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Unplanned pregnancies can lead to poorer maternal and child health outcomes. The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration committee rejected reclassifying a range of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) from pre...
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Open AccessProtocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial of the LifeSpan suicide prevention trial in four communities in New South Wales, Australia
Despite increasing investment in suicide prevention, Australian suicide rates have increased steadily in the past decade. In response to growing evidence for multicomponent intervention models for reducing sui...
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Informing a Cost-Effectiveness Threshold for Health Technology Assessment in China: A Marginal Productivity Approach
Health technology assessment has been increasingly used in China, having been legally mandated in 2019, to inform reimbursement decisions and price negotiations between the National Healthcare Security Adminis...
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Open AccessThe cost-effectiveness of Cochlear implants in Swedish adults
Research has shown unilateral cochlear implants (CIs) significantly improve clinical outcomes and quality of life in adults. However, only 13% of eligible Swedish adults currently use a unilateral CI. The obje...
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Open AccessThe cost-effectiveness of unilateral cochlear implants in UK adults
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its eligibility criteria for unilateral cochlear implants (UCIs) in 2019. NICE claimed this would not impact the cost-effectiveness results ...
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Open AccessMap** the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to EQ-5D-5L
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) is gaining popularity as healthcare system funders increasingly seek value-based care. However, it is limited in its ability to estimate...
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Open AccessA web-based video messaging intervention for suicide prevention in men: study protocol for a five-armed randomised controlled trial
More than 50% of people who die by suicide have not been in contact with formal mental health services. The rate of people who fly ‘under the radar’ of mental health services is higher among men than women, in...
