Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of the supply of calcium of 1200mg per day from the week 14 of pregnancy to all pregnant women compared to not supplying it to reduce the incidence of preeclampsia. Methods: A decision tree was built in TreeAge® with outcome measured in life years...

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness for Colombia of four asymptomatic-bacteriuria (ABU) screening alternatives in pregnant women: a) urine culture, b) Gram stain, c) urianalysis and d) urianalysis followed by urine culture after a positive result.Methods: Two decision trees were built...

English Abstract: Purpose: Countries without EQ-5D general-population surveys might use valuations from another country with similar health valuations. This study aimed to identify whether there are groups of countries with similar health-state valuations.Methods: A cluster analysis was...

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of the etiological approach with rapid tests at the site of care compared to the syndromic diagnosis in non-pregnant women with symptoms of lower genital tract infection.Materials and Methods: A decision tree was built in TreeAge® to estimate the...

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of local vs. oral antibiotic in non-pregnant women with vaginal discharge suggestive of bacterial vaginosis.Methods: We compared four combinations of antibiotics for the first option and for the treatment of clinical failure: vaginal clindamycin and...

In people with diabetes, a foot infection often leads to amputation. Plain film x-ray is the traditional method in assessing foot bone infections but magnetic resonance is more sensitive and specific. A comparison is performed here between radiography and radiography plus magnetic resonance in...

Contrast media induced nephropathy is a common cause of kidney failure in hospitalized patients. It has been suggested that high-osmolality contrast media caused less nephropathies than low-osmolality ones. The cost-effectiveness of High- (Iodixanol) and Low-osmolality (Iohexol, Iopamidol and...

The paper presents the main methodological aspects to taking to account for making economic analysis in the context of a clinical practice guideline in a developing country. It is addressed to users of health economic analyses in order to enhance knowledge of what economic analyses are, their...