Objective: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of a new product, oral ganciclovir, in comparison to a current therapy, intravenous (IV) ganciclovir, in the maintenance treatment of newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with AIDS. Design: This was a retrospective economic...

Background: Candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis (C/IC) are serious and costly events for hospitalized patients, particularly those in the ICU. Both fluconazole and the echinocandins are recommended as first-line therapy for C/IC. Resource use and cost considerations are important...

Verlagsinfo: Over seven years in preparation, this is the first book-length report to emerge from the Correlates of War project. That project, supported by the Carnegie Corporation and the National Science Foundation, proceeds from the assumption that war - like other natural and man-made...