AIM Rotavirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children. Two rotavirus vaccines (RotaTeq and Rotarix) have recently completed clinical trials. We investigated whether routine infant immunisation with either vaccine can be cost effective. METHODS We compared costs and outcomes of vaccination using a cohort model, following children over the first 5 years of life. We estimated h...

Maia De Luca, MD; Sarah B. Klieger, MPH; Andreas Damianos, MD; Michael Green, MD, MPH; Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE; Brian T. Fisher, DO, MSCE; University Hospital Pediatric Department, Bambino Gesu’ Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy; Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; The Children’s Hospital of P...

OBJECTIVE To assess the cost effectiveness of post-acute care for older people in a locality based community hospital compared with a department for care of elderly people in a district general hospital, which admits patients aged over 76 years with acute medical conditions. DESIGN Cost effectiveness analysis within a randomised controlled trial. SETTING Community hospital and district gene...

This study investigates the experience of health and medical personnel in hospital operating rooms to evaluate effectiveness activities ventilation conditions hospitals. was designed as a qualitative research based on Heidegger's Hermeneutic Phenomenology Approach. The method carried out working room (OR) observers. data were collected using an open unstructured interview form. form includes it...

Background & objectives: Health information technology provides a powerful tool for monitoring the health system's performance. This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of hospital information system in comparison with manual system in selected sections of Namazi hospital in Shiraz. Methods: This descriptive-analytical research was a economic evaluation carried out at Namazi hospital ...