospital quality and efficiency. OBJECTIVE AND METHOD:While these programs have been evaluated with respect to their implications for care quality a...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Izón GM,Pardini CA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunization rates for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections remain low among teenagers despite strong evidence of the effectiveness of vaccines. Physician recommendations of the vaccine are far from universal. Several states have enacted policies that mandate HPV vaccination or distribute educational materi...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Moghtaderi A,Adams S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is an expensive habit. Smoking households spend, on average, more than $US1000 annually on cigarettes. When a family member quits, in addition to the former smoker's improved long-term health, families benefit because savings from reduced cigarette expenditures can be allocated to other goods. For households i...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Busch SH,Jofre-Bonet M,Falba TA,Sindelar JL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is obscurity regarding how US hospitals determine patients' charges. Whether insurance status influences a patient's hospital charge has not been explored. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether hospitals charge patients differently based on their insurance status. METHODS:Thi...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Woodworth L,Romano PS,Holmes JF

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decision makers within the Calgary Health Region adopted and applied programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) for priority-setting activity across major service portfolios within the Region. METHODS:Seventeen in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with senior managers and clinicians to gain ...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Mitton C,Patten S,Donaldson C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are primary, laboratory confirmed bloodstream infections in patients with a central line within 48 h of symptom onset. Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is a more specific term used when the cause of infection has been confirmed by catheter tip cult...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： O'Connell S,Dale M,Morgan H,Carter K,Carolan-Rees G

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:From 2000 to 2004, primary care organisations (PCOs) in England were legally required to operate a prescribing incentive scheme for their general practices. A statutory framework specified the types of target, maximum rewards and use of 'good cause for failure' provisions that schemes should include. Our o...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Mason AR,Drummond MF,Hunter JA,Towse AK,Cooke J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the cost effectiveness of community-based case management for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS:The study took place in the third largest municipality in Denmark and was conducted as a randomised controlled trial with 12 months of follow-up. A total of ...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Sørensen SS,Pedersen KM,Weinreich UM,Ehlers L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Response to growth hormone (GH) therapy may vary between individual patients. Therefore the use of GH in children should be closely monitored to avoid over, under, or ineffective treatment regimens. The treatment response can be evaluated using growth prediction models. In an effort to improve the accuracy o...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Kaspers S,Ranke MB,Han D,Loftus J,Wollmann H,Lindberg A,Roelants M,Kleintjens J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:South Korea is unique in that it leads global markets in R&D as well as production of biosimilar products and was the first market into which some biosimilar products were introduced. We analyzed the time trend of market penetration and simulated saved spending by biosimilars in South Korea. METHODS:We pull...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Lee HJ,Han E,Kim H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The debate surrounding whether the findings of efficacy studies are applicable to real-world treatment situations is ongoing. The issue of lack of applicability due to a lack of clinical heterogeneity could be addressed by employing less restrictive inclusion criteria. Given that health economic assessments based on c...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Richter A,Thieda P,Thaler K,Gartlehner G

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical management of intracranial aneurysms is debated in many countries because of the associated disability risk and costs. Therefore, estimating the costs and explaining their variability will provide important information for decision makers. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to evaluate the acute and post-acute...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Calciolari S,Torbica A,Tarricone R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) have been performed for oral non-disease-altering osteoarthritis (OA) treatments for well over a decade. During that period the methods for performing these analyses have evolved as pharmacoeconomic methods have advanced, new treatments have been introduced, and the knowled...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Wielage RC,Myers JA,Klein RW,Happich M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking of tobacco products is a major public health challenge in prison settings in most countries. Although tobacco use was tolerated by custodial authorities for many decades, the overwhelming evidence of the adverse public health effects of tobacco on both the smokers and those in the vicinity of exhaled or passiv...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Awofeso N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One focus of health economics is the trade-off between limited resources and the (health) needs of a community. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), while being one of the most accepted evaluation methodologies in health economics, does not account for many important costs and benefits of health care interventions. Some...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Bridges JF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first objective of this paper is to expound the particular challenge posed by the occurrence of inconsistency in the expression of preferences by mental health patients to both economists and policy makers. Since this difficulty cannot be resolved, the second aim of the paper is to identify agents who may be count...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Zweifel P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the review is to establish whether, on the basis of previous published evidence, current accepted guidance for health economic evaluation needs to be adapted to evaluate healthcare based on use of genetic information. Online literature search strategies were designed (using PubMed and the NHS Economic Evalu...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Jarrett J,Mugford M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If present increases in the rate of obesity persist, by 2015 half of the population in the US could be obese. This article presents the case that the reason for the epidemic is an 'infrastructure of obesity' that fuels the phenomenon. To control this epidemic, public policy in general and health policy in particular n...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Stanton KR,Acs ZJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When pharmaceuticals are administered based on patient characteristics (for example weight or body surface area), an amount of product will be unused and must be disposed of. This wastage represents inefficiency and can distort decision making. METHODS:We present a method for the analysis of optimum fill vo...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Hatswell AJ,Porter JK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the use of propensity score matching in economic analyses of observational data. Several excellent papers have previously reviewed practical aspects of propensity score estimation and other aspects of the propensity score literature. The purpose of this paper is to compare the conceptual foundation...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Crown WH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several EU countries are determining reimbursement prices of pharmaceuticals by cross-referencing prices of foreign countries. Our objective is to quantify the theoretical cross-border spill-over effects of cross-reference pricing schemes on pharmaceutical prices in the former EU-15 countries. METHODS:An ana...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Stargardt T,Schreyögg J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to define a value-based approach to pricing and reimbursement for off-patent originators using a multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach centered on a systematic analysis of current pricing and reimbursement policies in China. A drug price policy review was combined with a quantitative an...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Hu S,Zhang Y,He J,Du L,Xu M,Xie C,Peng Y,Wang L

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) and amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) are both indicated for treating invasive fungal infections (IFIs) caused by Aspergillus, Candida and Cryptococcus spp. among patients who are refractory to or intolerant of conventional amphotericin B (CAB). Prior studies have suggested...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Yang H,Chaudhari P,Zhou ZY,Wu EQ,Patel C,Horn DL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional intraoperative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer (BC) has limitations in establishing a definitive diagnosis of metastasis intraoperatively, leading to an unnecessary second operation. The one-step nucleic amplification assay (OSNA) provides accurate intraoperative diagnosis and...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Saruta Y,Puig-Junoy J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the costs of treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in developed countries are well established, they remain largely unknown in countries with recent histories of socio-economic transition including Serbia. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the costs of treatment including the resources used by patients wit...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Kostić M,Djakovic L,Šujić R,Godman B,Janković SM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), pneumonia and acute otitis media (AOM) still represent a significant medical burden in children < 5 years of age in New Zealand (NZ), with marked disparities across socio-economic and ethnic groups. This cost-effectiveness evaluation aims to compare the potential impact o...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Varghese L,Talbot L,Govender A,Zhang XH,Mungall BA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of the present work was to assess the level of evidence in economic evaluations of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure devices, and to test the complementarity of three different tools for assessing the quality of economic evaluations. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review of article...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Nédellec E,Pineau J,Prognon P,Martelli N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In virologically suppressed patients, switching to darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) monotherapy maintains HIV RNA suppression, and could also lower treatment costs. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this analysis was to calculate the potential cost savings from the use of DRV/r monotherapy in the UK. METHODS:In the MONE...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Gazzard B,Hill A,Anceau A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low back pain (LBP) is a major health problem, having a substantial effect on peoples' quality of life and placing a significant economic burden on healthcare systems and, more broadly, societies. Many interventions to alleviate LBP are available but their cost effectiveness is unclear. OBJECTIVES:To identi...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Andronis L,Kinghorn P,Qiao S,Whitehurst DG,Durrell S,McLeod H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00