conclusions this study aims to shed light on different methods of economic evaluations in order to provoke healthcare professionals and researchers to think about different ways in which economic evaluations might be of value to their practices. results it is likely that, to date, little attention has been paid to developing a better conceptual understanding of economic evaluations in decision-...

in children. although its burden is considerably preventable by vaccine, routine vaccination against hib has not been defined in the national immunization program of iran. this study was performed to assess the cost-benefit and cost‑utility of running an hib vaccination program in iran. methods: based on a previous systematic review and meta‑analysis for vaccine efficacy, we estimated the avert...

background: thymoglobuline (tg), is used for both induction and rejection therapy in kidney transplantation (tx). this study was conducted to compare between adding tg or not to the conventional drugs to evaluate the rate of rejections, infections and costs. methods: in two groups of patients, each of 45 cases group a received conventional drugs (cyclosporine, mycophenolate and prednisolone) an...

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. effectiveness was defined as the symptoms free numbers and ...

this paper presents an economic evaluation of gas to liquids (gtl) project using “south-pars” gas field of iran based on the latest actual performing gtl projects. iran has the world’s largest reserves of natural gas and can satisfy the projected long-term market demand of gtl products which have lower pollution and higher quality than refinery products. the results of cost-benefit analysis sho...

background the increase in high-risk injections and unsafe sexual behaviors has led to increased hiv infection prevalence among intravenous drug users (idus). the high costs of hiv/aids care and low financial resources necessitate an economic evaluation to make the best decision for the control of hiv/aids. objectives this study was conducted to determine the cost-effectiveness of methadone mai...

this study analyses the concept of cost functions for semi-automated straddle carrier (sc), rubber tyred gantry (rtg) and automated rail mounted gantry (rmg) container yard operating cranes. it develops a generic cost based model for a pair-wise comparison, analysis and evaluation of economic efficiency and effectiveness of container yard equipment to be used for decision-making by terminal pla...