Epilepsy is an important health problem throughout the world. In order to best manage epilepsy within a population, its epidemiological profile should be established. Epidemiological studies have shown that epilepsy is a very common, chronic condition that particularly affects the young and...

In an effort to improve patient outcomes and reduce resource use and costs associated with asthma care, asthma disease management programmes have now gained momentum. If a programme is to be effective, the identification of goals and outcomes relevant to the target populations is essential....

Aim: To determine whether participation in a six-session behavioral medicine group program was associated with a post-intervention decrease in health costs among participants. Methods: A retrospective study conducted in a convenience sample of 295 high utilizers of healthcare at a health...

Background:Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that often results in joint pain, inflammation and bone erosions. Perhaps the most notable change in RA treatment during the last decade is the advent of biologics, and, in particular, anti-tumour necrosis factor...

Objective: To assess the relationship between diabetic medication adherence, total healthcare costs, and utilization within patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and concomitant diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Research design and methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of...

Cyclosporin microemulsion (Neoral(R)) is a self-emulsifying preconcentrate of cyclosporin which is more rapidly and consistently absorbed than the original oil-based formulation of cyclosporin (standard formulation; Sandimmun(R), Sandimmune(R)). This superior pharmacokinetic profile suggests...

Objective: An analysis of administrative and claims data was performed to compare the resource use and costs to a managed-care organisation of venlafaxine, a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), versus tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) therapy. after switching from a selective...

Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the annual socioeconomic burden imposed by erectile dysfunction (ED) on UK society. Design and Setting: Health service resource use attributable to ED during 1997/1998 was obtained from appropriate databases and a panel of 22 hospital...

While fluoxetine is considerably more expensive than tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), some previous studies have suggested that general medical expenditures are lower among patients treated with fluoxetine. In this study, computerised pharmacy and cost-accounting records of a large health plan...

Background: Although there are estimated to be nearly 1 million cases of herpes zoster diagnosed in the US each year, the economic costs associated with herpes zoster in the US have not been well described. Objective: To describe the healthcare resource utilisation and costs associated with...