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Regret-sensitive treatment decisions
Fujii, Yoichiro; Osaki, Yusuke - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 14, pp. 1-8
The threshold approach to medical decision-making, in which treatment decisions are made based on whether the …
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Experimental measurement of preferences in health and healthcare using best-worst scaling: an overview
Mühlbacher, Axel; Kaczynski, Anika; Zweifel, Peter; … - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 2, pp. 1-14
review found 53 BWS applications in health and healthcare. This article expounds possibilities of application, the underlying …
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Decision modelling of non-pharmacological interventions for individuals with dementia : a systematic review of methodologies
Sopina, Elizaveta; Sørensen, Jan - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 8, pp. 1-21
issues surrounding decision modelling for economic evaluation of non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) in dementia …. Methods: A systematic search was conducted for publications using decision modelling to investigate the costeffectiveness of … decision tree approaches. A number of challenging methodological issues were identified, including the use of MMSE-score as the …
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A multilevel analysis of prenatal care and birth weight in Kenya
Awiti, Japheth Osotsi - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 33, pp. 1-16
The paper investigates the effect of adequate use of prenatal care on birth weight in Kenya using data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of 2008 - 2009 together with additional administrative data. Both a single-level model and a multi-level model are estimated. The estimation...
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Wealth and antenatal care use : implications for maternal health care utilisation in Ghana
Arthur, Eric - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 14, pp. 1-8
The study investigates the effect of wealth on maternal health care utilization in Ghana via its effect on Antenatal care use. Antenatal care serves as the initial point of contact of expectant mothers to maternal health care providers before delivery. The study is pivoted on the introduction of...
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Using morbidity and income data to forecast the variation of growth and employment in the oral healthcare sector
Ostwald, Dennis Alexander; Klingenberger, David - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 11, pp. 1-11
the economic significance of the oral healthcare sector as a component of the German healthcare sector as a whole. The … current data for the healthcare sector comes from Health Satellite Accounts, which while comprehensive do fail to answer … important questions due to not incorporating certain sectors such as the oral healthcare sector. Therefore on the basis of the …
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Socioeconomic determinants of use of reproductive health services in Ghana
Abekah-Nkrumah, Gordon; Abor, Patience Aseweh - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 9, pp. 1-15
Background: The study examines trends in the consumption of reproductive health services (use of modern contraceptives, health facility deliveries, assisted deliveries, first trimester antenatal visit and 4+ antenatal visits) and their determinants using four rounds of Ghana Demographic and...
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Cost effectiveness of lanthanum carbonate in chronic kidney disease patients in Spain before and during dialysis
Gros, Blanca; Galán, Antonio; González-Parra, Emilio; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 14, pp. 1-9
the relative risk related to serum phosphorus levels. According to the Spanish healthcare system perspective, only medical …
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Paying for the quantity and quality of hospital care : the foundations and evolution of payment policy in England
Grašič, Katja; Mason, Anne R.; Street, Andrew - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 15, pp. 1-10
requirements. In this article we describe the evolution and structure of Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) in England and the way …
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Economic impact of homeopathic practice in general medicine in France
Colas, Aurélie; Danno, Karine; Tabar, Cynthia; Ehreth, … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 18, pp. 1-9
Health authorities are constantly searching for new ways to stabilise health expenditures. To explore this issue, we compared the costs generated by different types of medical practice in French general medicine: i.e. conventional (CM-GP), homeopathic (Ho-GP), or mixed (Mx-GP). Data from a...
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