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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Ausgabe 1/2022

Inhalt (74 Artikel)

Open Access Research

A budget impact analysis of substituting sitagliptin with liraglutide in type 2 diabetes from a private health insurance perspective in Egypt

Gihan Hamdy Elsisi, Ayman Afify, Ashraf Abgad, Ibtissam Zakaria, Nabil Nasif, Hani Naiem Ibrahim, Nabil Raafat, João L. Carapinha

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Optimal strategies to screen health care workers for COVID-19 in the US: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Sigal Maya, Guntas Padda, Victoria Close, Trevor Wilson, Fareeda Ahmed, Elliot Marseille, James G. Kahn

Open Access Research

Changes in productivity in healthcare services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi, Innocent F. Makuta

Open Access Research

Economic evaluation of severe malaria in children under 14 years in Zambia

Michael Mtalimanja, Kassim Said Abasse, James Lamon Mtalimanja, Xu Zheng Yuan, Du Wenwen, Wei Xu

Open Access Research

Hospital efficiency measurement in the west of Iran: data envelopment analysis and econometric approach

Mohamad Yousefi Nayer, Ali Akbar Fazaeli, Yadollah Hamidi

Open Access Research

Predictors of loss due to pharmaceutical fraud: evidence from the U.S.

Yuriy Timofeyev, Susan A. Hayes, Mihajlo B. Jakovljevic

Open Access Research

Treatment pathways and associated costs of metastatic colorectal cancer in Greece

Ioannis Sougklakos, Elias Athanasiadis, Ioannis Boukovinas, Michalis Karamouzis, Aggelos Koutras, Paulos Papakotoulas, Dimitra Latsou, Magda Hatzikou, Eugena Stamuli, Athanasios Balasopoulos, Aggelos Sideris

Open Access Research

Effects of medical insurance system on the hospitalization cost of acute myocardial infarction patients

Ying-Hong Chu, Gui-Hua Jiang, Hong Zhang, Xiao-Rong Luan

Open Access Systematic Review

Systematic review of the evidence sources applied to cost-effectiveness analyses for older women with primary breast cancer

Yubo Wang, Sean P. Gavan, Douglas Steinke, Kwok-Leung Cheung, Li-Chia Chen

Open Access Research

Description of day case costs and tariffs of cataract surgery from a sample of nine European countries

Antonio Olry de Labry Lima, Zuzana Špacírová, Jaime Espín

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Out-of-pocket payments for treatment of COVID-19 in Iran

Ali Reza Yusefi, Gholamhossein Mehralian, Abdolvahed Khodamoradi, Roghaye Abbasi, Fatemeh Vatankhah, Fatemeh Heaidari, Peivand Bastani

Open Access Review

Use of external fixators in developing countries: a short socioeconomic analysis

Pathmanathan Cinthuja, P. C. I. Wijesinghe, Pujitha Silva

Open Access Research

A cost-effectiveness modeling study of treatment interventions for stage I to III esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Rajabali Daroudi, Azin Nahvijou, Mohammad Arab, Ahmad Faramarzi, Bita Kalaghchi, Ali Akbari Sari, Javad Javan-Noughabi

Open Access Research

An assessment of adherence to the WHO-delineated good manufacturing practice by the pharmaceutical companies in Kabul, Afghanistan

Rohullah Roien, Rajeev Shrestha, Kashikant Yadav, Akihiko Ozaki, M. Bashir Ahmadi, Yudai Kaneda, Yasuhiro Kotera, Binaya Sapkota, Sunil Shrestha

Open Access Review

Cost-effectiveness of pharmacological therapies for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhaohua Huo, Jiaer Lin, Baker K. K. Bat, Tak Kit Chan, Benjamin H. K. Yip, Kelvin K. F. Tsoi

Open Access Research

What are the short-term annual cost savings associated with kidney transplantation?

Prosper Koto, Karthik Tennankore, Amanda Vinson, Kristina Krmpotic, Matthew J. Weiss, Chris Theriault, Stephen Beed

Open Access Research

Ultrasonic surgical and electrosurgical system (USES) with conventional ultrasonic scalpel (CUS) in gastrectomy: a retrospective cohort study

Changqing Jing, Yuezhi Chen, Liang Shang, Jinshen Wang, Guodong Lian, Feng Tian, Yixue Shao, Yingnan Zhao, Jianwei Xuan, Leping Li

Open Access Research

The cost-effectiveness of standalone HEPA filtration units for the prevention of airborne SARS CoV-2 transmission

Zafar Zafari, Pedro M. de Oliveira, Savvas Gkantonas, Chinenye Ezeh, Peter Alexander Muennig

Open Access Research

What do Iranian physicians value most when choosing a specialty? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment

Yaser Sarikhani, Sulmaz Ghahramani, Sisira Edirippulige, Yoshikazu Fujisawa, Matthew Bambling, Peivand Bastani

Open Access Research

Efficiency analysis of primary healthcare facilities in Afghanistan

Farhad Farewar, Khwaja Mir Ahad Saeed, Abo Ismael Foshanji, Said Mohammad Karim Alawi, Mohammad Yonus Zawoli, Sinai Irit, Wu Zeng

Open Access Review

Market access and value-based pricing of digital health applications in Germany

Daniel Gensorowsky, Julian Witte, Manuel Batram, Wolfgang Greiner

Open Access Research

A pragmatic clinical trial of hearing screening in primary care clinics: cost-effectiveness of hearing screening

Judy R. Dubno, Pranab Majumder, Janet Prvu Bettger, Rowena J. Dolor, Victoria Eifert, Howard W. Francis, Carl F. Pieper, Kristine A. Schulz, Mina Silberberg, Sherri L. Smith, Amy R. Walker, David L. Witsell, Debara L. Tucci

Open Access Research

Medical expenditure for strabismus: a hospital-based retrospective survey

Lei Yang, Yiduo Min, Zhiyan Jia, Yupeng Wang, Rihui Zhang, Bitong Sun

Open Access Research

Selecting the most suitable organizational structure for hospitals: an integrated fuzzy FUCOM-MARCOS method

Mohsen Khosravi, Arash Haqbin, Zahra Zare, Payam Shojaei

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Iran: findings from a general population study

Soraya Nouraei Motlagh, Zahra Asadi Piri, Heshmatollah Asadi, Razyeh Bajoulvand, Satar Rezaei

Open Access Research

Costing the outpatient rehabilitation services: time-driven activity-based costing approach

Farzaneh Mohammadpour, Mehdi Basakha, Seyed Hossein Mohaqeqi Kamal, Nadia Azari

Open Access Research

Supporting a review of the benefits package of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana

Heleen Vellekoop, Emmanuel Odame, Jessica Ochalek

Open Access Review

Systematic review and critical methodological appraisal of community-based falls prevention economic models

Joseph Kwon, Hazel Squires, Matthew Franklin, Tracey Young

Open Access Research

Tracking malaria health disbursements by source in Zambia, 2009–2018: an economic modelling study

Michael Mtalimanja, Kassim Said Abasse, Muhammad Abbas, James Lamon Mtalimanja, Xu Zhengyuan, DuWenwen, Andre Cote, Wei Xu

Open Access Research

The influence of cross-regional medical treatment on total medical expenses, medical insurance payments, and out-of-pocket expenses of patients with malignant tumors in Chinese low-income areas

Bokai Zhang, Haixin Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Guomei Tian, Ting Zhang, Qi Shi, Jian Liu, Jinpeng Xu, Jingchu Liu, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang

Open Access Research

The population-level economic burden of liver cancer in China, 2019–2030: prevalence-based estimations from a societal perspective

Meng-Di Cao, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Hong Wang, Lin Lei, Maomao Cao, Yuting Wang, He Li, Xin-Xin Yan, Yan-Jie Li, Xin Wang, Ji Peng, Chunfeng Qu, Eleonora Feletto, Ju-Fang Shi, Wanqing Chen

Open Access Research

Cost–benefit analysis of kidney transplant in patients with chronic kidney disease: a case study in Iran

Farzaneh Abdi, Cyrus Alinia, Ali Taghizadeh Afshari, Hasan Yusefzadeh

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness of routine versus indicated antibiotic therapy in the management of severe wasting in children

Sheila Isanaka, Kevin Tang, Fatou Berthé, Rebecca F. Grais, Ankur Pandya

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness of integrated disease management for high risk, exacerbation prone, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a primary care setting

Andrew D. Scarffe, Christopher J. Licskai, Madonna Ferrone, Kevin Brand, Kednapa Thavorn, Doug Coyle

Open Access Research

Household costs associated with seeking malaria treatment during pregnancy: evidence from Burkina Faso and The Gambia

Laetitia Duval, Elisa Sicuri, Susana Scott, Maminata Traoré, Bunja Daabo, Halidou Tinto, Koen Peeters Grietens, Umberto d’Alessando, Henk Schallig, Petra Mens, Lesong Conteh

Open Access Research

The role of routine chest radiography after implantable venous access port catheter insertion under the guide of ultrasonography and fluoroscopy

Hamed Ghoddusi Johari, Mohammad Reza Saki, Amirhossein Erfani, Reza Shahriarirad, Keivan Ranjbar

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the appropriate use of chest CT-Scans in the diagnosis of hospitalized patients in shiraz teaching hospitals, Southern Iran

Ramiz Kamrani, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Seyed Masoom Masoompour, Seiyed Mohammad Ali Ghayumi, Reza Jalli, Sepideh Khederzadeh, Amirhossein Erfani

Open Access Research

Do Health Technology Assessment organisations consider manufacturers’ costs in relation to drug price? A study of reimbursement reports

Joost J. Enzing, Saskia Knies, Jop Engel, Maarten J. IJzerman, Beate Sander, Rick Vreman, Bert Boer, Werner B. F. Brouwer

Open Access Research

Cost-utility analysis of total knee arthroplasty alone and in comparison with post-surgical rehabilitation and conservative treatment in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Dinara Serikova-Esengeldina, Natalya Glushkova, Gulzada Abdushukurova, Akmaral Mussakhanova, Ainur Mukhamejanova, Zaituna Khismetova, Dmitry Bokov, Alexandr Ivankov, Maiya Goremykina, Yuliya Semenova

Open Access Research

A long-term cost-effectiveness analysis of cardiac resynchronisation therapy with or without defibrillator based on health claims data

Moritz Hadwiger, Laura Schumann, Nora Eisemann, Nikolaos Dagres, Gerhard Hindricks, Janina Haug, Michael Wolf, Ursula Marschall, Alexander Katalinic, Fabian-Simon Frielitz

Open Access Research

Costs and cost-effectiveness of HIV counselling and testing modalities in Southern Mozambique

Jun Hao Choo, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Laura Fuente-Soro, Orvalho Augusto, Charfudin Sacoor, Ariel Nhacolo, Stanley Wei, Denise Naniche, Ranjeeta Thomas, Elisa Sicuri

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Which patients bring the most costs for hospital? A study on the cost determinants among COVID-19 patients in Iran

Vajihe Ramezani-Doroh, Leili Tapak, Yadollah Hamidi, Saeid Bashirian, Ali Reza Soltanian, Mahyar Motaghed, Ebrahim Ghelichkhani, Elaheh Talebi-Ghane

Open Access Review

Health technology assessment of medical devices: current landscape, challenges, and a way forward

Jian Ming, Yunzhen He, Yi Yang, Min Hu, Xinran Zhao, Jun Liu, Yang Xie, Yan Wei, Yingyao Chen

Open Access Research

An ex-ante cost-utility analysis of the deemed consent legislation compared to expressed consent for kidney transplantations in Nova Scotia

Prosper Koto, Karthik Tennankore, Amanda Vinson, Kristina Krmpotic, Matthew J. Weiss, Chris Theriault, Stephen Beed

Open Access Research

Estimating health system opportunity costs: the role of non-linearities and inefficiency

Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte, Bernarda Zamora, Yan Feng, David Parkin, Nancy Devlin, Adrian Towse

Open Access Research

Economic evaluation of a leprosy innovation project in Northern Nigeria: cost-effectiveness analysis

Charles C. Ezenduka, Abudulahi Namadi, Dahiru Tahir, Uzoma Nwosu, Shuaibu N. Musa

Open Access COVID-19 Comment

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for nine diseases in Iran: insight from an interrupted time series analysis

Sina Ahmadi, Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Nasim Badiee, Sarah Byford, Ali Mohammadi, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Satar Rezaei

Open Access Research

How a thrombectomy service can reduce hospital deficit: a cost-effectiveness study

Iris Q. Grunwald, Viola Wagner, Anna Podlasek, Gouri Koduri, Paul Guyler, Stephen Gerry, Sweni Shah, Horst Sievert, Aarti Sharma, Shrey Mathur, Klaus Fassbender, Kaveh Shariat, Graeme Houston, Avinash Kanodia, Silke Walter

Open Access Research

Universal testing for hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the emergency department: a cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of two urban hospitals in the United Kingdom

Jack Williams, Peter Vickerman, Elizabeth Smout, Emma E. Page, Khine Phyu, Mark Aldersley, Gaia Nebbia, Sam Douthwaite, Laura Hunter, Murad Ruf, Alec Miners

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness of dexamethasone compared with aflibercept in naïve diabetic macular edema

Paula Montes Rodríguez, Javier Mateo Gabás, Olivia Esteban Floría, Ana Honrubia Grijalbo, Francisco J. Ascaso Puyuelo

Open Access Review

Cost-effectiveness analysis of dapagliflozin in the management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): a systematic review

Ghader Mohammadnezhad, Behniya Azadmehr, Mehdi Mirheidari, Nazila Yousefi

Open Access Research

The importance and effectiveness of nutritional counselling in patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases in Poland

Ewa Czubek, Klaudia Alcer, Mirjana Varjacic, Piotr Romaniuk

Open Access Research

The stochastic frontier analysis technique in measuring the technical and economic efficiency of hospital diagnostic laboratories: a case study in Iran

Siamak Aghlmand, Sadegh Feizollahzadeh, Behrouz Fathi, Hasan Yusefzadeh, Mina Alinejhad

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness analysis of fractional flow reserve versus angiography among patients with coronary artery disease undergoing borderline coronary lesions treatment in Iran

Khosro Keshavarz, Rita Rezaee, Elahe Esmaili, Roohollah Mansouri, Abdosaleh Jafari, Azadeh Erami, Hamid Talebianpour, Ricardo Fonseca, Mozhgan Fardid

Open Access Research

Health economic analysis of third-line interventions in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas in Germany: applying the efficiency frontier

Florian Jakobs, Julia Jeck, Paymon Ahmadi, Anna Kron, Florian Kron

Open Access Review

A systemmatic literature review on indirect costs of women with breast cancer

Saeed Mohammadpour, Samira Soleimanpour, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Nasrin Aboulhasanbeigi Gallehzan, Ali Aboutorabi, Reza Jahangiri, Rafat Bagherzadeh, Julia F. Gorman, Ali Nemati

Open Access Review

Comparison of the healthcare system of Chile and Brazil: strengths, inefficiencies, and expenditures

Arcadio A. Cerda, Leidy Y. García, Jennifer Rivera-Arroyo, Andrés Riquelme, Joao Paulo Teixeira, Mihajlo Jakovljevic

Open Access Research

Understanding the impact of unequal utilization of medical services on the consumption of resources in hemophilia

Lele Li, Xiaotong He, Yixuan Li, Xiangyu Chen, Xue Wang, Chunhou Li