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360 patient-treatment days and 8 antibacterials. Main outcome measures and results: Drug acquisition cost ranged from 4 …
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Background: Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) programmes have become prevalent over the past 2 decades. From the US perspective, these programmes have been shown to reduce healthcare costs. No comprehensive analysis has been published from the Canadian perspective. Objective: To...
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utilisation included costs for study antibacterials, treatment of adverse effects and failures, and hospitalisation. The primary …
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Background: Around 0.4 million cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) occur each year. Only a small fraction of these cases are treated according to international guidelines. Evidence relevant to decisions about whether to scale-up treatment for MDR-TB includes cost and...
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a viral infection with or without bacterial superinfection. Although spontaneous resolution is common, antibacterials … have compared antibacterials with placebo and few have suggested that antibacterials are superior to placebo, except when a … trials were published between 1989 and 2002, that compared the relative efficacy of various antibacterials. Most of these …
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compared with prolonged antibacterials, MRI cost $US120 (year 1993 value) more without additional quality-adjusted life …
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In this review, the economic aspects of pneumococcal pneumonia are analysed, including the costs, cost effectiveness and cost benefit of treatment and prevention. We identified eight cost-of-illness studies, 15 analyses comparing the costs of different treatment options and 15 economic...
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Abciximab is a monoclonal antibody fragment that inhibits platelet aggregation through antagonism of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa. The drug is used in conjunction with heparin and aspirin to prevent ischaemic complications associated with percutaneous coronary revascularisation in patients with...
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