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). Methods: Two HRQOL instruments were administered by telephone interviews to a sample of 253 IBS French patients recruited from … the general population. IBS was diagnosed according to the Manning, Rome I and Rome II criteria. Patients with organic …, the IBSQOL, were used. Results: Patients with IBS had statistically significant (P < 0.05) lower scores for all SF-36 QOL …
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BACKGROUND: In 2005, the French Government implemented a new way of financing high-cost drugs for hospitals in order to promote innovation. Such drugs are gathered on a positive list, established by the Ministry of Health, with a reimbursement price cap. Hospitals still negotiate with...
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approval. Results During the study period, 77 ATUs were formally licensed. The study concluded that, from the patient’s …
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We develop a "welfarist" model in which the collective demand for health insurance is mainly explained by a solvability motive : health insurance does not have for principal function to treat the risk aversion of solvent agents but to make it possible to individuals who are too poor to assume...
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Background Biosimilars are copies of biological reference medicines. Unlike generics (copies of chemical molecules), biologics are complex, expensive and complicated to produce. The knowledge of the factors affecting the competition following patent expiry for biologics remains limited....
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operated by the doctors about their patients according to the patients’ socioeconomic status. We then study how these …
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available to potential patients. We estimate changes in hospital demand caused by ranking lists on a panel of hospitals located …
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High prices and insufficient quality of care are observed in nursing homes in France. Reforms are currently under discussion, but governments are facing a dilemma : any measure of price cut is likely to affect quality and any improvement in quality would probably be inflationary. This work...
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