The next generation of artificial vision devices (AVDs), which is currently developed in pre-clinical settings, has the potential to improve the vision of blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in a manner that they will be categorized as visual impaired but no more as blind. This...

Das Gesundheitswesen hat einerseits hohe Bedeutung für die Bürger und Patienten, andererseits ist es ein zunehmend bedeutsamer Wirtschaftsfaktor. Häufige Reformen und vielfältige Berichterstattung lassen den Eindruck entstehen, dass eine rationale Steuerung der gesundheitlichen Versorgung...

Background: Decision-analytic modelling (DAM) has become a widespread method in health technology assessments (HTA), but the extent to which modelling is used differs among international HTA institutions. In Germany, the use of DAM is optional within HTAs of the German Institute of Medical...