OBJECTIVE Patients who receive prolonged mechanical ventilation have high resource utilization and relatively poor outcomes, especially the elderly, and are increasing in number. The economic implications of prolonged mechanical ventilation provision, however, are uncertain and would be helpful to providers and policymakers. Therefore, we aimed to determine the lifetime societal value of prolon...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the lifelong health effects, costs, and cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative focusing on improving diabetes management in an integrated care setting. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Economic evaluation from a healthcare perspective with lifetime horizon alongside a nonrandomized, controlled, before-after study in the Netherlands. Analyses were based on 1...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cost-effectiveness of dabigatran for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and prior stroke or transient ischemic attack has not been directly assessed. METHODS A Markov decision model was constructed using data from the Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Therapy (RE-LY) trial, other trials of warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation, and the publis...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to perform a reference case (average case), cost-utility analysis of laser photocoagulation for extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration using a model incorporating patient preferences. METHODS Visual acuity data for patients treated and observed over a 5-year period were obtained from previously reported s...

conclusions the state of santa catarina has reduced the disease burden rates attributed to disability from hepatitis b, but there has been an increase in the burden of premature mortality from 2005 to 2010. objectives to estimate and analyze the burden of hepatitis b in the state of santa catarina, in 2005 - 2010. materials and methods a time-series analysis was conducted using notification dat...

Abstract Background The payment card (PC) format and the open-ended (OE) are common methods in eliciting willingness-to-pay (WTP) of one additional quality-adjusted life year (QALY). aim this research is to compare these two formats monetary value a QALY. Methods A contingent valuation survey was carried out using pre-designed questionnaire with various hypothetical scenarios. difference betwee...