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Research can be integrated into public health policy-making: global lessons for and from Spanish economic evaluations
(Springer Nature, 2022)
WHO promotes the use of research in policy-making to drive improvements in health, including in achieving Sustainable Development Goals such as tobacco control. The European Union’s new €95 billion ...
Direct health care costs associated to neurological diseases and different degrees of malnutrition
(Elsevier, 2021)
Background and Aims: Home-based care and oral supplemental nutrition may be an efficient way of managing health resources, freeing up hospital resources and improving patient care and quality of life. ...
EQUIPT: protocol of a comparative effectiveness research study evaluating cross-context transferability of economic evidence on tobacco control
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-11-24)
Introduction: Tobacco smoking claims 700 000 lives
every year in Europe and the cost of tobacco smoking in
the EU is estimated between €98 and €130 billion
annually; direct medical care costs and ...
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Improving clinicians’ diagnostic and communication skills on antibiotic prescribing appropriateness in patients with acute cough in primary care in Catalonia (the ISAAC-CAT study): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
(BMC, 2019-12-17)
Background:
Despite their marginal benefit, about 60% of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) are currently treated with antibiotics in Catalonia. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness ...
Resource utilization and outcomes in emergency general surgery during the COVID19 pandemic: an observational cost analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Background: Over the course of the COVID19 pandemic, global healthcare delivery has declined. Surgery is one of the most resource-intensive area of medicine; loss of surgical care has had untold health ...
Study protocol of cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of a biopsychosocial multidisciplinary intervention in the evolution of non-specific sub-acute low back pain in the working population: cluster randomised trial
(BMC, 2011-08-22)
Background
Low back pain (LBP), with high incidence and prevalence rate, is one of the most common reasons to consult the health system and is responsible for a significant amount of sick leave, leading ...
Economic evaluation of three populational screening strategies for cervical cancer in the county of Valles Occidental: CRICERVA clinical trial
(BMC, 2011-10-19)
Background: A high percentage of cervical cancer cases have not undergone cytological tests within 10 years
prior to diagnosis. Different population interventions could improve coverage in the public ...
Cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania
(World Health Organization (WHO), 2009-02)
Objective To estimate the cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
Methods In two previous IPTi trials in Ifakara (United ...
Strategic discussion on funding and access to therapies targeting rare diseases in Spain: an expert consensus paper
(Springer Nature, 2023)
Background: In recent years, significant advances have been made in the field of rare diseases (RDs). However, there is a large number of RDs without specific treatment and half of these treatments have ...
Economic impact of HIV/AIDS: a systematic review in five European countries
(SpringerOpen, 2014-09-16)
The HIV/AIDS disease represent a priority for all health authorities in all countries and it also represents serious added socioeconomic problems for societies over the world. The aim of this paper is ...