Kenneth E Thorpe,Zhou Yang,Kathleen M Long et al.
Kenneth E Thorpe et al.
Objective: To examine the impact of temporary and permanent weight loss of 10% and 15% on 10-year and lifetime Medicare spending among adults with overweight and obesity aged 65 years and older. Weight loss of this magnit...
Technical and scale efficiency of public community hospitals in Eritrea: an exploratory study [0.03%]
厄立特里亚公共社区医院的技术和规模效率：一项探索性研究
Joses M Kirigia,Eyob Z Asbu
Joses M Kirigia
Background: Eritrean gross national income of Int$610 per capita is lower than the average for Africa (Int$1620) and considerably lower than the global average (Int$6977). It is therefore imperative that the country's res...
Severity index for rheumatoid arthritis and its association with health care costs and biologic therapy use in Turkey [0.03%]
土耳其风湿性关节炎 severity指数与医疗保健费用和生物制剂使用的关系
Onur Baser,Erdem Baser,Akif Altinbas et al.
Onur Baser et al.
Objective: This study aimed to apply the previously validated severity index for rheumatoid arthritis (SIFRA) to prevalent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) groups in Turkey and determine the effect of RA severity on health care ...
The impacts of recent smoking control policies on individual smoking choice: the case of Japan [0.03%]
近期控烟政策对个人吸烟选择的影响——以日本为例
Michio Yuda
Michio Yuda
This article comprehensively examines the impact of recent smoking control policies in Japan, increases in cigarette taxes and the enforcement of the Health Promotion Law, on individual smoking choice by using multi-year and nationwide indi...
Patients' mobility as an indicator for (in)efficiency:a panel data analysis on Italian health care authorities [0.03%]
患者流动性作为效率指标：意大利卫生管理部门面板数据分析
Elisabetta Mafrolla,Eugenio D&#x;Amico
Elisabetta Mafrolla
This paper investigates the influence of internal managerial patterns of heath care authorities on the decision of patients to migrate towards different health care organizations to avail treatments. The efficiency and productivity issues a...
Social costs of icatibant self-administration vs. health professional-administration in the treatment of hereditary angioedema in Spain [0.03%]
西班牙遗传性血管水肿患者自用icatibant与专业医护人员给药的治疗费用比较研究
Antonio J Blasco,Pablo Lázaro,Teresa Caballero et al.
Antonio J Blasco et al.
Background: Icatibant is the only subcutaneous treatment for acute Type I and Type II hereditary angioedema with C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency (HAE-C1-INH) licensed for self-administration in Europe. ...
Contracting with private providers for primary care services: evidence from urban China [0.03%]
中国城市地区与私人供应商签订基层医疗服务合同的证据
Yan Wang,Karen Eggleston,Zhenjie Yu et al.
Yan Wang et al.
Controversy surrounds the role of the private sector in health service delivery, including primary care and population health services. China's recent health reforms call for non-discrimination against private providers and emphasize streng...
The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from panel data analysis [0.03%]
东非公共和私人卫生开支对健康状况的影响：来自面板数据分析的新证据
Jacob Novignon,Solomon A Olakojo,Justice Nonvignon
Jacob Novignon
Background: Health care expenditure has been low over the years in developing regions of the world. A majority of countries in these regions, especially sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rely on donor grants and loans to finance ...
Christian Pfarr,Andreas Schmid,Udo Schneider
Christian Pfarr
Introduction: Self-assessed health (SAH) is a frequently used measure of individuals' health status. It is also prone to reporting heterogeneity. To control for reporting heterogeneity objective measures of true health ne...
Biologic TNF inhibiting agents for treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases: dosing patterns and related costs in Switzerland from a payers perspective [0.03%]
从支付人角度分析瑞士炎症性风湿病生物TNF抑制剂的使用剂量及相关的成本
Jan Zeidler,Thomas Mittendorf,Rüdiger Müller et al.
Jan Zeidler et al.
Background: To obtain detailed real-life data on costs and dosing patterns in the utilisation of the TNF inhibitors adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in patients treated in Switzerland. ...