Mental health: A Particular Challenge Confronting Policy Makers and Economists.

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: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：:This article deals with the accuracy of statistical records used for political decision making and international comparative analysis. In developing countries, even major macroeconomic indicators can include data inadequacies and methodological differences in data generation between statistical agencies. Existing data...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Lorenz C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blockchain technology is a decentralized database that stores a registry of assets and transactions across a peer-to-peer computer network, which is secured through cryptography, and over time, its history gets locked in blocks of data that are cryptographically linked together and secured. So far, there have been use...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Radanović I,Likić R

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:In Germany, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) makes recommendations for ceiling prices of drugs based on an evaluation of the relationship between costs and effectiveness. To set ceiling prices, IQWiG uses the following decision rule: the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of a n...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Gandjour A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Peristeen transanal irrigation system is intended to allow people with bowel dysfunction to flush out the lower part of the bowel as part of their bowel management strategy. Peristeen was the subject of an evaluation by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, through its Medical Technologies Evaluat...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Dale M,Morgan H,Carter K,White J,Carolan-Rees G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reconsiders the evidence and several of the key arguments associated with the theory of supplier-induced demand (SID). It proposes a new theory to explain how ethical behaviour is consistent with SID. The purpose of a theory of demand and one criterion for the evaluation of a theory is the provision of a pl...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Richardson JR,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 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

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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this review is to assess the current state of empirical research regarding the effectiveness of national pricing regulations of the patent-protected market for prescription pharmaceuticals. Effectiveness is understood to be the capacity of policies to have a desired impact on outcomes, such as hea...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Wettstein DJ,Boes S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

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: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:Concerns about the long-term sustainability of health care expenditures (HCEs), particularly prescribing expenditures, has become an important policy issue in most developed countries. Previous studies suggest that proximity to death (PTD) has a significant effect on total HCEs, with its exclusion leading to...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Moore PV,Bennett K,Normand C

更新日期：2014-12-01 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:Although suicide-prevention campaigns have been implemented in numerous countries, Canada has yet to implement a strategy nationally. This is the first study to examine the cost utility of the implementation of a multidimensional suicide-prevention program that combines several interventions over a 50-year t...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Lebenbaum M,Cheng J,de Oliveira C,Kurdyak P,Zaheer J,Hancock-Howard R,Coyte PC

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Generic substitution has been introduced in most countries in order to reduce costs and improve access to drugs. However, regulations and the generic drugs available vary between countries. It is the prescriber or dispenser of the drug who is the final decision maker. Nevertheless, physicians'...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Toverud EL,Hartmann K,Håkonsen H

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:The South Korean Government recently announced a reform in the drug anti-rebate law, with the purpose of eradicating pervasive, unethical, and illegal rebate practices in pharmaceutical marketing. The main objective of this reform is to have the ability to bring criminal charges against doctors and pharmacists for rec...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Yu SY,Yang BM,Kim JH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare reforms aim to change certain parts of the health system to improve quality of care, access, or financial sustainability. Traditionally, healthcare reform is understood as an action undertaken by a government at a national or local level. However, bottom-up changes can also lead to improvements in the healt...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Selgas R,Rodriguez L,Julian JC,Remon C,Prieto-Velasco M,Perez-Contreras J,Fontan MP,GADDPE.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mandatory nature of recommendations made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK has highlighted inherent difficulties in the process of disinvestment in existing technologies to fund NICE-approved technologies. A lack of evidence on candidate technologies means that the proce...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Karnon J,Carlton J,Czoski-Murray C,Smith K

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:As tuberculosis screening trends to targeting high-risk populations, knowing the cost effectiveness of such screening is vital to decision makers. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this review was to compile cost-utility analyses evaluating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening in high-risk populations tha...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Campbell JR,Sasitharan T,Marra F

更新日期：2015-08-01 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 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：:We conducted a scoping review with the objective of synthesizing available literature and mapping what designs and methods have been used to evaluate health insurance reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. We systematically searched for scientific and grey literature in English and French published between 1980 and 2017 using...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Degroote S,Ridde V,De Allegri M

更新日期：2020-12-01 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: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：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：:This paper critically evaluates the estimates of the cost of Medicare for All (M4A) in the USA. Six studies that estimate the 1-year total cost of M4A in the USA are reviewed. These studies find that M4A would increase national health spending by as much as 16.9% or decrease it by 20.0%, representing a range of estima...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Nyman JA

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00