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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Incremental Cost"”.
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Effect of time horizon on incremental cost-effectiveness ratios
Background: Estimation of cost-effectiveness of a therapy as compared with another, in healthcare, is often based on a single perspective and a single time horizon. In this thesis, I explored methods of extrapolating the survival effect of different interventions and the effect of time horizon on …
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Incremental Cost of Hepatitis C Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya
… on treatment. Additionally, there is a dearth of cost data for screening, diagnosis and treatment among people who inject drugs in Kenya. This was the first cost study with the largest cohort of people who inject drugs treated in Kenya. The two aims of the study were: 1. To estimate the annual …
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Does the inclusion of the cost and burden of adverse drug reactions associated with drug-resistant TB treatment affect the incremental cost-effectiveness of new treatment regimens? A case study from the introduction of bedaquiline in South Africa National TB Programme
… with kanamycin, would the inclusion of the cost and burden of ADR affect the incremental cost effectiveness ratio of a new treatment regimen where bedaquiline replaces kanamycin? Analysis of the national drug-resistant TB case register showed that mortality during second-line treatment was …
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Stepped Care for Smoking Cessation: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Simulation of Future Outcomes
… annual deaths, and $193 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity. Despite the apparent dangers and tremendous costs of tobacco use and dependence, smokers find difficulty quitting. Recently, stepped care has been proposed as a viable intensive approach for achieving long-term …
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Generalizability of health economic evaluations : methods for multinational patient-level studies
Background: Cost-effectiveness outcomes collected in multinational health economic studies may vary across countries and geographic areas due to numerous clinical and socioeconomic factors. The between-country variability poses the question of generalizability of the cost-effectiveness estimates, …
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Evaluation of power-assist hydraulic and electric hybrids for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle applications
Under pressure from rising fuel costs, emissions constraints, and new government regulations on medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, hybrid technologies for these classes of vehicles are becoming more prevalent. A variety of technologies have been proposed to meet these requirements including …
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The cost and cost-effectiveness of a text-messaging based intervention to support management of hypertension in South Africa
This project assessed the cost and cost-effectiveness of hypertension management in South Africa within the context of a text messaging-based intervention (StAR* study) conducted in an urban public-sector clinic in Cape Town. The StAR* study is a community randomized trial that investigated the …
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Optimizing Value from Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Cost-Utility Analysis Comparing Age, Sex and Clinical Subgroups
… age and sex subgroups to demonstrate how the cost-effectiveness varies. Methods: We performed a cost-utility analysis comparing cardiac rehabilitation with no cardiac rehabilitation, for patients who had a cardiac catheterization, using a health system payer perspective. The model was …
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The role of natural gas as a vehicle transportation fuel
… market barrier in the US by reducing the incremental cost and improving the vehicle performance of CNG vehicles to levels found in Europe. This incremental cost reduction is critical to foster market penetration in high-mileage fleet vehicles and to create a potential opportunity for …
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Essays on the Economics of Food and Agricultural Technology
… and severity. The second chapter assesses the cost-effectiveness of three fortified rice formulations based on micronutrient composition, using Difference-in-Differences estimates from the first chapter as measures of effectiveness to construct Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios. While the …
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Case study for identification and evaluation of construction innovations: the Hotel Georgia project
… which are single-issue based (financial, cost, time or risk), a holistic method that captures a broad range of critical issues at the micro and macro levels is used to screen a number of construction innovations. The process highlights the primary difficulty in balancing stakeholder …
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HIV treatment engagement interventions for men in Malawi: a mixed-methods economic evaluation
… METHODS: This study was guided by the Assessing Cost-Effectiveness (ACE) framework. First, we conducted in-depth interviews with high-level international and Malawi-based stakeholders to understand their perceptions and priorities. We analyzed transcripts using thematic content analysis. Next, we …
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The Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting in Calgary
Objectives To evaluate the safety and cost of carotid stenting in Calgary. Methods A cost-utility analysis from the perspective of the Canadian health care system was performed comparing stenting to endarterectomy using a decision analytic model. A prospective cohort study was done for trans …
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Hospital Inpatient Cost And Discharge Status Of Diabetes And Its Complications In The U.S.
… the health care system in the U.S. However, the incremental effect of diabetes complications has not been well documented in the literature. In addition, diabetes-related hospitalization discharge status has not been thoroughly examined. This study was carried out with two objectives: the primary …
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Is SABR cost-effective in oligometastatic cancer? An economic analysis of SABR-COMET randomized trial
… (SoC). SABR, however, is associated with higher costs and treatment-related toxicity. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of SABR versus SoC in patients with oligometastatic disease. A time-dependent Markov model with five health states was constructed from the …
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Cross-user subsidy in residential broadband service
… The increase in the broadband usage impacts the cost of an ISP through usage-associated costs such as incremental usage cost, cost for expanding the network capacity, and cost from subscriber churns. This paper attempts to understand the relation between broadband usage and incremental usage …
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Tisagenlecleucel, Blinatumomab, and Clofarabine for Treatment of B-cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
… of taking tisagenlecleucel. Due to the high cost of this treatment, a cost-effectiveness analysis was performed to assess the treatments for tisagenlecleucel, clofarabine combination, and blinatumomab. Objectives</p> <p>The objective of this study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of …
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The economics of investing in green buildings
… for few but will eventually end up being costly for all. Several worldwide rating systems were established with a common objective to determine metrics for measuring a building's performance and minimizing environmental footprint. In this research we selected LEED-NC version 2.2 by U.S. …
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A LIFE-CYCLE BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR ITS DEPLOYMENTS
… to achieve this objective. Life Cycle Agency Cost Agency Analysis (LCCA) of various alternative intelligent transportation strategies has received particular attention to identify the strategy with the lowest cost. However, increasing concerns over the impacts of transportation systems on …
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Process of Care and Outcome of Critically Ill Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
… better value, in terms of health effects and costs, for the management of refractory intracranial hypertension following TBI. Decompressive craniectomy resulted in greater quality-adjusted life expectancy relative to barbiturate coma [average gain was 1.5 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)] …
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