Patient navigation has expanded as a promising approach to improve cancer care coordination and patient adherence. This paper addresses the need to identify the evidence on the economic impact of patient navigation in colorectal cancer, following the Health Economic Evaluation Publication...

This study examines whether health care is affected by Baumol's cost disease in a scenario of no growth. Baumol's model implies that stagnant sectors are driven by wage increases in excess of productivity growth. But in a no growth economy the income is constant. It is investigated in two...

In his 2008 Journal of Health Economics paper, Jochen Hartwig claimed that Baumol's Cost Disease (BCD) theory could explain observed increases in health care expenditures in OECD countries. This paper replicates Hartwig's results and demonstrates that he tested the wrong hypothesis. When one...

Background: The Swedish Healthcare Act states that patients should have equal access to healthcare. This study addresses at how this translates to pharmacological treatment of adult spasticity, including injections with botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) and pumps for intrathecal baclofen (ITB). To...

Background: Treatment of chronic illness accounts for over 90% of Medicare spending. Chronic lymphedema places 3-10 million Americans at risk for recurrent cellulitis. Without convincing predictions of the costs and benefits of lymphedema treatment, insurers are reluctant to fully cover...

Objectives: The aim was to determine the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Spain's health budget. Methods: Budget impact analyses based on retrospective data from patients with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) admitted to a Spanish hospital between...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a treatable disease with a high prevalence, and high morbidity associated with significant socioeconomic costs. Objective: To carry out a systematic review of the literature to analyze the main cost studies associated with COPD, in...

Background: Post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) pose a high burden for individuals and societies. Although prevalence rates are rather low, high co-occurrence rates and overall impairments cause deleterious suffering and significant costs. Still, no long-term data on costs and trends in cost...