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Promoting vaccinations - an analysis of measures taken by German statutory health insurers

Damm, Kathrin; Schubert, Jana M.; Schulenburg, … - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 16, pp. 1-6

Introduction: Prophylactic vaccinations play a significant role in health care. As a relatively cost-effective preventive measure they can help to avert transmissible diseases and thus protect not only the vaccinated individuals themselves but also those who have not been vaccinated. In order to...

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The impact of additive or substitutive clinical study design on the negotiated reimbursement for oncology pharmaceuticals after early benefit assessment in Germany

Dintsios, C. M.; Beinhauer, I. - In: Health economics review 10 (2020) 7, pp. 1-25

Background: We analysed the impact of clinical study design for oncological pharmaceuticals on the subsequent price … Health Insurance Funds. The analysis was conducted for all oncology pharmaceuticals that underwent the early benefit …. Further analyses should be performed when more oncology pharmaceuticals have passed the early benefit assessment. …

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The impact of reimbursement negotiations on cost and availability of new pharmaceuticals: evidence from an online experiment

Wettstein, Dominik J.; Boes, Stefan - In: Health economics review 10 (2020) 13, pp. 1-15

Background: The necessity to measure and reward "value for money" of new pharmaceuticals has become central in health … study assesses the impact of a negotiation situation for lifeextending pharmaceuticals on societal outcomes. Of interest …

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Confounding and missing data in cost-effectiveness analysis : comparing different methods

Härkänen, Tommi; Maljanen, Timo; Lindfors, Olavi; … - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 8, pp. 1-11

Introduction: Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be...

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Cost-effectiveness of vaccination with a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in Germany using a dynamic transmission model

Schobert, Deniz; Remy, Vanessa; Schoeffski, Oliver - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 19, pp. 1-10

Introduction: Persistent infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) are a necessary cause of cervical cancer and are responsible for important morbidity in men and women. Since 2007, HPV vaccination has been recommended and funded for all girls aged 12 to 17 in Germany. A previously published...

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Implementing personalized medicine with asymmetric information on prevalence rates

Antoñanzas Villar, Fernando; Juárez-Castelló, Carmelo A. - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 35, pp. 1-8

Although personalized medicine is becoming the new paradigm to manage some diseases, the economics of personalized medicine have only focused on assessing the efficiency of specific treatments, lacking a theoretical framework analyzing the interactions between pharmaceutical firms and healthcare...

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Using point-of-care diagnostic testing for improved antibiotic prescription : an economic model

Antoñanzas Villar, Fernando; Juárez-Castelló, C. A.; … - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12

Background: Antibiotics have been overprescribed to treat infectious diseases and have generated antimicrobial resistances that reduce their effectiveness. Following the rationale behind the new paradigm of personalized medicine, point-of-care diagnostic testing (POCT) has been proposed to...

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Health economic evaluations comparing faecal microbiota transplantation with antibiotics for treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection : a systematic review

Hammeken, Lianna Hede; Dahl Baunwall, Simon Mark; … - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1/3, pp. 1-8

Background: Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is increasingly being used in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI). Health economic evaluations may support decision-making regarding the implementation of FMT in clinical practice. Previous reviews have...

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Competition between health maintenance organizations and nonintegrated health insurance companies in health insurance markets

Baranes, Edmond; Bardey, David - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 36, pp. 1-9

This article examines a model of competition between two types of health insurer: Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and nonintegrated insurers. HMOs vertically integrate health care providers and pay them at a competitive price, while nonintegrated health insurers work as indemnity plans...

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Health Uninsurance in rural America : a partial equilibrium analysis

Nganje, William; Addey, Kwame Asiam - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 19, pp. 1-15

Background: The cost of rural health continues to be high in the United States despite an overall improvement in national health insurance enrolment. Stakeholder’s perception of adverse selection remains a paramount culprit in the challenges of rural insurance markets. Risk attitude has been...

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