OBJECTIVE To determine the cost-effectiveness of specialist nurse-led clinics provided to improve lipid and blood pressure control in diabetic patients receiving hospital-based care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A policy of targeting improved care through specialist nurse-led clinics is evaluated using a novel method, linking the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatm...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the cost-effectiveness of a telehealthcare solution in addition to usual care compared with usual care. DESIGN A 12-month cost-utility analysis conducted alongside a cluster-randomised trial. SETTING Community-based setting in the geographical area of North Denmark Region in Denmark. PARTICIPANTS 26 municipality districts define randomisation clusters with 13 dis...

BACKGROUND The use of pharmacokinetics is associated with cost savings in anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy, but the long-term cost savings in a large cohort of Crohn's disease (CD) patients are unknown. AIM The goal of this study was to compare the cost of anti-TNF therapy in two cohorts of CD patients losing response to infliximab, one using a test-based strategy and one an empi...

INTRODUCTION In 2010, Alzheimer's Disease International presented estimates of the global cost of illness (COI) of dementia. Since then, new studies have been conducted, and the number of people with dementia has increased. Here, we present an update of the global cost estimates. METHODS This is a societal, prevalence-based global COI study. RESULTS The worldwide costs of dementia were esti...

BACKGROUND A plasma renin activity (PRA)-guided strategy is more effective than standard care in treating hypertension (HTN). However, its clinical implementation has been slow, presumably due in part to economic concerns. We estimated the cost effectiveness of a PRA-guided treatment strategy compared with standard care in a treated but uncontrolled HTN population. METHODS We estimated costs,...