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：: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：BACKGROUND:The apparent decrease in the rate of approval of new molecular entities has provoked extensive discussion and fears that the productivity of biopharmaceutical research and development has severely declined in recent years. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the extent to which traditional measures of innovative outpu...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Berndt ER,Cockburn IM,Grépin KA

更新日期：2006-12-01 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 use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) can enable dose intensification of chemotherapy in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, given its acquisition cost, it is important to assess its cost effectiveness within a resource-constrained health service. OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost effectiv...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Bojke L,Sculpher M,Stephens R,Qian W,Thatcher N,Girling D

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:The pharmaceutical industry's core business is the innovation, development and marketing of new drugs. Pharmacogenetic (PG) testing and technology has the potential to increase a drug's value in many ways. A critical issue for the industry is whether products in development should be teamed with genetic tests that cou...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Vernon JA,Johnson SJ,Hughen WK,Trujillo A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past few years have seen rapid changes in the methods of decision-analytic modelling of healthcare programmes for the purposes of economic evaluation. This paper focuses on four developments in modelling that have emerged over the past few years or have become more widely used. First, no one optimal method for ext...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Weinstein MC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we consider the evolving American healthcare landscape and what it means for the use of economic evaluation of health interventions. We emphasise that use of economic evaluation in the US is unlikely to follow the European, Canadian or Australian models, which use cost effectiveness openly and explicitly...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Neumann PJ,Sullivan SD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to estimate the per-patient-per-month (PPPM) costs of medications in the six Medicare Part D protected classes based on findings among Medicare and dual eligible beneficiaries with drug coverage before the enactment of the benefit. DESIGN:Data were from the Thomson Medstat Mar...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Mucha L,Masia NA,Axelsen KJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders, with an estimated prevalence rate in the general population of 10-15% in industrialised countries. Although IBS is not a life-threatening disease, it contributes significantly to a large segment of healthcare resource consu...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Maxion-Bergemann S,Thielecke F,Abel F,Bergemann R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have shown that the combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting beta(2)-adrenoceptor agonist (LABA) for patients with asthma is more effective than the use of ICS alone in equivalent or higher doses, as well as the use of other combinations. However, the relatively higher acquisit...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Akazawa M,Stempel DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:During the 1990s, a number of new cytotoxic agents with clinically relevant activity in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and with a more favourable therapeutic index than drugs already in use, became available. Given the high prices of these new drugs and the large number of patients affected, it is impor...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Neymark N,Lianes P,Smit EF,van Meerbeeck JP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Buprenorphine offers an alternative to methadone in the treatment of heroin dependence, and has the advantage of allowing alternate-day dosing. This study is the first to examine the cost effectiveness of buprenorphine as maintenance treatment for heroin dependence in a primary care setting using eco...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Harris AH,Gospodarevskaya E,Ritter AJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the cost effectiveness (from the UK NHS and personal social services perspective) of the cholinesterase inhibitors donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine compared with usual care in the treatment of mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease. Patients had a mean age of 74 years, a mean disease...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Green C,Picot J,Loveman E,Takeda A,Kirby J,Clegg A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with schizophrenia suffer numerous relapses and rehospitalizations that are associated with high direct and indirect medical expense. Suboptimal therapeutic efficacy and, in particular, problems with compliance are major factors leading to relapse. Atypical antipsychotic agents offer improved efficacy and a l...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： De Graeve D,Smet A,Mehnert A,Caleo S,Miadi-Fargier H,Mosqueda GJ,Lecompte D,Peuskens J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：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：:Health economic modelling studies are of interest to many parties with different responsibilities and diverging interests. Therefore, it is obvious that recognising the relevance of statistical uncertainty and dealing with it appropriately are required to obtain unbiased results from health economic modelling studies,...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Nuijten MJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Answering the demanding questions asked of pharmacotherapy in the 21st century will require more reliance on the disciplines of pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics. Pharmacoepidemiology can help assess patterns and appropriateness of drug utilisation, provide explanations for poor compliance, quantify the frequ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Avorn J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that the earlier a patient reaches hospital and receives thrombolysis, the better the outcome. The GREAT (Grampian Region Early Anistreplase Trial) directly addressed the issue of early thrombolysis by evaluating, in a randomised controlled trial, the efficacy of thrombolysis in the communi...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Vale L,Steffens H,Donaldson C

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential economic implications of using etoricoxib versus non-selective NSAID alternatives in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the UK. STUDY DESIGN:Decision-analytical modelling was used to calculate the exp...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Moore A,Phillips C,Hunsche E,Pellissier J,Crespi S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of health-related QOL (HR-QOL) measures specifically designed for people with diabetes mellitus have appeared in the literature. This article provides a selective review of 12 measures that address this important construct. For each included study, a description of the measure and its development phase is pro...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Watkins K,Connell CM

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common diagnosis and care of CAP is responsible for significant healthcare expenditures, the majority of which are for patients who require hospitalisation. Studies have shown that significant variation exists among institutions with respect to antibacterial costs and length of ...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Brown PD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, generally progressive autoimmune disease that causes functional disability, significant pain and joint destruction, and leads to premature mortality. It is estimated to affect between 0.5 and 1.0% of the adult population worldwide, increases in prevalence with age and affects mo...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Kvien TK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the economic aspects of pneumococcal pneumonia are analysed, including the costs, cost effectiveness and cost benefit of treatment and prevention. We identified eight cost-of-illness studies, 15 analyses comparing the costs of different treatment options and 15 economic evaluations of prevention that m...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： De Graeve D,Beutels P

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and actinic keratosis are becoming an increasingly important healthcare problem. There are approximately 1 million cases of NMSC in the US each year, primarily basal cell carcinomas, and the incidence is increasing. Although NMSC is significant in terms of both health risk and the resou...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Higashi MK,Veenstra DL,Langley PC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potential differences in toxicity, potency and acquisition price among the liposomal amphotericin B formulations makes it unclear which agent is less costly when total resource consumption and treatment-associated costs are considered. DESIGN:A retrospective cost-minimisation analysis in 51 patients was per...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Kuti JL,Kotapati S,Williams P,Capitano B,Nightingale CH,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International phase III studies (CHIB 201 and 352) showed that basiliximab, a high affinity chimeric monoclonal antibody interleukin-2 receptor antagonist, is highly effective in preventing acute rejection when used as immunoprophylaxis in patients receiving cyclosporin (Neoral). We conducted a cost evaluati...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Hasegawa T,Imai H,Miki S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-utility analysis (CUA) is a technique that can potentially be used as a guide to allocating healthcare resources so as to obtain the maximum health benefits possible under a given budget constraint. However, it is not clear that current practice captures societal preferences regarding health benefits. In analyses...

journal_title：PharmacoEconomics

authors： Cohen BJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 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