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Sickle Cell Disease Screening Programs: Integration Into Managed Care

Davies, Sally C.; Oni, Lola - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 6, pp. 295-304

Screening programs for sickle cell disease, when effective, can reduce morbidity and mortality as a direct consequence of patient education and optimized clinical management. However, informed patient or parental consent is necessary prior to the screening process as a person's sickle status is...

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Economic Considerations Related to Providing Adequate Pain Relief for Women in Labour: Comparison of Epidural and Intravenous Analgesia

Huang, Cecil; Macario, Alex - In: PharmacoEconomics 20 (2002) 5, pp. 305-318

Epidural analgesia and intravenous analgesia with opioids are two techniques for providing pain relief for women in labour. Labour pain is comparable to surgical pain in its severity, and epidural analgesia provides better relief from this pain than intravenous analgesia; a meta-analysis...

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Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Pregnancy : Health Spending Following the PPACA Adult-Dependent Mandate

Fronstin, Paul - 2013

, substance abuse, and pregnancy. The ADM cohort was more likely than the comparison group to use retail pharmacies rather than …

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Consumer Preference for Dinoprostone Vaginal Gel Using Stated Preference Discrete Choice Modelling

Taylor, Susan J.; Armour, Carol L. - In: PharmacoEconomics 21 (2003) 10, pp. 721-735

Objective: To assess consumer preference for two methods of induction of labour using stated preference discrete choice modelling. The methods of induction were artificial rupture of the membranes (ARM) plus oxytocin and dinoprostone (prostaglandin E2) vaginal gel, followed by oxytocin if...

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Management of Narcolepsy: Defining the Role of Modafinil

Comer, Alison M.; Spencer, Caroline M. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 8 (2000) 2, pp. 99-111

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder characterised by excessive daytime sleepiness, with or without cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations, with an estimated prevalence of 0.02 to 0.05% worldwide. The goal of managing narcolepsy is to keep patients as alert as possible during...

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Management of HIV-1 Infection in Children: Special Considerations

Brady, Michael T. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 4 (1998) 2, pp. 73-91

Optimal management of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children requires a commitment from the healthcare delivery system, healthcare providers, and affected families and caregivers. When adequate resources are available (as in most industrialised nations), an aggressive...

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Relative Cost Effectiveness of Depo-Provera(R), Implanon(R), and Mirena(R) in Reversible Long-Term Hormonal Contraception in the UK

Varney, Susan J.; Guest, Julian F. - In: PharmacoEconomics 22 (2004) 17, pp. 1141-1151

resource utilisation values and contraception continuation rates were obtained from the GPRD. The incidence of pregnancy … pregnancy (Lstg 21 Conclusion: Long-acting reversible hormonal contraception has the benefit of being extremely effective (>99 … medical history and the estimated cost of an unintended pregnancy. Choice of contraception is essential to meet diverse user …

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Chlamydia trachomatis in Adolescents and Adults: Clinical and Economic Implications

Marra, Carlo A.; Patrick, David M.; Reynolds, Robert; … - In: PharmacoEconomics 13 (1998) 2, pp. 191-222

The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the epidemiology, diagnosis, screening and pharmacotherapy of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in adolescents and adults, together with a critical review of economic studies published on this topic. C. trachomatis continues to produce enormous...

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Economic Analysis of Long Term Reversible Contraceptives: Focus on Implanon(R)

Phillips, Ceri J. - In: PharmacoEconomics 18 (2000) 5, pp. 511-513

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Examining Within-Country Variation of Maternity Costs in the Context of a Multicountry, Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial

Hutton, Guy; Fox-Rushby, Julia; Mugford, Miranda; … - In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 3 (2004) 3, pp. 161-170

Understanding why healthcare costs vary between patients and between health facilities is important in guiding health policy decisions as well as in research. However, there is no comprehensive framework that analysts commonly use for expressing and examining causes of cost variation in the...

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