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Cardiovascular drug shortages in Lebanon : a broken heart
Khattar, Georges; Hallit, Jennifer; El Chamieh, Carolla; … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-2
For nearly 3 years now, Lebanon has been assailed by compounded crises. With the economic instability, the coronavirus pandemic, and the explosion of the Beirut Port on August 4, 2020; the fragile Lebanese healthcare system has found itself at massive risk of a catastrophic public health crisis...
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Evaluating a capacity development intervention in health economics among producers and users of evidence in Nigeria : a case study in Getting Research Into Policy and Practice (GRI...
Ezenduka, Charles C.; Onwujekwe, Obinna Emmanuel - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-9
Background: The use of research evidence to inform policy and practice cannot be overemphasized especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). To promote the use of research evidence in the provision of health services for enhanced effective control of communicable diseases in developing...
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Analysis on the equity differential on household healthcare financing in developing countries : empirical evidence from Tanzania, East Africa
Kitole, Felician Andrew; Lihawa, Robert Michael; Mkuna, … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11
Background: Achieving equity in healthcare services has been a global priority. According to the literature, a slew of initiatives aimed at increasing household equity in healthcare fnancing have exacerbated the problem, making it hard for most developing countries to understand the real cause...
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Hospital unit costs in Jordan : insights from a country facing competing health demands and striving for universal health coverage
Hammad, Eman A.; Alabbadi, Ibrahim; Taissir, Fardos; … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-9
benchmark the unit costs of hospital services in public providers in Jordan to provide insights into the outlook for public … health care costs. Methods: The unit costs of hospital services per admission, inpatient days, outpatient visits, emergency …
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Economic impact of powered stapler in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung Cancer in a Chinese tertiary hospital : a cost-minimization analysis
Cao, Yang; Xiong, Fang; Xia, Xiaozhe; Gu, Pengjuan; … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13
for lung cancer in a Chinese tertiary care hospital. Methods: This study identified 388 patients who received VATS … tertiary hospital. Multiple generalized linear regression analyses were conducted using data on hospital costs and patient … characteristics to develop predictive equations for hospital costs in a cost-minimization analysis (CMA) model comparing hospital …
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Economic burden of cancer among patients with surgical resections of the lung, rectum, liver and uterus : results from a US hospital database claims analysis
Kalsekar, Iftekhar; Hsiao, Chia-Wen; Cheng, Hang; … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 22, pp. 1-13
Objectives: To determine hospital resource utilization, associated costs and the risk of complications during …-9-CM diagnosis codes. Operating room time (ORT), length of stay (LOS), and total hospital costs, as well as frequency of … bleeding and infections during hospitalization were evaluated. The impact of cancer status on outcomes (from a hospital …
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Early health economic evaluation of the future potential of next generation artificial vision systems for treating blindness in Germany
Schwander, Bjoern - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 27, pp. 1-10
The next generation of artificial vision devices (AVDs), which is currently developed in pre-clinical settings, has the potential to improve the vision of blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in a manner that they will be categorized as visual impaired but no more as blind. This...
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Methods for measuring horizontal equity in health resource allocation: a comparative study
Tao, Yi; Henry, Kizito; Zou, Qinpei; Zhong, Xiaoni - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 10, pp. 1-10
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...
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The Role of decision-analytic modelling in German health technology assessments
Kuhlmann, Alexander; Treskova, Marina; Braun, Sebastian; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 7, pp. 1-7
Background: Decision-analytic modelling (DAM) has become a widespread method in health technology assessments (HTA), but the extent to which modelling is used differs among international HTA institutions. In Germany, the use of DAM is optional within HTAs of the German Institute of Medical...
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Estimating cost-effectiveness in public health : a summary of modelling and valuation methods
Marsh, Kevin; Phillips, Ceri; Fordham, Richard; … - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 17, pp. 1-6
It is acknowledged that economic evaluation methods as they have been developed for Health Technology Assessment do not capture all the costs and benefits relevant to the assessment of public health interventions. This paper reviews methods that could be employed to measure and value the broader...
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