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Cost-effectiveness of an atypical conventional antipsychotic in South Africa: An economic evaluation of quetiapine versus haloperidol in the treatment of patients partially respons...

Emsley R.; Booysen F. - 2004

atypical antipsychotics in treating schizophrenia in South Africa. … antipsychotics over their conventional predecessors have to be weighed against their higher acquisition costs. Pharmaco …. We compared the direct costs (private and public sector) of treating schizophrenia with an atypical antipsychotic …

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Assessing cost-effectiveness of drug interventions for schizophrenia

Magnus, A.; Carr, V.; Mihalopoulos, C.; Carter, R.; Vos, T. - 2005

the treatment of choice for established schizophrenia, with risperidone being reserved for those experiencing moderate to … scenarios for established schizophrenia. Method: Using a standardized methodology, costs and outcomes are modelled over the … lifetime of prevalent cases of schizophrenia in Australia in 2000. A two-stage approach to assessment of health benefit is used …

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Copper Mining and Environmental Costs in Dominica

Harris-Charles, Emaline L.; Pemberton, Carlisle A. - 2007

A proposal from an international mining company to establish a copper mining operation in the Caribbean island of Dominica could be highly favourable, given the potential for financial benefits associated with such a project. On the downside, such projects are often associated with environmental...

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Calculating the Costs of Environmental Regulation

Pizer, William A.; Kopp, Raymond J. - 2003

Decisions concerning environmental protection hinge on estimates of economic burden. Over the past 30 years, economists have developed and applied various tools to measure this burden. In this paper, developed as a chapter for the Handbook of Environmental Economics, we present a taxonomy of...

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A cost minimisation analysis of the usage of central nervous system medicines by using a managed care medicine price list / Janine M. Joubert

Joubert, Janine Mari - 2004

Increasing health care costs is an international problem from which SouthAfrica is not excluded. Prescription medication contributes most to these high health care costs,and methods to reduce their costs to society are implemented worldwide. In South Africa, sucha method is a managed care...

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The value of the "top twenty" pharmaceutical products as a management instrument in a managed health care organisation / Shenaaz Saley

Saley, Shenaaz - 2004

Health is a fundamental human right. Access to health care, which includes providing apopulation with safe, effective, good quality drugs at the least possible cost, is a prerequisite torealising that right. Drugs or medicines play a fundamental role in the effectiveness, efficiencyand...

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An analysis of the usage of antibiotics in the private health care sector : a managed health care approach / Renier Coetzee

Coetzee, Renier - 2004

The most frequent intervention performed by physicians is the writing of a prescription. Modern medicine has been remarkably effective in managing diseases. Medicines play a fundamentalrole in the effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness of health care systems. However,health care...

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