In general, demographic development is expected to increase the number of cases needing nursing care. In order to explore the possible dynamics in this area, this papers employs a demographic model of the DIW which integrates among others a steadily increasing life expectancy. Grouping by sex,...

Die Gesundheitsausgaben wurden in der Vergangenheit nur wenig durch die demographische Entwicklung determiniert. Da jedoch mit dem Alter sowohl die Erkrankungshäufigkeiten als auch die Dauer der Erkrankung zunehmen, könnte von der Alterung der Gesellschaft künftig ein stärkerer Einfluss auf...

Die demographische Entwicklung lässt erwarten, dass die Zahl pflegebedürftiger Menschen deutlich zunehmen wird. Um die mögliche Dynamik in diesem Bereich aufzuzeigen, werden mit Hilfe des DIW-Bevölkerungsmodells Größenordnung und Struktur der Pflegefälle vorausberechnet. Nach den hier...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition that afflicts young adults in their economically productive years. The goal of this study was to determine the costs of IBD in Germany from a societal perspective, using cost diaries. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Methods: Members of the German Crohn’s...</emphasis></emphasis>

The ibandronate strategy is unlikely to be considered cost effective by decision makers in men or women with characteristics of those in the target population of the RCT, or in older populations with osteoporosis. </AbstractSection> Copyright Adis Data Information BV 2008

The magnitude of alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality and associated costs demands more preventive efforts. </AbstractSection> Copyright Adis Data Information BV 2007

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: Preference-based health-state values, also referred to as utility scores, are considered an important measure of outcome in the evaluation of healthcare. A common approach to elicit utility scores is the use of the time trade-off (TTO) method; however, the data on TTO utility scores...</emphasis>

Direct instruments and PBMs are used to elicit utility weights in CUAs with different frequencies regarding study type, mental disorder, and country. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It has serious health effects and causes substantial costs for society. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Objectives: The aim of the present paper was to develop a state-of-the-art decision-analytic model of COPD...</emphasis></emphasis>