B Ettinger
B Ettinger
The paradigm for prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women is changing. There are new ways of looking at prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. With diagnostic procedures, such as bone densitometry, and recently developed ...
Amanda F Dempsey
Amanda F Dempsey
Amanda F Dempsey,Matthew M Davis
Amanda F Dempsey
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a critical factor in the development of cervical cancer and can lead to genital warts and other clinical sequelae. Two vaccines against HPV have been developed recently that have shown to be safe and effective....
Pamela Ann Hymel
Pamela Ann Hymel
Cervical cancer, caused by oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV), remains a major health problem worldwide. The recent introduction of a quadrivalent vaccine (Gardasil), which targets HPV strains responsible for approximately 70% of...
Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: burden of illness and basis for prevention [0.03%]
人乳头瘤病毒与宫颈癌:疾病负担及预防依据
Helen Trottier,Eduardo L Franco
Helen Trottier
Genital infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted conditions. The central causal role in cervical carcinogenesis of the so-called high oncogenic-risk (HR)-HPV genotypes, such as HPV-16, has b...
Easing the economic burden of acute coronary syndromes: cost-effectiveness of emerging therapies [0.03%]
急性冠脉综合征的经济负担减轻:新型疗法的成本效益分析
Edith A Nutescu
Edith A Nutescu
Although only part of the entire treatment regimen, antithrombotic therapy represents a large portion of the total costs associated with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) treatment. Unfractionated heparin (UFH), the mainstay of antithrombotic ...
Charles L Campbell
Charles L Campbell
Complications from atherosclerotic coronary artery disease are the principal cause of death worldwide. Many therapeutic strategies have been developed to reduce the burden of this disease. Systemic antithrombotic therapy, typically with unf...
Burden of disease: medical and economic impact of acute coronary syndromes [0.03%]
急性冠脉综合征的疾病负担:医学和经济学影响
Alexander G G Turpie
Alexander G G Turpie
Despite advances in treatment, acute coronary syndromes (ACS), which consist mainly of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and unstable angina (UA)/non-STEMI (NSTEMI), present an enormous medical, social, and economic burden ...
Value-based insurance design: aligning incentives to bridge the divide between quality improvement and cost containment [0.03%]
基于价值的保险设计:通过协调激励措施来弥合质量改进与成本控制之间的差距
A Mark Fendrick,Michael E Chernew
A Mark Fendrick
Rising costs and suboptimal clinical quality have spawned efforts to redesign healthcare benefit packages. Momentum has gathered behind 2 trends; the first, represented by disease management initiatives and pay-for-performance programs, foc...