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The Effect of Protest Zeros on Estimates of Willingness to Pay in Healthcare Contingent Valuation Analysis

Fonta, William M.; Ichoku, H. Eme.; Kabubo-Mariara, Jane - In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 8 (2010) 4, pp. 225-237

'Protest zeros' occur when respondents reject some aspect of the contingent valuation (CV) market scenario by reporting a zero value even though they place a positive value on the amenity being valued. This is inevitable even in the best-designed CV study, and, when excluded on an ad hoc basis,...

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Costs and Consequences of Clopidogrel versus Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Ischaemic Events in (High-Risk) Atherosclerotic Patients in Sweden: A Lifetime Model Based on the C...

Logman, J. Floris S.; Heeg, Bart M.S.; Herlitz, Johan; … - In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 8 (2010) 4, pp. 251-265

Background: Antiplatelet therapy plays a central role in the prevention of atherothrombotic events. Both … Sweden for the prevention of atherothrombotic events based on CAPRIE trial data. The focus of this study is on two high …-effectiveness categorization as proposed by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, clopidogrel appears to be associated with costs per …

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Cost effectiveness study of nutrition interventions used in the prevention of coronary heart disease

Gool, Kees van; Bridges, John - Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation … - 1999

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Cost Effectiveness of Venous Thromboembolism Pharmacological Prophylaxis in Total Hip and Knee Replacement: A Systematic Review

Kapoor, Alok; Chuang, Warren; Radhakrishnan, Nila; … - In: PharmacoEconomics 28 (2010) 7, pp. 521-538

Total hip and knee replacements (THR and TKR) are high-risk settings for venous thromboembolism (VTE). This review summarizes the cost effectiveness of VTE prophylaxis regimens for THR and TKR. We searched MEDLINE (January 1997 to October 2009), EMBASE (January 1997 to June 2009) and the UK NHS...

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Willingness to Pay for Maternal Health Outcomes: Are Women Willing to Pay More than Men?

Ternent, Laura; McNamee, Paul; Newlands, David; … - In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 8 (2010) 2, pp. 99-109

improvements in maternal health in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Abstract: Methods: A contingent valuation survey using the bidding …

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Healthcare Costs in Renal Transplant Recipients Using Branded versus Generic Ciclosporin

Helderman, J. Harold.; Kang, Ning; Legorreta, Antonio P.; … - In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 8 (2010) 1, pp. 61-68

in the first month after transplantation. Methods: Administrative claims data from eight private US health plans were …

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Methodological Concerns with Economic Evaluations of Meningococcal Vaccines

Kauf, Teresa L. - In: PharmacoEconomics 28 (2010) 6, pp. 449-461

The evolution of meningococcal vaccines illustrates nicely the incremental technological process that is common to much medical innovation and particularly appropriate to economic analysis. However, the economic evaluation of vaccines is complicated by several features unique to vaccines,...

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Cost Effectiveness of 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors for the Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Multiple Patient Populations

Earnshaw, Stephanie R.; McDade, Cheryl L.; Black, Libby K. - In: PharmacoEconomics 28 (2010) 6, pp. 489-505

developed to simulate a cohort of men annually through health states (e.g. healthy male, benign prostatic hyperplasia &lsqb …, prevention with 5ARIs is expected to be cost effective in 50-year-old men with elevated PSA. As a man's risk increases, the cost …

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Measuring Preferences for Colorectal Cancer Screening: What are the Implications for Moving Forward?

Marshall, Deborah; McGregor, S. Elizabeth; Currie, Gillian - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 3 (2010) 2, pp. 79-89

measurement for colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) and highlight the implications for health policy, CRCS program implementation … this information to inform health policy and develop CRCS programs that will increase screening uptake and adherence in the … context of the health system in which the program will be provided. We propose a two-step process to designing and …

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Cost Effectiveness of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylaxis: A Critical and Systematic Review

PrescottJr, William A. Prescott; Doloresco, Fred; … - In: PharmacoEconomics 28 (2010) 4, pp. 279-293

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the US. The economic burden of severe disease is substantial, including hospitalization costs and out-of-pocket expenses. RSV prophylaxis with either RSV immune globulin intravenous (RSV-IGIV) or palivizumab has...

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