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The Role of Models Within Economic Analysis
Economic analysis of healthcare interventions is increasingly reliant on decision models to estimate the long- term costs and benefits of new therapies. Models permit analysts to take short-term clinical data ...
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Cost Effectiveness of Nasal Calcitonin in Postmenopausal Women
Objective: To assess the cost effectiveness of nasal calcitonin (Miacalcin®) compared with no therapy, alendronate or etidronate in the treatment of postmenopausal women with previous osteoporoti...
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Cost Effectiveness of Epoetin-α to Augment Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation in Elective Cardiac Surgery
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the cost effectiveness of using epoetin-α (erythropoietin) to augment preoperative autologous donation (PAD) of blood prior to elective cardia...
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The Problem of Protocol Driven Costs in Pharmacoeconomic Analysis
The increasing number of economic evaluations of healthcare interventions and of drug therapies in particular has been well documented. Surveys of the quality of studies have demonstrated that standards of con...