Sophie Massin,Antoine Nebout,Bruno Ventelou
Sophie Massin
This paper investigates the predictive power of several risk attitude measures on a series of medical practices. We elicit risk preferences on a sample of 1500 French general practitioners (GPs) using two different classes of tools: scales,...
Determinants of health care costs in the senior elderly: age, comorbidity, impairment, or proximity to death? [0.03%]
老年人医疗费用的影响因素：年龄、多发病、残疾还是临近死亡？
Nisha C Hazra,Caroline Rudisill,Martin C Gulliford
Nisha C Hazra
Ageing is assumed to be accompanied by greater health care expenditures but the association is also viewed as a 'red herring'. This study aimed to evaluate whether age is associated with health care costs in the senior elderly, using electr...
Guidelines versus reality: is coronary stent application in three-vessel disease standard or the exception? [0.03%]
指南与实际的矛盾：三支冠脉病变支架植入是标准治疗还是例外？
Roland Linder,J Zeidler,F Verheyen et al.
Roland Linder et al.
The national guidelines for treatment of chronic coronary heart disease (CHD) recommend surgical coronary aortic bypass grafting (CABG) rather than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with a coronary three-vessel disease. ...
Measuring the end-of-life premium in cancer using individual ex ante willingness to pay [0.03%]
基于个体风险偏好的癌症末期生命年价值评估研究
S Olofsson,U-G Gerdtham,L Hultkrantz et al.
S Olofsson et al.
For the assessment of value of new therapies in healthcare, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies often review the cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained. Some HTA agencies accept a higher cost per QALY gained when treatmen...
Does the use of the proportional shortfall help align the prioritisation of health services with public preferences? [0.03%]
比例短缺法的使用有助于使医疗服务优先级与公众偏好保持一致吗？
Jeff Richardson,Angelo Iezzi,Aimee Maxwell et al.
Jeff Richardson et al.
It has been proposed that equity may be included in the economic evaluation of health services using the 'proportional shortfall' (PS)-the proportion of a person's QALY expectation that they would lose because of an illness. The present pap...
Uncontrolled diabetes and health care utilisation: panel data evidence from Spain [0.03%]
西班牙糖尿病失控与医疗保健利用：基于面板数据的证据
Joan Gil,Antoni Sicras-Mainar,Eugenio Zucchelli
Joan Gil
Despite size and relevance of uncontrolled diabetes, robust evidence on its effects on health care utilisation is very limited, especially among European countries. We employed longitudinal administrative data from Spain (2004-2010) to expl...
The impact of copayments on mental healthcare utilization: a natural experiment [0.03%]
自费额对精神卫生服务利用的影响：一项自然实验研究
Timo R Lambregts,René C J A van Vliet
Timo R Lambregts
Empirical evidence suggests that people are fairly sensitive to cost sharing arrangements in ambulatory mental healthcare. However, pure cost sharing effects are typically hard to measure due to the presence of adverse selection effects. In...
Can premium differentiation counteract adverse selection in the Dutch supplementary health insurance? A simulation study [0.03%]
荷兰补充健康保险中，优质差异化能抑制逆向选择吗？一项模拟研究
K P M van Winssen,R C van Kleef,W P M M van de Ven
K P M van Winssen
Most health insurers in the Netherlands apply community-rating and open enrolment for supplementary health insurance, although it is offered at a free market. Theoretically, this should result in adverse selection. There are four indication...
Ángel López-Nicolás,Marta Trapero-Bertran,Celia Muñoz
Ángel López-Nicolás
Background and aims: The economic evaluation of tobacco control policies requires the adoption of assumptions about the impact of changes in smoking status on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Estimates for such imp...
Cost analysis of colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography in Italy [0.03%]
意大利CT结肠成像检查结直肠癌筛查的成本分析
Paola Mantellini,Giuseppe Lippi,Lapo Sali et al.
Paola Mantellini et al.
Objective: Unit costs of screening CT colonography (CTC) can be useful for cost-effectiveness analyses and for health care decision-making. We evaluated the unit costs of CTC as a primary screening test for colorectal can...