Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Health 4.0 establishes a new promising vision for the healthcare industry. It creatively
integrates and employ innovative technologies such as the Internet of Health Things (IoHT) …

Diagnosis related groups (DRGs)-based payment is increasingly used worldwide to control
hospital costs instead of pre-existing cost-based payment, but the results of evaluations vary …

Background: To investigate the cost–effectiveness of nivolumab versus chemotherapy in the
second-line treatment for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Materials & …

The strong and positive relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) and health
expenditure is one of the most extensively explored topics in health economics. Since the …

Background: Given the limited healthcare resources in low and middle income countries
(LMICs), effective rehabilitation strategies that can be realistically adopted in such settings …

Nepal is currently facing a double burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and
communicable diseases, with rising trends of NCDs. This situation will add great pressure to …

Background One of the most important issues in public policy and welfare state is health
care. Poor management leads to the waste of resources, including money, human …

This report reviews and classifies the current and near-future applications of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) in Medicine and Healthcare according to their ethical and societal impact …

Objectives: To evaluate the economic implications of payments based on Chinese diagnosis-
related groups for critically ill patients in ICUs in terms of total hospital expenditure, out-of …