The objective was to determine whether obstetric opinion leaders can be identified and to
characterize them in terms of their demographic and professional characteristics and their …

In this prospective cohort study, the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from a societal
perspective of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patients was determined and compared with …

Introduction: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a prevalent disease associated with high
morbidity, mortality, and impact on health care costs. Antiviral therapy is aimed at reducing …

Abstract Early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices requires
different methods than those usually employed for pharmaceuticals. This paper reviews …

Almost 15 million Germans may suffer from untreated hypertension. The purpose of this
paper is to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a national hypertension treatment program …

PURPOSE To examine the historical, legal/organizational, informatics, clinical, economic,
and policy contexts underlying economic consequences of nursing diagnoses on patient …

Background: Although the risk of thromboembolism after total hip arthroplasty continues
beyond hospital discharge, the cost-effectiveness of extending prophylaxis beyond …

Objective: To examine whether recommendations made by the US Panel on Cost-
Effectiveness in Health and Medicine (Panel Report) have been associated with changes in …

Cost-utility and cost-benefit analyses are currently the only tools available for evaluating
whether the cost of an intervention is a good use of resources when compared with other …

This paper is the fourth in the 'Research Note'series describing various aspects of
pharmacoeconomics in prescribing research. This article describes cost‐utility analysis, and …