Using QALYs versus DALYs to measure cost-effectiveness: how much does it matter?

X Feng, DD Kim, JT Cohen, PJ Neumann… - International journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesQuality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) are
commonly used in cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to measure health benefits. We sought …

Rethinking tuberculosis morbidity quantification: a systematic review and critical appraisal of TB disability weights in cost-effectiveness analyses

EM Tomeny, T Hampton, PB Tran, L Rosu, MD Phiri… - …, 2024 - Springer
Background The disability-adjusted life year (DALY), a key metric for health resource
allocation, encompasses morbidity through disability weights. Widely used in tuberculosis …

Optimal surveillance against foot‐and‐mouth disease: the case of bulk milk testing in Australia

T Kompas, PV Ha, HTM Nguyen, I East… - Australian Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Previous foot‐and‐mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks and simulation‐based analyses suggest
substantial payoffs from detecting an incursion early. However, no economic measures for …

Patients direct costs to undergo TB diagnosis

RM Anderson de Cuevas, L Lawson… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2016 - mednexus.org
Background: A major impediment to the treatment of TB is a diagnostic process that requires
multiple visits. Descriptions of patient costs associated with diagnosis use different protocols …

Responding to health system failure on tuberculosis in southern Africa

LA Hartel, AS Yazbeck, PL Osewe - Health Systems & Reform, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract—The characteristics of tuberculosis (TB)—such as links to poverty, importance of
patient actions, and prevalence of multisectoral drivers—require more from health systems …

Aid and the Control of Tuberculosis in P apua N ew G uinea: Is A ustralia's Assistance Cost‐Effective?

HTM Nguyen, T Kompas… - Asia & the Pacific Policy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A ustralia supports the control of tuberculosis in P apua N ew G uinea for reasons of aid
effectiveness and a desire to decrease the chance of importing tuberculosis to A ustralia …

[PDF][PDF] Tuberculosis Control Program in Sistan: An Eligible Model of A Tropical Area: Environmental and Epidemiological Reasons for Tuberculosis Resistance

A Sargazi, A Sargazi, PK Nadakkavukaran - 2017 - researchgate.net
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is known as an infectious disease with high burden from a
long time. Various strategies are implemented to control its spread in the world and this …

Investing in TB control results in economic gains across border

HT Nguyen - PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News, 2015 - Springer
Investing in tuberculosis (TB) control in Papua New Guinea (PNG) results in health benefits
and economic gains across the border into the Torres Strait Islands (TSI) of Australia as well …

[引用][C] Mathematical Modelling for Programmatic Responses to Tuberculosis in the Asia-Pacific

JMC Trauer - 2016 - University of Melbourne, Faculty of …