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Cost-effectiveness of an atypical conventional antipsychotic in South Africa: An economic evaluation of quetiapine versus haloperidol in the treatment of patients partially respons...
Emsley R.; Booysen F. - 2004
atypical antipsychotics in treating schizophrenia in South Africa. … antipsychotics over their conventional predecessors have to be weighed against their higher acquisition costs. Pharmaco …. We compared the direct costs (private and public sector) of treating schizophrenia with an atypical antipsychotic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480496
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Gender and Mental Health : Are There Differences?
K Damodaran, Deepa; Paul, Varghese - 2019
Mental health is clearly an integral part of health. There is no health without mental health. It is the foundation of well-being and effective functioning for an individual and for a community. Mental health and mental illnesses are determined by the interaction of multiple social,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014126623
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Losing insurance and behavioral health hospitalizations : evidence from a large-scale Medicaid disenrollment
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Tello-Trillo, Sebastian; … - 2019
We study the effects of losing insurance on behavioral health - mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) - community hospitalizations. We leverage variation in public insurance eligibility offered by a large-scale Medicaid disenrollment. Losing insurance decreased SUD-related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034281
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Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Children and Adolescents
Bhardwaj, Atul - 2015
Worldwide 10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental disorders. Mental disorders, if remain untreated, can impose enormous and lifelong burden to the individual, family and society. Yet, a large proportion of affected children do not receive treatment owing to poor accessibility to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010346
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Assessing cost-effectiveness of drug interventions for schizophrenia
Magnus, A.; Carr, V.; Mihalopoulos, C.; Carter, R.; Vos, T. - 2005
the treatment of choice for established schizophrenia, with risperidone being reserved for those experiencing moderate to … scenarios for established schizophrenia. Method: Using a standardized methodology, costs and outcomes are modelled over the … lifetime of prevalent cases of schizophrenia in Australia in 2000. A two-stage approach to assessment of health benefit is used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447966
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Employer Responsibility in Health Care Reform: Potential Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income Workers
Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
Leading health care reform proposals all require individuals to obtain health care coverage, but differ in how they would require employers to share in the costs of coverage for their employees. This report reviews the employer responsibility requirements in the leading proposals—often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545826
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Free Ride: The Senate Health Bill’s Approach to “Employer Responsibility” Means Some Large Employers Get to Take It Easy
Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
Leaders in both the House and the Senate have committed to "shared responsibility" as a basic principle of health care reform, meaning that the costs of health care coverage are shared by individuals, businesses, and the public sector. However, as this issue brief documents, the Senate version...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545828
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Reimbursement Roulette: The Baucus Bill’s Too Playful Approach to “Play-or-Pay” in Health Care Reform
Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
Two of the three leading health care reform proposals being considered by Congress—the House “Tri-Committee” health care reform legislation and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s reform legislation—include sensibly designed “play-or-pay” provisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545830
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Restraining High and Rising Cancer Drug Prices: Need for Accelerating R&D Productivity and Aligning Prices with Value
Bhardwaj, Ramesh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
ABSTRACT The high price of cancer drugs has become a world-wide phenomenon. In recent decades, studies have produced ample evidence of rising research and clinical testing costs underlying pharmaceutical innovations. There is a general concurrence that the current model of drug development needs...
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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
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