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Economic value of diastasis repair with the use of mesh compared to no intervention in Italy
ConclusionIn light of the lack of economic evaluations for minimally invasive RAD repair, the present study provides relevant clinical and economic evidence to help improving the decision-making process and allocating scarce resources between competing ends. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 14, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

The EORTC QLU-C10D is a valid cancer-specific preference-based measure for cost-utility and health technology assessment in the Netherlands
ConclusionsThe Dutch EORTC QLU-C10D showed good comparative validity in patients undergoing treatment. Our results underline the benefit that can be achieved by using a cancer-specific PBM for generating health utilities for cancer patients from a measurement perspective. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 14, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Antivirals to prepare for surges in influenza cases: an economic evaluation of baloxavir marboxil for the Netherlands
ConclusionIn the Netherlands, baloxavir is a cost-effective treatment option for seasonal influenza, with a base-case ICER of €8,300 per QALY for the population aged 60 years and over and patients at high risk of influenza-related complications. For a large part, this ICER is driven by the reduction of the illness duration of influenza and productivity gains in the working population. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 14, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Cost awareness among intensivists in their daily clinical practice: a prospective multicentre study
ConclusionFrench intensivists have a poor awareness of costs in their daily clinical practice. Raising awareness of the financial impact of prescriptions, and of the cost of laboratory tests and waste are the main areas for improvement that could help achieve the objective of the best care at the best cost. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 13, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

The causal effect of early retirement on medication use across sex and occupation: evidence from Danish administrative data
In conclusion, our analyses reveal that retirement can have important heterogeneous health e ffects across population groups and are potentially informative about the welfare benefits of social insurance more broadly. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 13, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-3L, EQ-5D-5L, and SF-6Dv2 in patients with late-onset Pompe disease
ConclusionThe 5L demonstrates lower ceiling and floor effects, higher discriminant ability, and better convergent validity than the SF-6Dv2 and 3L in patients with PD. In addition, the 5L may generate a larger utility gain compared to the other two instruments when conducting cost-effectiveness analysis. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

What remains after the money ends? Evidence on whether admission reductions continued following the largest health and social care integration programme in England
AbstractWe study the long-term effects on hospital activity of a three-year national integration programme. We use administrative data spanning from 24 months before to 22 months after the programme, to estimate the effect of programme discontinuation using difference-in-differences method. Our results show that after programme discontinuation, emergency admissions were slower to increase in Vanguard compared to non-Vanguard sites. These effects were heterogeneous across sites, with greater reductions in care home Vanguard sites and concentrated among the older population. Care home Vanguards showed significant reductions ...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 9, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Psychometric performance of EQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 in patients with lymphoma in China
ConclusionsEQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 were found to have good convergent validity and responsiveness, while EQ-5D-5L had better test –retest reliability and higher ceiling effect. Not enough evidence indicates which of the two measures has better known-group validity and sensitivity. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - March 7, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research