abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuromuscular blockade and pneumoperitoneum (PP) are important factors to ensure successful laparoscopic surgery. However, residual neuromuscular blockade (rNMB) and PP are associated with many unfavorable complications. The aim of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of using sugammadex versus ne...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Ren M,Wang Y,Luo Y,Fang J,Lu Y,Xuan J

更新日期：2020-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In its pursuance of universal health coverage (UHC), the government of Benin is piloting a project of mandatory social insurance for health entitled "ARCH". METHODS:We analysed budget data and ARCH documents, and conducted four observation missions in Benin between March 2018 and January 2020. Results are p...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Paul E,Sambiéni NE,Wangbe JP,Fecher F,Bourgeois M

更新日期：2020-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Gräfe V,Moritz S,Greiner W

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Nakovics MI,Brenner S,Bongololo G,Chinkhumba J,Kalmus O,Leppert G,De Allegri M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Willingness to Pay (WTP) is an alternative to measure quality-adjusted life years for cost-effectiveness analyses. The aim was to evaluate longitudinal changes and determinants of parental WTP for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity. METHODS:Longitudinal data from post- (T2) and follow-up (T3...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Lauer R,Traub M,Hansen S,Kilian R,Steinacker JM,Kesztyüs D

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mobility impairment is the leading cause of disability in the UK. Individuals with congenital mobility impairments have unique experiences of health, quality of life and adaptation. Preference-based outcomes measures are often used to help inform decisions about healthcare funding and prioritisation, howev...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Bray N,Spencer LH,Edwards RT

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Swedish Healthcare Act states that patients should have equal access to healthcare. This study addresses at how this translates to pharmacological treatment of adult spasticity, including injections with botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) and pumps for intrathecal baclofen (ITB). To address potential economic in...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Forsmark A,Rosengren L,Ertzgaard P

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of commissioned addenda by the Federal Joint Committee (FJC) to the HTA body (IQWiG) and their agreement with FJC decisions and to identify potential additional decisive factors of FJC. METHODS:All available relevant documents up to end of 2017 were screen...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Dintsios CM,Worm F,Ruof J,Herpers M

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:By performing case management, general practitioners and health care assistants can provide additional benefits to their chronically ill patients. However, the economic effects of such case management interventions often remain unclear although how to manage the burden of chronic disease is a key question fo...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Ulrich LR,Petersen JJ,Mergenthal K,Berghold A,Pregartner G,Holle R,Siebenhofer A

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The studies measured Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) for hospital births previously suffer from serious data limitations. To overcome such limitations, we designed a hospital-based study for measuring the levels and factors of OOPE on maternity care for hospital births by its detailed componen...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Goli S,Rammohan A,Moradhvaj

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:For some considerable time now the interface between ambulatory and hospital care has been mooted as a cause of inefficiencies in the German health system and there have been calls for a softening of the strict separation between the two sectors. This debate emphasizes the need for detailed empirical information on th...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Büyükdurmus T,Kopetsch T,Schmitz H,Tauchmann H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper estimates the effect of the abolition of user charges for children's outpatient care (30 CZK/1.2 EUR) in 2009 on the demand for ambulatory doctor visits in the Czech Republic. Because the reform applied only to children, we can employ the difference-in-differences approach, where children constitute a treat...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Votapkova J,Zilova P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The causal link between a household's economic standing and child health is known to suffer from endogeneity. While past studies have exemplified the causal link to be small, albeit statistically significant, this paper aims to estimate the causal effect to investigate whether the effect of income after contr...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Fakir AM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying patient priorities and preference measurements have gained importance as patients claim a more active role in health care decision making. Due to the variety of existing methods, it is challenging to define an appropriate method for each decision problem. This study demonstrates the impact of the...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Schmidt K,Babac A,Pauer F,Damm K,von der Schulenburg JM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies provide evidence of improved clinical benefits associated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) optimization. Our analysis explores the cost-effectiveness of systematically optimized (SO, 3 times a year) vs. non-systematically optimized (NSO, less than 3 times a year) CRT, whatever the ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Banz K,Delnoy PP,Billuart JR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper analyzes the role of child, maternal and household variables on weight-for-age nutritional status of children in the largest urban slum of Bangladesh. METHODS:We use anthropometric weight-for-age nutrition status of children for an ordered logistic analysis. Our dataset gives us the advantage of ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Fakir AM,Khan MW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attainment of 70 years life expectancy by 2020 is one of the millennium development goals in Nigeria. This study examined the socio-economic determinants of life expectancy in Nigeria using data from 1980-2011. Judging from the endogeneity feature of the variables, A VAR and VECM frameworks were employed. Socio-econom...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Sede PI,Ohemeng W

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:ᅟ: There are many existing methodologies on measuring health equity, while seldom has method aiming at health resource allocation. We collected 6 method of measuring equity in health resource allocation. This paper presents key contents of methods on measuring horizontal equity in health service allocation, ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Tao Y,Henry K,Zou Q,Zhong X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of ticagrelor and ASA versus generic and branded clopidogrel and ASA in patients with ACS based on a Thai cost database. METHODS:A one-year decision tree and a long-term Markov model were constructed to estimate lifetime costs and quality-adjusted life years (QAL...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Yamwong S,Permsuwan U,Tinmanee S,Sritara P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood collection following nonstandard operations largely increases the risks of infectious diseases through cross-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in central China in the 1990s killed more than one million people. Many blood banks have since move...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Chen X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to estimate the cost of care and treatment for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonates admitted to a teaching and referral hospital. This cost estimation project can help health policy makers and planners make decisions and develop plans for perinatal service staging programs and ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Dalili H,Fallahi M,Moradi S,Nayeri F,Shariat M,Rashidian A

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Child malnutrition remains widespread in many developing countries. Malnutrition during infancy may substantially increase vulnerability to infection and disease, and the risk of premature death. Malnutrition in children may also lead to permanent effects and to their having diminished health capital later i...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Mussa R

更新日期：2014-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In the majority of children and adolescents with epilepsy, optimal drug therapy adequately controls their condition. However, among the remaining patients who are still uncontrolled despite mono-, bi- or tri-therapy with chronic anti-epileptic treatment, a rescue medication is required. In Western Europe, the licensed...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Lee DC,Gladwell D,Hatswell AJ,Porter J,Brereton N,Tate E,Saunders AL

更新日期：2014-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:: Care of stroke patients costs considerably more in specialized stroke units (SU) compared to care in general medical wards (GMW) but the technology may be cost effective if it leads to significantly improved outcomes. While randomized control trials show better outcomes for stroke patients admitted to SU, observatio...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Bokhari FA,Wellwood I,Rudd AG,Langhorne P,Dennis MS,Wolfe CD

更新日期：2014-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The term ?reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)? describes an integrated continuum of health states which is central to Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. While the burden of mortality and morbidity associated with RMNCH is well known, knowledge is still limited about the economic burd...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Saha S,Gerdtham UG

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An increasing emphasis on patient-centred health care and shared decision making requires an intensive consideration of patient preferences. In the present study, patient preferences regarding treatment of HIV/AIDS were explored using direct assessment and discrete choice experiment (DCE). METHODS:Based on ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Mühlbacher AC,Stoll M,Mahlich J,Nübling M

更新日期：2013-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Myocardial infarction networks have been shown to improve guideline adherent therapy and outcomes in patients presenting with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Our objective was to assess the short term cost effectiveness of a network structure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Outcome data and reimbursement d...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Birkemeyer R,Dauch A,Müller A,Beck M,Schneider H,Ince H,Jung W,Wahler S

更新日期：2013-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to apply the previously validated severity index for rheumatoid arthritis (SIFRA) to prevalent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) groups in Turkey and determine the effect of RA severity on health care costs and biologic use. METHODS:This retrospective study used the Turkish national health insurance...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Baser O,Baser E,Altinbas A,Burkan A

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This article comprehensively examines the impact of recent smoking control policies in Japan, increases in cigarette taxes and the enforcement of the Health Promotion Law, on individual smoking choice by using multi-year and nationwide individual survey data to overcome the analytical problems of previous Ja...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Yuda M

更新日期：2013-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：: Cost-of-illness studies (COI) can identify and measure all the costs of a particular disease, including the direct, indirect and intangible dimensions. They are intended to provide estimates about the economic impact of costly disease. Alzheimer disease (AD) is a relevant example to review cost of illness studies bec...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Costa N,Derumeaux H,Rapp T,Garnault V,Ferlicoq L,Gillette S,Andrieu S,Vellas B,Lamure M,Grand A,Molinier L

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to determine the costs of treating schizophrenia from the perspective of the statutory health insurance, as well as the identification of predictors of hospitalisation of formerly stable schizophrenia patients. METHODS:Claims data for the years 2004-2006 were analysed. Patients who ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Zeidler J,Slawik L,Fleischmann J,Greiner W

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a severe form of mental illness which is associated with significant and long-lasting health, social and financial burdens.The aim of this project is to assess the efficiency of the antipsychotics used in Spain in reducing schizophrenia relapses under the Spanish Health System perspective. ...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： García-Ruiz AJ,Pérez-Costillas L,Montesinos AC,Alcalde J,Oyagüez I,Casado MA

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：: In April 2008, the specialization in departments of obstetrics and gynecology was conducted in Sennan area of Osaka prefecture in Japan, which aims at solving the problems of regional provision of obstetrical service. Under this specialization, the departments of obstetrics and gynecology in two city hospitals were c...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Shen J,Fukui O,Hashimoto H,Nakashima T,Kimura T,Morishige K,Saijo T

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：: Health economists have studied the determinants of the expected value of health status as a function of medical and non-medical inputs, often finding small marginal effects of the former. However, medical inputs may have an additional benefit in the form of a reduced variability of health status. Using the standard d...

journal_title：Health economics review

authors： Schoder J,Zweifel P

更新日期：2011-07-20 00:00:00