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Ensuring Appropriate Care in Epilepsy: An Overview of Epidemiological and Cost of Illness Considerations
Heaney, Dominic C.; Sander, Josemir W.A.S. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 4 (1998) 6, pp. 303-313
Epilepsy is an important health problem throughout the world. In order to best manage epilepsy within a population, its … burden on health services and society as a whole. The average annual cost of epilepsy may be as high as $US14 500 (1995 … essential part of raising the awareness of this significant public health problem. Many important issues regarding the …
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Under-Utilisation of beta-Blockers After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Pharmacoeconomic Implications
Bradford, W. David; Chen, Jersey; Krumholz, Harlan M. - In: PharmacoEconomics 15 (1999) 3, pp. 257-268
mortality associated with under-use 2. increased demand for related medical resources when the health state following an AMI is …
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Contribution of Pharmaceutical Innovation to Longevity Growth in Germany and France, 2001-7
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - In: PharmacoEconomics 30 (2012) 3, pp. 197-211
This paper investigates the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. The effect of the vintage of prescription drugs (and other variables) on the life expectancy and age-adjusted mortality rates of residents of Germany is examined, using...
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National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure.
Bernheim, Susannah; Grady, Jacqueline; Lin, Zhenqiu; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This article provides a national perspective on hospital performance for 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates and risk-standardized readmission rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure.
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Years of Potential Life Lost and Indirect Costs of Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature
GuyJr, Gery P. Guy; Ekwueme, Donatus U. - In: PharmacoEconomics 29 (2011) 10, pp. 863-874
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the US, and an important public health concern both in the US and …
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Applying Epidemiology-Based Outcomes Research to Clinical Decision-Making: A Hypothetical Model of Biotechnology Therapy in Gram-Negative Sepsis
Wang, Edward C.Y.; Grasela, Thaddeus H.; Walawander, … - In: PharmacoEconomics 15 (1999) 4, pp. 385-393
Objective: Sepsis occurs in a heterogeneous population. A prospective nationwide surveillance study found that populations stratified by infection type had significant differences in the incidence of sepsis syndrome, rate of complications and mortality. The objective of this study was to explore...
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A Review of the Pharmacoeconomics of Pharmaceutical Care
Plumridge, Richard J.; Wojnar-Horton, Richard E. - In: PharmacoEconomics 14 (1998) 2, pp. 175-189
Numerous studies have demonstrated that the therapeutic use of drugs results in adverse outcomes and contributes to high rates of morbidity and mortality. The causes of drug-related problems are multifactorial and their assessment has been based on factors such as inappropriate prescribing,...
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Simvastatin After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Costs and Consequences
Krobot, Karl J.; Wenke, Klaus; Reichart, Bruno - In: PharmacoEconomics 15 (1999) 3, pp. 279-289
setting: The perspective of the economic analysis was that of the German health insurance fund. Life-years gained were …
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Counting the Costs of Drug-Related Adverse Events
White, T. Jeffrey; Arakelian, Annet; Rho, Jay P. - In: PharmacoEconomics 15 (1999) 5, pp. 445-458
Adverse drug events occur frequently and lead to a significant number of fatalities each year. It has been estimated that fatalities directly attributable to adverse drug reactions are the fourth to sixth leading cause of death in US hospitals, exceeding deaths caused by pneumonia and diabetes....
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Ramipril in Heart Failure after Myocardial Infarction: Economic Evaluation of the Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy (AIRE) Study for Germany from th...
Schadlich, Peter K.; Huppertz, Eduard; Brecht, Josef Georg - In: PharmacoEconomics 14 (1998) 6, pp. 653-669
-effectiveness analysis was conducted from the perspective of the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) provider in Germany. A modelling approach …
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