Defining and Measuring the Affordability of New Medicines: A Systematic Review.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of long term maintenance treatment with citalopram versus standard therapy (defined as short term antidepressant treatment) in patients with major depression in Germany. We chose doxepin, amitriptyline and trimipramine as standard therapy because th...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Nuijten MJ,Hardens M,Souêtre E

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the potential savings in overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) treatment costs for the US population with coronary artery disease (CAD) resulting from the use of amlodipine. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Using patient-level data from a retrospective analysis of the Prospective Evaluation of the Vascula...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Casciano R,Doyle JJ,Chen J,Arikian S,Casciano J,Kugel H,Arocho R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Before the new round of healthcare reform in China, primary healthcare providers could obtain a fixed 15 % or greater mark-up of profits by prescribing and selling medicines. There were concerns that this perverse incentive was a key cause of irrational medicine use. China's new Essential Medicines Program (...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Chen M,Wang L,Chen W,Zhang L,Jiang H,Mao W

更新日期：2014-03-01 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

abstract：:As part of its single technology process, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturers of aripiprazole (Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Bristol Myers Squibb) to submit evidence of the clinical and cost effectiveness of aripiprazole for the treatment and prevention of acute manic...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Uttley L,Kearns B,Ren S,Stevenson M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) in cost-effectiveness analysis involves sampling a large number of realisations of an economic model. For some parameters, we may be uncertain around the true mean values of the variables, but the ordering of the values is known. Typical sampling approaches lack eithe...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Ren S,Minton J,Whyte S,Latimer NR,Stevenson M

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) has been increasingly used in preterm infants in the last 3 to 4 years. Recent studies have indicated a reduction in blood transfusion requirements in infants receiving rHuEpo. No significant adverse effects have emerged, apart from iron deficiency (if iron supplementation is ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Meyer MP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are increasingly advocated as a way to quantify preferences for health. However, increasing support does not necessarily result in increasing quality. Although specific reviews have been conducted in certain contexts, there exists no recent description of the general state ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Soekhai V,de Bekker-Grob EW,Ellis AR,Vass CM

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:We estimated the cost effectiveness of adding the ACE inhibitor ramipril to conventional treatment in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction. These estimates were based on the Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy (AIRE) study and on complementary Swedish healthcare resource use data for a subset o...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Erhardt L,Ball S,Andersson F,Bergentoft P,Martinez C

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Head and neck cancer (HNC) and its treatment can affect communication, nutrition, and physical appearance, and the global impact of this disease on patients' quality of life may be substantial. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this systematic literature review was to describe the impact of HNC and its treatment on the ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Wissinger E,Griebsch I,Lungershausen J,Byrnes M,Travers K,Pashos CL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:The National Cholesterol Education Program recommends regular physician follow-up and lipid testing to promote adherence with lipid-lowering medications. The objective of this study was to determine whether lipid tests and physician visits after treatment initiation are indeed associated with...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Benner JS,Tierce JC,Ballantyne CM,Prasad C,Bullano MF,Willey VJ,Erbey J,Sugano DS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's oesophagus is a premalignant complication that occurs in approximately 10% of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). In patients with Barrett's oesophagus, the risk of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus approaches 0.5% per patient-years. Therefore, practice guidelines have been developed that ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Arguedas MR,Eloubeidi MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review regulation of two important parameters for third-party payers and manufacturers of prescription drugs: regulation of reimbursement and pricing. We find that centralised regulation of reimbursement and pricing prevails in the 15 original EU member countries (EU-15) and in European Free Trade Association (EFTA...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Gress S,Niebuhr D,May U,Wasem J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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：:Disease management is a systematic approach to a health condition or a healthcare intervention that organises preventative, interventional and care approaches throughout the continuum of care and which measures outcomes in terms of populations, not individuals. Disease management's advantage over the current component...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Chang K,Nash D

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：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：AIM:To estimate the direct and indirect costs of morbidity and mortality attributable to alcohol consumption in Germany from a societal perspective in 2002. METHODS:Using the concept of attributable risks and the prevalence-based approach, age- and gender-specific alcohol-attributable fractions for morbidity and morta...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Konnopka A,König HH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited Pfizer, the manufacturer of inotuzumab ozogamicin (henceforth inotuzumab), to submit clinical- and cost-effectiveness evidence for inotuzumab as part of NICE's single technology appraisal process. The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and the Cent...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Cox E,Wade R,Peron M,Dietz KC,Eastwood A,Palmer S,Griffin S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptoms of onychomycosis and their impact on personal appearance are important determinants of patients' perceptions of their own health. The effect of onychomycosis is greater on psychosocial than physical functioning and is directly related to the extent of nail involvement. This review identified a number of d...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Shaw JW,Joish VN,Coons SJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health economic models for identifying therapeutic options that maximise health benefits from limited healthcare resources are being developed in a number of therapeutic areas. The development of such a model for upper gastrointestinal (UGI) symptoms to support decision-making by primary care clinicians is of particul...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Haycox A,Butterworth M,Walley T,Barton S

更新日期：1998-01-01 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

abstract：:Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is one of the main tools of economic evaluation. Every CEA is based on a number of assumptions, some of which may not be accurate, introducing uncertainty. Sensitivity analysis (SA) formalizes ways to measure and evaluate this uncertainty. Specific sources of uncertainty in CEA have b...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Jain R,Grabner M,Onukwugha E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To decompose drug spending in Sweden between the years 1990 and 2000. This paper updates a previous study, which looked at the period 1990-1995, by providing an additional 5 years of data (1995-2000) and extending the previous analysis in a number of ways. METHODS:The paper builds on the earlier work that sh...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Gerdtham UG,Lundin D

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is the most common severe opportunistic infection, and one of the most costly, among people with AIDS. Over 50% of patients experience toxic effects of the major anti-PCP medications- cotrimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) and pentamidine. Recently, the US Food and Drug Admi...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Zarkin GA,Bala MV,Wood LL,Bennett CL,Simpson K,Dohn MN

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00