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Open AccessA systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of interventions to increase cervical cancer screening among underserved women in Europe
This study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the cost-effectiveness studies of interventions to increase cervical cancer screening uptake rates in underserved women in Europe.
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Open AccessLength of hospital stays and financial incentives: evidence from Dutch rehabilitation centers
Non-linear reimbursement contracts in healthcare have been increasingly used to quantify providers’ responses to financial incentives. In the present research, we utilize a large one-off increase in the reimbu...
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Open AccessThe impacts of working from home on individual health and well-being
Using a novel German linked employer–employee dataset, we provide unique evidence about the consequences of working from home (WfH) on individual health and well-being. During the recent pandemic, this locatio...
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Open AccessEstimating surgery, radiotherapy and systemic anti-cancer therapy treatment costs for cancer patients by stage at diagnosis
The increasing burden of cancer has economic implications for the healthcare system in England. However, there is limited evidence on the cost of cancer treatment. We calculated the costs of initial cancer tre...
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Open AccessPay-for-Performance incentives for specialised services in England: a mixed methods evaluation
A Pay-for-Performance (P4P) programme, known as Prescribed Specialised Services Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (PSS CQUIN), was introduced for specialised services in the English NHS in 2013/2014. Th...
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Open AccessHow do family doctors respond to reduced waiting times for cancer diagnosis in secondary care?
Reducing waiting times is a priority in public health systems. Efforts of healthcare providers to shorten waiting times could be negated if they simultaneously induce substantial increases in demand. However, ...
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Open AccessObtaining preference scores for an abbreviated self-completion version of the Teen-Addiction Severity Index (ASC T-ASI) to value therapy outcomes of systemic family interventions: a discrete choice experiment
Systemic family interventions for adolescents with problems of substance use and/or delinquency are increasingly focused subject of economic evaluations. Treatment effects go beyond improvements in commonly me...
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Open AccessLosses of lifetime employment duration and productivity for patients with different subtypes and stages of lung cancer
How different subtypes and stages of lung cancer affect morbidity- and mortality-associated productivity have not been investigated. This study quantified the losses of lifetime employment duration and product...
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Open AccessAssessing the relation between financial performance and long-term bank loan interest rates for healthcare providers in the Netherlands: a panel data analysis
The Dutch health system is financed predominantly by commercial bank loans, especially after the market-oriented reform in 2006, when government investment guarantees were abandoned. Commercial capital markets...
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Open AccessSha** a suitable EU HTA dossier template: why the German template is not fit for purpose
From 2025, Health Technology Developers (HTDs) have to submit EU HTA dossiers. The joint clinical assessment (JCA) aims to streamline HTA processes and access to medicinal products across Europe. Currently, Ge...
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Open AccessDoes medial tourism promote growth in healthcare sector?
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of medical tourism revenues on the growth of healthcare sector across 49 emerging and developed economies from 2008 to 2022. Using panel GMM and PMG/ARDL ...
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Open AccessPsychometric properties and general population reference values for PROMIS Global Health in Hungary
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System–Global Health (PROMIS-GH) is a widely used generic measure of health status. This study aimed to (1) assess the psychometric properties of the Hungarian...
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Open AccessImmigrant assimilation in health care utilisation in Spain
Abundant evidence has tracked the labour market and health assimilation of immigrants, including static analyses of differences in how foreign-born and native-born residents consume health care services. Howev...
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Open AccessThe effect of telephone health coaching and remote exercise monitoring for peripheral artery disease (TeGeCoach) on health care cost and utilization: results of a randomized controlled trial
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is the third most prevalent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In 2016, costs per patient associated with PAD exceeded even the health-economic burden of coronary heart dis...
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Open AccessBraving the waves: exploring capability well-being patterns in seven European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic considerably impacted the lives of European citizens. This study aims to provide a nuanced picture of well-being patterns during the pandemic across Europe with a special focus on relevan...
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Open AccessQuality of life and healthcare costs of patients with allergic respiratory diseases: a cross-sectional study
Allergic rhinitis (AR) and allergic asthma (AA) are chronic respiratory diseases that represent a global health problem. One aim of this study was to analyze the Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of the p...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness model of trastuzumab deruxtecan as second-line treatment in HER2-positive unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer in Finland
Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) was recently recommended by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use as a treatment for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, who ...
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Open AccessThe effect of duration and time preference on the gap between adult and child health state valuations in time trade-off
Composite time trade-off (cTTO) utilities have been found to be higher when adults value health states for children than for themselves. It is not clear if these differences reflect adults assigning truly high...
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Open AccessPopulation normative data for OxCAP-MH capability scores
The study aims to establish the first set of normative data for OxCAP-MH capability instrument and to examine its association with sociodemographic and anxiety/depression severity variables.
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness analysis of procalcitonin and lung ultrasonography guided antibiotic prescriptions in primary care
Antimicrobial resistance comes with high morbidity and mortality burden, and ultimately high impact on healthcare and social costs. Efficient strategies are needed to limit antibiotic overuse. This paper inves...
