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Cost-effectiveness of alternative smoking cessation scenarios in Spain: results from the EQUIPTMOD
(Wiley, 2018)
Aims: To assess the cost‐effectiveness of alternative smoking cessation scenarios from the perspective of the Spanish National Health Service (NHS). Design: We used the European study on Quantifying ...
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. ...
Estimates of costs for modelling return on investment from smoking cessation interventions
(Wiley, 2018)
Background and aims: Modelling return on investment (ROI) from smoking cessation interventions requires estimates of their costs and benefits. This paper describes a standardized method developed to ...
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 ...
Profesionales de la economía de la salud: quiénes somos y dónde trabajamos
(Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 2016)
El objetivo principal de este estudio es describir las características de los profesionales que trabajan en el campo de la economía y gestión de la salud en España. Este trabajo presenta los datos de ...
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 ...
A social return on investment analysis of improving the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within the spanish national healthcare system
(Dove Press, 2022)
Purpose: To define a set of proposals that would improve the current management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) within the Spanish National Healthcare System (SNHS) from a comprehensive ...
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 ...