Whether we realize it or not, all of us participate in the social contract every day through
mutual obligations among our family, community, place of work, and fellow citizens. Caring …

Background Healthcare systems around the world experience increasing pressure to control
future growth of healthcare expenditures. Among other initiatives, quality and value-based …

Aim We aimed to assess the cost effectiveness of four different lipid-lowering strategies for
primary prevention of coronary heart disease initiated at ages 30, 40, 50, and 60 years from …

Objective Health economic evaluations using common health-related quality of life
measures may fall short in adequately incorporating all relevant benefits of health and social …

Over 2009-2019 the seemingly inexorable rise in health care's share of GDP markedly
slowed, both in the US and elsewhere. To address whether this slowdown represents a …

Introduction Healthcare expenditure, a common input used in health systems efficiency
analyses is affected by population age structure. However, while age structure is usually …

Introduction The ageing populations in developed countries are a global concern, with
increasing numbers of older adults facing physical, cognitive and psychological challenges …

Objectives: We identified factors associated with healthcare costs and health-related quality
of life (HRQoL) of multimorbid older adults with polypharmacy. Methods: Using data from the …

Variations across OECD countries in the prices of health care and hospital services can be
vast. These price differences mean that comparisons of such services should be adjusted to …

OBJECTIVES: Acute kidney injury (AKI) and fluid overload (FO) are among the top reasons
to initiate intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) or continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) …