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Regional differences of standardised mortality rates for ischemic heart diseases in the Slovak Republic for the period 1996-2013 in the context of income inequality

Gavurová, Beáta; Vagašová, Tatiana - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 21, pp. 1-12

in relation to the income inequality in the regions of Slovakia. This paper assesses different types of income indicators … show that Slovakia has the worst values of standardised mortality rates for ischemic heart diseases in EU countries … Eastern Slovakia to Western Slovakia; additionally, high differences in the results of variability are seen among Slovak …

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Short term cost effectiveness of a regional myocardial infarction network

Birkemeyer, Ralf; Dauch, Anke; Müller, Alfred; Beck, … - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 10, pp. 1-8

Aims: Myocardial infarction networks have been shown to improve guideline adherent therapy and outcomes in patients … gathered in consecutive patients with acute STEMI (n=536) admitted to any of the hospitals in a 350.000 inhabitant rural … 2005 aiming for identical treatment of all acute STEMI patients during 24 h/7d a week with primary angioplasty. Patient …

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Exploratory cost-effectiveness analysis of cardiac resynchronization therapy with systematic device optimization vs. standard (non-systematic) optimization : a multinational econom...

Banz, Kurt; Delnoy, Peter Paul; Billuart, Jean Renaud - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 19, pp. 1-10

Background: Recent studies provide evidence of improved clinical benefits associated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) optimization. Our analysis explores the cost-effectiveness of systematically optimized (SO, 3 times a year) vs. non-systematically optimized (NSO, less than 3 times a...

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Costs of treating cardiovascular events in Germany : a systematic literature review

Schmid, Tamara - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 27, pp. 1-13

: This review included 13 articles. For newly occurred MI patients, the average hospitalization costs during the acute phase … € 13,838-14,792 per patient. Direct medical costs of chronic HF patients were found to be between € 3417 and 5576 per …

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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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Economic conditions, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease : analysis of the Icelandic economic collapse

Birgisdóttir, Kristín Helga; Jónsson, Stefán Hrafn; … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 20, pp. 1-21

Previous research has found a positive short-term relationship between the 2008 collapse and hypertension in Icelandic males. With Iceland's economy experiencing a phase of economic recovery, an opportunity to pursue a longer-term analysis of the collapse has emerged. Using data from a...

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Diabetic and cardiovascular patients' willingness to pay for upcoming national health insurance scheme in Côte d'Ivoire

Oga, Agbaya Stéphane Serge; Attia-konan, Akissi Régine; … - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 8, pp. 1-8

developing economy. This study examined patients’ willingness to pay in order to get access to health care when it is needed …

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A comparative profitability analysis of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in a high-volume French hospital

Huchet, François; Chan-Peng, Jacques; d’Acremont, Fanny - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 6, pp. 1-7

) to patients who present an intermediate risk for surgery and have been so far considered for conventional surgery. We … conventional surgery in a high-volume French hospital. Consecutive patients eligible for transfemoral TAVR or surgical aortic valve … of costs. Results: Two hundred and thirty-eight patients were included in the TAVR group and 341 in the SAVR group. TAVR …

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The cost-effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation : a systematic review of the characteristics and methodological quality of published literature

Edwards, Katherine; Jones, Natasha; Newton, Julia; … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 37, pp. 1-23

cardiovascular disease patients. However, variability in CR program delivery and weak consistency between study perspective and … generalisability of study findings was limited due to the exclusion of patients with comorbidities as would typically be found in a …

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Palivizumab in the prevention of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in children with congenital heart disease : a novel cost-utility modeling study reflecting evidence-ba...

Schmidt, Ralph; Majer, Istvan; Román, Natalia García; … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 47, pp. 1-8

performed surgery despite severe infection were considered. In later years, patients were at risk of developing asthma and …

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