In Hungary, regulated energy prices fell by a quarter in 2013–2014 due to state intervention. The objective of this article is measure the effects change on Hungarian residential consumption and assess rationale, policy context other consequences such an We decompose energy-use 2010–2018. calculate 13.2 PJ excess relating programme, find that higher income deciles benefited most from lower comp...

Background: Helicobacter pylori may cause many gastrointestinal problems in developing countries such as Iran. We aimed to analyze the cost- effectiveness and cost- utility of the test-and-treat and empirical treatment strategies in managing Helicobacter pylori infection.            Methods: This was a Markov based economic evaluation. Effect...

OBJECTIVE To undertake cost-utility analysis for tympanomastoid surgery to analyze its cost-effectiveness in treating adult chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). METHODS Seventy-seven patients with CSOM were evaluated with the Chronic Ear Survey (CES) before and 1 year after tympanomastoid surgery. Direct health care cost data during the 1st year after operation were retrieved. The utility...

OBJECTIVE To assess the conferred value and average cost-utility (cost-effectiveness) for intravitreal ranibizumab used to treat occult/minimally classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN Value-based medicine cost-utility analysis. PARTICIPANTS MARINA (Minimally Classic/Occult Trial of the Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth F...

Cost utility analysis is a method of cost-effectiveness analysis which provides results in terms of cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). Cost utility for the multichannel cochlear implant was calculated using Ontario Health Utilities Index data from 229 Nucleus 22-channel implant users and 32 cochlear implant candidates awaiting surgery. The health utility of the implanted group was grea...

PURPOSE To evaluate the comparability of articles in the peer-reviewed literature assessing the (1) patient value and (2) cost-utility (cost-effectiveness) associated with interventions for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). METHODS A search was performed in the National Library of Medicine database of 16 million peer-reviewed articles using the key words cost-utility, cost-...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a meta-analysis of the cost-utility of the cochlear implant in adults. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE literature search, review of article bibliographies, and consultation with experts. STUDY SELECTION Studies that reported (1) data on adults (age > or = 18 years) with bilateral, postlingual, profound deafness; (2) a health-utility gain from cochlear implantation on a scale from ...

METHODS: Cost-utility methodology involved a systematic literature review compiling outcomes and their probabilities for the treatment of unilateral breast cancer using either oncoplastic resection/reconstruction with contralateral symmetry operations or unilateral lumpectomy operations. Utility score surveys were used for each outcome to estimate qualityadjusted life years. Medicare payment da...