It Matters How You Ask:  Parsing Out PROs and Other COA Items
Pennifer Erickson, Richard J. Willke
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Improved ESTIMATIONS OF COST-EFFECtiveness for ovarian cancer
Mark Fisher, Martin Gore
ARTICLE

Illustrating Potential Efficiency Gains from Using Cost-Effectiveness Evidence to Reallocate Medicare Expenditures for Medical Technology
James D. Chambers, Joanne Lord, Joshua T. Cohen, Peter J. Neumann, Martin J. Buxton
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PATIENTS WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR AVOIDING SYMPTOMS OF GERD
Ken Deal, Deborah Marshall, Dominika Dabrowski, Alina Charter, Margaret Bukoski, Paul Moayyedi
ARTICLE

IS STATIN COST EFFECTIVE IN JAPAN FOR PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE?
Yoshie Onishi, MS, MPH, Shiro Hinotsu, MD, PhD, Yoko M. Nakao, MD, Hisashi Urushihara, DrPH, KojiKawakami, MD, PhD
ARTICLE

Assessing Inequalities in Health & Quality of Life
Brendan Collins
ARTICLE

THREE CHEERS FOR TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE ECONOMIC STUDY INFORMATION
Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Stavros Petrou, Chris Carswell, David Moher, Dan Greenberg, Federico Augustovski, Andrew H. Briggs, Josephine Mauskopf, Elizabeth Loder, on behalf of the ISPOR Health Economic Evaluation Publication Guidelines - CHEERS Good Reporting Practices Task Force
ARTICLE

THE HEALTH CARE COSTS OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Kees van Gool, Richard Norman, Martin B. Delatycki, Jane Hall, John Massie
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PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY RECOVER FASTER
Henry M. Dowson, Karen Ballard, Heather Gage, Daniel Jackson, Peter Williams, Timothy A. Rockall
ARTICLE

NATIONAL MINORITY VACCINATION PROGRAM LIKELY TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE
Constantinos I. Michaelidis, Richard K. Zimmerman, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Kenneth J. Smith
ARTICLE

COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
Ronald C. Wielage, Megha Bansal, J. Scott Andrews, Madelaine M. Wohlreich, Robert W. Klein, Michael Happich
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IS it cost-effective to use a diagnostic aid to diagnose skin lesions in primary care?
Edward C.F. Wilson, Jon D. Emery, Ann Louise Kinmonth, A. Toby Prevost, Helen C. Morris, Elka Humphrys, Per N. Hall, Nigel Burrows, Lucy Bradshaw, Joe Walls, Paul Norris, Margaret Johnson, Fiona M. Walter
ARTICLE

Innovative methods can identify differential responders to treatment
Donald E. Stull and Katherine Houghton
ARTICLE

PATIENT’S NEEDS FOR MEDICATION ADHERENCE ARE STILL UNCLEAR
Muhammad Amir
ARTICLE

Bayesian methods can help to bring science closer to policy
Willem Woertman, Gert Jan van der Wilt
ARTICLE

PRICIER ANTIBIOTIC FIDAXOMICIN MAY BE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTIONS
Paul M. Stranges, David W. Hutton, Curtis D. Collins
ARTICLE

Patients pay the bill for delaying hip replacement
Rubén Ernesto Mújica Mota
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COMMON ADVERSE EFFECTS AND HEALTH CARE COSTS IN HIV PATIENTS ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPIES
Stephen S. Johnston, Timothy Juday, Stephen Esker, Derek Espindle, Bong-Chul Chu, Tony Hebden, Jonathan Uy
ARTICLE

Need for speed in value of information analysis in health care: some new developments
Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Nick Bansback, Zafar Zafari, Mehdi Najafzadeh, Carlo Marra
ARTICLE

GENOMIC TEST COST-EFFECTIVELY DIAGNOSES CHALLENGING CANCER CASES
John Hornberger, Irina Degtiar, Hialy Gutierrez, Ashwini Shewade, W. David Henner, Shawn Becker, Gauri Varadhachary, Stephen Raab
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EXPECTING A LOT OF MISSING DATA IN YOUR RESOURCE USE QUESTIONNAIRE? GIVE PATIENTS A RESOURCE USE LOG TOO!
Elsa Marques, Emma C. Johnson, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Ashley W. Blom, Sian Noble
ARTICLE

The most disabling form of migraine, chronic migraine, is costly to employers
Daniel Serrano, Aubrey N. Manack, Michael L. Reed, Dawn C. Buse, Sepideh F. Varon, Richard B. Lipton
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IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGED IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT?
Jennifer A. Whitty
ARTICLE

New approach to “mapping” treatment effects to generic Health-Related Quality of Life scales
Guobing Lu, J.E. Brazier, A.E. Ades, Jason J. Madan
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TESTING PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH TREATMENTS
Javier Rejas, Miguel Ruiz, Antonio Pardo, Javier Soto
ARTICLE

Proton pump inhibition most cost-effective PREVENTATIVE APPROACH in stress ulcer bleeding
Alan N. Barkun, Viviane Adam, Myriam Martel, Bardou, Marc
ARTICLE

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ESTIMATING UTILITY VALUES FROM OTHER HEALTH MEASURES
Louise Longworth, Donna Rowen
ARTICLE

Does the future BELONG to MCDA?
Kevin Marsh

ALL SOURCES OF VALUE ARE NOT CAPTURED BY ALL MODELS
Sonya Snedecor

Medical Device Policies & Market Access in Turkey
Güvenç Koçkaya

IMPROVING RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE COLOMBIAN HEALTH SYSTEM
Nicolás Vargas-Zea, Hector Castro, Fredy Rodríguez-Páez, Diana Téllez, and Ricardo Salazar-Arias
ARTICLE

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER UNDERDIAGNOSED AND UNDERTREATED IN BRAZIL
Ronaldo K. Fujii, Amir Goren, Kathy Annunziata, and Joaquín Mould-Quevedo
ARTICLE

ECONOMIC BURDEN OF UNPLANNED START ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
Sergio O. Hdez Ordonez, Surrey M. Walton, Alfonso Ramos, Lilia Valle, Angela Sofia Rivera, and Frank Xiaoqing Liu
ARTICLE

COSTOS INDIRECTOS ESTRUCTURALES EN EL SECTOR SANITARIO CHILENO
Catherine De la Puente, Carlos Vallejos, Mónica Velásquez, David Soto, and Juan Orellana
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COSTOS INDIRECTOS ESTRUCTURALES EN EL SECTOR SANITARIO CHILENO
Luis Roberto Reveco Sepúlveda, Carlos Alberto Vallejos Vallejos, Patricio Reinaldo Valdes Garcia, Herenia Gutiérrez Ponce
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LATIN AMERICA MAKING STRIDES IN EVALUATING EMERGING HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES
Federico Augustovski, Jorge Augusto Diaz Rojas, Marcos Bosi Ferraz, Iris Contreras Hernandez, Bonnie M. Korenblat Donato, Karina Raimundo, and Carl V. Asche
ARTICLE

New approach to developing preference based measures
Katherine Stevens, Simon Palfreyman
ARTICLE

Comparing different methods for measuring benefits for economic evaluation
Donna Rowen, Tracey Young, John Brazier, Sabine Gaugris
ARTICLE

Innovative Methods Uncover Differential Responders to Treatment
Donald E. Stull, Katherine Houghton
ARTICLE

Where Do we Need best Practices in Development and Reimbursement of Personalized Medicine?
Eric Faulkner, Lieven Annemans, Lou Garrison, Mark Helfand, Anke-Peggy Holtorf, John Hornberger, Dyfrig Hughes, Tracy Li, Daniel Malone, Katherine Payne, Uwe Siebert, Adrian Towse, David Veenstra, John Watkins, for Personalized Medicine Development and Reimbursement Working Group
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WAITING TO EXHALE
Kellee Howard, Pamela Berry, Jennifer Petrillo, Ingela Wiklund, Laurie Roberts, Michael Watkins, Courtney Crim, Teresa Wilcox
ARTICLE

Value of molecular diagnosis of thyroid cancer
Mehdi Najafzadeh, Carlo A. Marra, Larry D. Lynd, Sam M. Wiseman
ARTICLE

CONCEPTION OF A MODEL
Mark Roberts,  Louise B. Russell, A. David Paltiel,  Michael Chambers, Phil McEwan, Murray Krahn,  on Behalf of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force
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MODELS IN A STATE OF TRANSITION
Uwe Siebert, Oguzhan Alagoz, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Beate Jahn, Douglas K. Owens, David J. Cohen, Karen M. Kuntz, on Behalf of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good
Research Practices Task Force
ARTICLE

WHICH ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS B INFECTION REPRESENTS THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY?

Jing He, James M. Bowen, Feng Xie, Ron Goeree

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Shorter Treatment for Hepatitis C May Be More Cost-Effective
Ziad F. Gellad, Andrew J. Muir, John G. McHutchison, William Sievert, Ala I. Sharara, Kimberly A. Brown, Robert Flisiak, Ira M. Jacobson, David Kershenobich, Michael P. Manns, Kevin A. Schulman, Shelby D. Reed
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COULD INCREASED USE OF GENERICS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MEAN BIG SAVINGS?
Alexandra Cameron, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hubert G.M. Leufkens, Richard Ogilvie Laing
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CAN THAIS BE SAFER FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE?
Panrasri Khonputsa, Lennert J. Veerman, Melanie Bertram, Stephen S. Lim, Nathorn Chaiyakunnaphruk, Theo Vos
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COSTS OF MANAGING IRANIAN HEMOPHILIACS USING IMMUNE TOLERANCE INDUCTION (ITI)
Abdol Majid Cheraghali, Peyman Eshghi
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DOES ENOXAPARIN-ASSOCIATED BLEEDING INCREASE COST AND LENGTH OF STAY?
Surasak Saokaew, Narinee Khaisombat, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Khanchit Likittanasombat, Surakit Nathisuwan
ARTICLE

CAN VALUE-BASED INSURANCE DESIGN PROVIDE SAVINGS FOR MEDICARE?
Amy Davidoff, Ruth Lopert, Bruce Stuart, Thomas Shaffer, Jennifer T. Lloyd, J. Samantha Shoemaker
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BETTER DECISIONS ON FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH
Andrew Mirelman, Emmanouil Mentzakis, Elizabeth Kinter, Francesco Paolucci, Richard Fordham, Sachiko Ozawa, Marcos Ferraz, Rob Baltussen, Louis W. Niessen
ARTICLE

WHAT CAN REAL WORLD HEALTH CARE STUDIES DO FOR YOU?
Berger ML, Dreyer N, Anderson Fred, et al.
ARTICLE

PREDICTING SF-6D FOR ECONOMIC APPRAISALS IN COLORECTAL NEOPLASM
Carlos K.H. Wong, Cindy L.K. Lam, Donna Rowen, Sarah M. McGhee, Ka-Ping Ma, Wai-Lun Law, Jensen T.C. Poon, Pierre Chan, Dora L.W. Kwong, Janice Tsang
ARTICLE

DO MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES INCREASE THE COST OF PROSTATE CANCER?
Ya-Chen Tina Shih, John F. Ward, Curtis A. Pettaway, Ying Xu, Surena F. Matin, John W. Davis, Benjamin P. Thompson, Linda S. Elting
ARTICLE

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF LONG-ACTING RISPERIDONE INJECTION IN CHINA
Li Yang, Ming Li, Li-bo Tao, Mingliang Zhang, M. Deborah Nicholl, Peng Dong
ARTICLE

THE BURDEN OF CAREGIVING IN CURRENT CLINICAL RESEARCH
Nia Hamer, BA, Costello Medical Consulting Ltd., Cambridge, UK
ARTICLE

RISK-SHARING AGREEMENTS – A GLOBAL REALITY
Gustav Ando, MA, Director, Healthcare & Pharma, IHS, London, UK
ARTICLE

WHAT EXPLAINS MEDICATION-RELATED NON-ADHERENCE?
Thomas Wilke, Sabrina Müller, Donald E. Morisky
ARTICLE

HEALTH-RELATED QUESTIONNAIRES: IS SHORTER BETTER?
Sindre Rolstad, John Adler, Anna Rydén
ARTICLE

DEPRESSION MANAGEMENT FOR LOW INCOME HISPANIC PATIENTS WITH DIABETES PROVEN TO BE HIGHLY VALUABLE
Joel W. Hay, Wayne J. Katon, Kathleen Ell, Pey-Jiuan Lee, Jeffrey J. Guterman
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DELISTING POLICY-HAVING A LONG WAY TO GO
Hwayoung Lee, Jinhyun Kim
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DEVELOPING A MEASURE FOR ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN DEMENTIA
Brendan Mulhern, Sarah C. Smith, Donna Rowen, John E. Brazier, Martin Knapp, Donna L. Lamping, Vanessa Loftus, Tracey A. Young, Robert J. Howard, Sube Banerjee
ARTICLE

MEASURING THE EXTERNAL COSTS OF IN-HOSPITAL ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE
Klaus Kaier
ARTICLE

PROMISE OF PROMIS ® IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Dinesh Khanna, Paul Maranian, Nan Rothrock, David Cella, Richard Gershon, Puja P. Khanna, Brennan Spiegel, Daniel E. Furst, Phil J. Clements, Amber Bechtel, Ron D. Hays
ARTICLE

IS MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ADVANCED LUNG CANCER TOO EXPENSIVE?
Klazien Matter-Walstra, Markus Joerger, Ursula Kühnel, Thomas Szucs, Bernhard Pestalozzi, Matthias Schwenkgle
ARTICLE

DIABETES AND CANCER, IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO DISEASES?
ARTICLE

CAN A STATIC THRESHOLD ACOMMODATE THE DYNAMICS OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT?
Rodrigo Refoios Camejo, Clare McGrath, Ron Herings, Willem-Jan Meerding, Frans Rutten
ARTICLE

HEALTH STATES EXPERIENCED MAY BETTER GUIDE EFFECT ASSESSMENT
Reiner Leidl, Peter Reitmeir, Hans-Helmut König, Renée Stark
ARTICLE

CAN RELATIVE EFFICACY BE IMPLEMENTED?
Olivier Ethgen, Ulf Staginnus, MA
ARTICLE

VARYING OUTCOME ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS DUE TO AUTHORS CHOICES
Gerardus W.J. Frederix, Johan L. Severens, Anke M. Hövels, Jan A.M. Raaijmakers, Jan H.M. Schellens
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ASSESSING EFFECT OF TIME-VARYING TREATMENT IN OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
Stanley Xu, Susan Shetterly, David Powers, Marsha A. Raebel, Thomas T. Tsai, P. Michael Ho, David Magid
ARTICLE

MEASURING HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN HEART DISEASE
Stefan Höfer, Atif Saleem, James Stone, Randal Thomas, Heather Tulloch, Neil Oldridge
ARTICLE

STATINS: PROJECTED MEDICAID SAVINGS OF HIGHER USE OF GENERIC VERSIONS OF HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS TO ACHIEVE CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING TARGETS
Elizabeth Gorevski, Boyang Bian, Christina M.L. Kelton, Jill E. Martin Boone, Jeff J. Guo
ARTICLE

DO DRG SYSTEMS IN EUROPE ACCOUNT FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION?
David Scheller-Kreinsen, Wilm Quentin, Reinhard Busse
ARTICLE

THE VALUE OF SIMILAR ILLNESS DIFFERS BETWEEN COUNTRIES
Galante J, Agustovski F, Colantino L, Bardach A, Corporale J, Marti SG, Kind P
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CATASTROPHIC DRUG SPENDING BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF BRASIL
Brandão CMR, Ju´nior AAG, Cherchiglia ML, et al
ARTICLE

Economic burden of diabetes to the health system
Armando Arredondo, PhD and Esteban De Icaza, PhD
ARTICLE

CUTTING THE COSTS OF HEART FAILURE IN DIABETES
Caporale JE, Elgart J, Pfirter G, Martinez P, Viñes G, Insúa JT, Gagliardino JJ
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PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE HEALTH CARE EXPENSES
Emilio Muciño-Ortega, MSc, Joaquín Federico Mould-Quevedo, PhD, MBA, Raymond Farkouh, PhD, David Strutton, PhD, MPH
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THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF NICE STAS
Eva Kaltenthaler, Diana Papaioannou, Angela Boland, Rumona Dickson
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QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS: DOES IT MATTER HOW THEY ARE ASSESSED?
Tarja Vainiola, Risto P. Roine, Ville Pettilä, Taru Kantola, Pirjo Räsänen, Harri Sintonen
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HOW DO THAIS VALUE THEIR HEALTH?
Sirinart Tongsiri, John Cairns
ARTICLE

EVIDENCED-BASED LONG-TERM POLICY MAKING FOR COPD
Martine Hoogendoorn, Maureen P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken, Rudolf T. Hoogenveen, Maiwenn J. Al, Talitha L. Feenstra
ARTICLE

THE RTS,S MALARIA VACCINE – A COST EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION?
Nicolas Maire, Samuel D. Shillcutt, Damian G. Walker, Fabrizio Tediosi, Thomas A. Smith
ARTICLE

INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE WITH A DISEASE
Helen McTaggart-Cowan
ARTICLE

HOW TO INTERPRETE AN INDIRECT HEALTH CARE TREATMENT COMPARISON STUDY
ISPOR Indirect Treatment Comparison Good Research Practices Task Force Report - Part I
REPORT

COMPARING HEALTH CARE TREATMENT OPTIONS: HOW TO USE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVIDENCE
ISPOR Indirect Treatment Comparison Good Research Practices Task Force Report - Part II
REPORT

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EVEROLIMUS VS. SORAFENIB IN SUNITINIB-REFRACTORY MRCC PATIENTS
Roman Casciano, Maruit Chulikavit, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Zhimei Liu, Jean-Francois Baladi, Xufang Wang, Justin Robertson, Lou Garrison
ARTICLE

QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Diana Papaioannou, John Brazier, Glenys Parry
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CAN QUALITY OF LIFE BE USED TO PREDICT HEALTH PREFERENCES?
Robert L. Askew, Richard J. Swartz, Yan Xing, Scott B. Cantor, Merrick I. Ross, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, J. Lynn Palmer, Jeffrey E. Lee, Janice N. Cormier
ARTICLE

IS BEVACIZUMAB COST-EFFECTIVE IN LUNG CANCER?
Bernardo Goulart, Scott Ramsey
ARTICLE

MODELLING CORRELATED OUTCOMES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY APPRAISALS
David Epstein, Alex Sutton
ARTICLE

HOW RELEVANT IS INFORMAL CARE IN DEMENTIA DISORDERS?
Larissa Schwarzkopf, Petra Menn, Simone Kunz, Rolf Holle, Jörg Lauterberg, Peter Marx, Hilmar Mehlig, Sonja Wunder, Reiner Leidl, Carolin Donath, Elmar Graessel
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IDENTIFYING COPD EARLIER: BROADER ACCESS TO A CASE-FINDING QUESTIONNAIRE
Anand A. Dalal, Lauren Nelson, Theresa Gilligan, Lori McLeod, Sandy Lewis, Carla DeMuro-Mercon
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IS IMPLANTANTING A DEFIBRILLATOR AFTER HEART ATTACK COST-EFFECTIVE?
Afschin Gandjour, Astrid Holler Dipl-Ges-Ök, Charles Christian Adarkwah
ARTICLE

RISK-SHARING: THE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY
Olivier Ethgen, Ulf Staginnus, MA
ARTICLE

PREDICTING THE PAIN AND GAIN OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS
Marjan J.M. Hummel, Lotte M.G. Steuten, Karin G.M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Maarten J. IJzerman
ARTICLE

WILL COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH SURVIVE HEALTH REFORM?
Penny Mohr, Daniel A. Ollendorf, Les D. Paul, Vernon Schabert
ARTICLE

WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ART ON THE USE OF QALYs IN ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS IN SPAIN?
José Manuel Rodriguez, Silvia Paz, Luis Lizan, Paloma Gonzalez
ABSTRACT

EARLY DIALOGUE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS AND P&R AGENCIES
Martin E. Backhouse, Michael Wonder, Edward Hornby, Anne Kilburg, Michael Drummond, Friedrich Karl Mayer
ABSTRACT

IS COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH THE BEST WAY TO CHOOSE YOUR NEXT TREATMENT?
Jeffrey McCombs, Sara Zolfaghari, Vaidynathan Ganapathy
ABSTRACT

HOW DOES HEMOGLOBIN LOSS AFFECT HEALTH UTILITIES?
Brooke S. Harrow, C.B. Eaton, M.B. Roberts, A.R. Assaf, Xuemei Luo, Zhao Chen
ABSTRACT

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN STUDY RESULTS AND DECISION PROBLEM
Janneke P.C. Grutters, Shanly C. Seferina, Vivianne C.G. Tjan-Heijnen, Roel J.W. van Kampen, Wim G. Goettsch, Manuela A. Joore
ABSTRACT

UTILITY-BASED QUALITY OF LIFE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE ADOLESCENTS
Catherine L. Keating, Marjory L. Moodie, Jeff Richardson, Boyd A. Swinburn
ABSTRACT

MEASURING OUTCOMES OF CANCER INTERVENTIONS FOR ECONOMIC EVALUATION
Donna Rowen, John Brazier, Tracey Young, Sabine Gaugris, Benjamin M. Craig, Madeleine T. King, Galina Velikova
ABSTRACT

CAN REGISTRIES BE USED TO LINK PRICE TO OUTCOMES?
John Wlodarczyk, Christopher M. Reid, Glen Pater
ABSTRACT

TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS OPTIONS FOR CAPTURING PATIENT DATA
J. Jason Lundy, Stephen Joel Coons
ABSTRACT

THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE OF EFFICACY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS
Patricia Guyot, Nicky J. Welton, Mario J.N.M. Ouwens, A.E. Ades
ABSTRACT

TIBIAL FRACTURES - TO REAM OR NOT TO REAM?
Matthias Briel, Sheila Sprague, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Gordon Guyatt, Mohit Bhandari, Gordon Blackhouse, David Sanders, Emil Schemitsch, Marc Swiontkowski, Paul Tornetta, Stephen D. Walter, Ron Goeree
ABSTRACT

CAUTIOUS POLICY ON SPIRIVA COVERAGE BACKED BY RESEARCH
Colin R. Dormuth, Richard L. Morrow, Greg Carney
ABSTRACT

A BETTER MEASURE OF “BENEFIT” DURING COPD EXACERBATIONS?
Jennifer Petrillo, John Cairns
ABSTRACT

WHAT´S THE USE OF HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS?
Sandra Erntoft
ABSTRACT

TRANSPARENT INTERROGATOR PILOTED IN NICE TECHNOLOGY APPRAISALS
Sylwia Bujkiewicz, Hayley E. Jones, Monica C.W. Lai, Nicola J. Cooper, Neil Hawkins, Hazel Squires, Keith R. Abrams, David J. Spiegelhalter, Alex J. Sutton
ABSTRACT

INCORPORATING PATIENT-REPORTED SPECIFIC UTILITIES INTO THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION
Ángel Luis Montejo, Javier Correas-Lauffer, Jorge Mauriño, Guillermo Villa, Pablo Rebollo, Teresa Díez, Luis Cordero
ABSTRACT

INFLUENZA IMPACT MEASUREMENT TO IMPROVE EVALUATION OF FLU VACCINES AND TREATMENTS
Richard H. Osborne, Josephine M. Norquist, Gerald R. Elsworth, Lucy Busija, Vinay Mehta, Tim Herring, Swati B. Gupta
ABSTRACT

ACCOUNTING FOR TEMPORAL CHANGES IN HEALTH PRACTICES WHEN CALIBRATING MODELS
Douglas C.A. Taylor, Vivek Pawar, Denise Kruzikas, Kristen E. Gilmore, Ankur Pandya, Rowan Iskandar, Milton C. Weinstein
ABSTRACT

ARE YOUR BREATHING PROBLEMS LUNG DISEASE?
Jennifer L. Beaumont, David Victorson, Jun Su, Christine L. Baker, Katy Wortman, Hemal Shah, David Cella
ABSTRACT

CHILDREN WITH ADHD AND CO-EXISTING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS REPORT IMPAIRED QUALITY OF LIFE
Christine A. Limbers, Jane Ripperger-Suhler, Robert W. Heffer, James W. Varni
ABSTRACT

DOES MODEL CHOICE IN MTC AFFECT THE DECISION?
Roisin Adams, Susanne Schmitz, Oliver FitzGerald, Cathal Walsh, Michael Barry
ARTICLE

DOES DISEASE COST AFFECT QUALITY OF EXPECTED DATA?
Sahil Kirpekar, Shrinivas Mukku
ARTICLE

PROMOTING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Djøra I. Soeteman5, Jan J.V. Busschbach; Roel Verheul,  Ties Hoomans, Jane J. Kim
ABSTRACT

SHOULD WE EVALUATE ALL POSSIBLE TREATMENT OPTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY?
Nicola J. Cooper, Jaime Peters, Monica C.W. Lai, Peter Juni, Simon Wandel, Steve Palmer, Mike Paulden, Stefano Conti, Nicky J. Welton, Keith R. Abrams, Sylwia Bujkiewicz, David Spiegelhalter, Alex J. Sutton
ABSTRACT

SURGERY OR DRUGS: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE PATIENTS WITH GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)?
Ron Goeree, Rob Hopkins, John K. Marshall, David Armstrong, Wendy J. Ungar, Charles Goldsmith, Christopher Allen, Mehran Anvari
ABSTRACT

KEY ISSUES FOR BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS (BIA): FORECASTS REQUIRE A CRYSTAL BALL
Mark Nuijten, Thomas Mittendorf, Ulf Persson, Christa Boer
ARTICLE

DECISIONS, DECISIONS – WHAT ARE THE TRADE-OFFS?
Sheryl L. Szeinbach, Spencer E. Harpe, Terry Flynn, Andrew Lloyd, Eberechukwu Onukwugha, John F.P. Bridges, Axel C. Mühlbacher, Elizabeth Molsen
ARTICLE

ASSESSING SYMPTOMS BY EMA AND FDA: CAN IT BE ANY SIMPLER?
Ingela Wiklund, Olivier Chassany, Ari Gnanasakthy
ARTICLE

COULD INTERNET BE USED FOR PATIENT-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRES?
Ola Rolfson, Roger Salomonsson, Leif E Dahlberg, Göran Garellick

ESTIMATING MEDICAL HEALTH GAINS: WHAT STANDARD?
Jeroen Luyten, Christiaan Marais, Niel Hens, Koen De Schrijver, Philippe Beutels
ABSTRACT

STIMULATING THE SACRAL NERVES - A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION
Salvador Arlandis, David Castro, Carlos Errando, Eldiberto Fernández, Miguel Jiménez, Paloma González, Carlos Crespo, Funke Staeuble, Jose Manuel Rodríguez, max Brosa, Max

PROMOTING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Djøra I. Soeteman5, Jan J.V. Busschbach; Roel Verheul,  Ties Hoomans, Jane J. Kim
ABSTRACT

SHOULD WE EVALUATE ALL POSSIBLE TREATMENT OPTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY?
Nicola J. Cooper, Jaime Peters, Monica C.W. Lai, Peter Juni, Simon Wandel, Steve Palmer, Mike Paulden, Stefano Conti, Nicky J. Welton, Keith R. Abrams, Sylwia Bujkiewicz, David Spiegelhalter, Alex J. Sutton
ABSTRACT

SURGERY OR DRUGS: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE PATIENTS WITH GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)?
Ron Goeree, Rob Hopkins, John K. Marshall, David Armstrong, Wendy J. Ungar, Charles Goldsmith, Christopher Allen, Mehran Anvari

MEDICARE ANALYSIS SHOWS SAVINGS FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TREATMENT
DM Gilden, J. Kubisiak, AS Zbrozek
ABSTRACT

HOW DOES THE PUBLIC VALUE CHILDREN’S HEALTH?
Lisa A. Prosser²; Katherine Payne; Donna Rusinak; Ping Shi; Timothy Uyeki; Mark Messonnier
ABSTRACT

UTILITY VALUES IN NICE TECHNOLOGY APPRAISALS
Jonathan C. Tosh, Louise J. Longworth, Elisabeth George
ABSTRACT

What do we know about the perception and quality of life of patients undergoing a colorectal cancer screening?
Elena Pizzo, Alessandro Pezzoli, Reinhold Stockbrugger, Enrico Bracci, Emidia Vagnoni, Sergio Gullini
ABSTRACT

PROSTATE CANCER: MODELLING FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HORMONE THERAPY ON REAL-LIFE DATA
S. Iannazzo, L. Pradelli, M. Carsi, M. Perachino
ABSTRACT

THE VALUE OF REHABILITATION IN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS
Kazuaki Kuwabara, Shinya Matsuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Koichi B. Ishikawa, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kenji Fujimori
ABSTRACT

STUDY REVEALS CONFLICTING VIEWS ON DRUG SIDE-EFFECT TESTS
Katherine Payne, Emily A. Fargher, Stephen A. Roberts, Karen Tricker, Rachel A. Elliott, Julie Ratcliffe, William G. Newman
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MEDICARE COVERING LESS; LUNG CANCER PATIENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE
Lauren E. Cipriano, Dorothy Romanus, Craig C. Earle, Bridget A. Neville, Elkan F. Halpern, G. Scott Gazelle, Pamela M. McMahon
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WEIGHING THE ECONOMIC EVIDENCE OF ADULT MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION
Olalekan A Uthman, Taiwo Aderemi Popoola, Ismail Yahaya, Mubashir MB Uthman, Olatunde Aremu
ABSTRACT

MEDICATION FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: HOW MUCH IS COST-EFFECTIVE?
Sherrie L. Aspinall, Kenneth J. Smith,  Francesca E. Cunningham, Chester B. Good
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FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT ACROSS BIPOLAR MOOD STATES
Adriane R. Rosa, María Reinares, Erin E. Michalak, C. Mar Bonnin, Brisa Sole, Carolina Franco, Mercè Comes, Carla Torrent, Flávio Kapczinski and Eduard Vieta
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NEW DRUG MAY BE COST-EFFECTIVE IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS WHO HAVE FAILED ON MULTIPLE ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENTS
Iris Contreras-Hernandez, Debbie Becker, Jeremy Chancellor, Felicitas Kühne, Joaquin Mould-Quevedo, Gabriela Vega and Shalaka Marfatia
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CEGEDIM STRATEGIC DATA (CSD) EVALUATES THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN GPS AND SPECIALISTS FOR GOUT DISEASE MANAGEMENT

HEART FAILURE CLINICS: A TREATMENT WORTH ITS PRICE
Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Márcio Machado, Xuesong Wang, Gabrielle Van Der Velde, Nancy Sikich, William Witteman, Jack V. Tu, Douglas S. Lee, Shaun G. Goodman, Robert Petrella, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell and Murray Krahn
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CEGEDIM STRATEGIC DATA’S REAL WORLD EVIDENCE HELPING EPIDEMIC SURVEILLANCE

CAN WE AFFORD EXPANDED HIV SCREENING?
Erika G. Martin, A. David Paltiel , Rochelle P. Walensky and Bruce R. Schackman
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POOR ADHERENCE OF BIOLOGIC THERAPIES IN MEDICAID ENROLLEES
Pengxiang Li, Marissa A. Blum, Joan Von Feldt, Sean Hennessy and Jalpa A. Doshi
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COSTS OF SMOKING: YEARS-OF-HEALTHY-LIFE LOST TO SMOKING
Haomiao Jia and Erica I. Lubetkin
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IMS RESEARCH IDENTIFIES MOST COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS TO KEEP PATIENTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPIES
Richard H. Chapman, Stacey L. Kowal, Spencer B. Cherry, Cheryl P. Ferrufino, Craig S. Roberts and Linda Chen
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VALUING THE HEALTH STATES OF PACIFIC ADOLESCENTS
Marj Moodie, Jeff Richardson, Bree Rankin, Angelo Iezzi and Kompal Sinha
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CHOICE MODELING HAS GOOD PROSPECTS FOR HEALTH VALUATION
Elly A. Stolk, Mark Oppe, Luciana Scalone and Paul F. M. Krabbe
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TRANSFERABILITY OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY IN NATIONAL GUIDELINES
Saskia Knies, Johan L. Severens, André J. H. A. Ament and Silvia M. A. A. Evers
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CAN WE TRUST WHAT A MODEL PREDICTS?
Aukje van Gestel, Johan L. Severens, Carroll A. B. Webers, Henny J. M. Beckers, Nomdo M. Jansonius, Jan S. A. G. Schouten
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THE UNCERTAIN EFFECT SIZE
Jan J. Barendregt
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRECTING HEALTH VALUATIONS FOR DISCOUNTING
Arthur E. Attema, Werner B. F. Brouwer
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MEASURING EXACERBATIONS OF COPD: A NOVEL APPROACH
Nancy Kline Leidy, Teresa K. Wilcox, Paul W. Jones, Lindsey Murray, Randall Winnette, Kellee Howard, Jennifer Petrillo, John Powers, Sanjay Sethi

ALTERNATIVE SUMMARY MEASURES FOR THE SF-36 QUESTIONNAIRE
Mario Grassi and Andrea Nucera
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ECONOMICS ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT BRAIN IMAGING RESEARCH CAN ACCIDENTALLY SAVE LIVES
Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Carlo Marra, David Li, Judy Illes
ABSTRACT

THE NOVEL WAY TO DEVELOP HEALTH STATES
Helen M. McTaggart-Cowan, John E. Brazier, Aki Tsuchiya
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MEASURING PATIENT ANXIETY IN PRIMARY CARE
Helen Court, Katy Greenland, Tom H. Margrain
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ARE DENTISTS DRILLING YOUR TEETH UNNECESSARILY?
Emma Warren, Christine Pollicino, Bradley Curtis, Wendell Evans, Alexandra Sbaraini, Eli Schwarz
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REAL-WORLD VALUE OF NEW TREATMENTS FOR LYMPHOMA
Karissa M. Johnston, Carlo A. Marra, Joseph M. Connors, Mehdi Najafzadeh, Laurie Sehn, Stuart J. Peacock
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WILL CAREGIVERS PAY FOR TIME TO THEMSELVES?
Eric Jutkowitz, Laura N. Gitlin, Laura T. Pizzi
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ECONOMICS OF PERSONALIZING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
Shmuel H. Klang, Ariel Hammerman, Nicky Liebermann, Noa Efrat, Julie Doberne, John Hornberger
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MEDIMPACT STUDY DEMONSTRATES VBBD IMPROVES ADHERENCE TO DIABETES MEDICATIONS
Feng Zeng, Jae Jin An, Robert Scully, Christina Barrington, Bimal V. Patel, Michael B. Nichol
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CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY SAY THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IS BETTER THAN THEIR PARENTS THINK IT IS
Christine Bower Baca, Barbara G. Vickrey, Ron D. Hays, Stefanie D. Vassar, Anne T. Berg
ABSTRACT

EQ-5D AND SF-6D ARE READY FOR USE IN CHRONIC PROSTATITIS
Fei-li Zhao, Ming Yue, Hua Yang, Tian Wang, Jiu-hong Wu, Shu-Chuen Li
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EQ-5D IN FRENCH: IT WORKS « TRÈS BIEN »
Thomas V. Perneger, MD, PhD, Christophe Combescure, PhD, Delphine S. Courvoisier, PhD
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DON’T LET UNCERTAINTY KILL A GOOD IDEA
Alan Girling, Terry Young, Celia Brown, Richard Lilford
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A REVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE RISK-BENEFIT METHODOLOGIES
Jeff J. Guo, Swapnil Pandey, John Doyle, Boyang Bian, Yvonne Lis, Dennis W. Raisch
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BREAST CANCER SCREENING FAIR AND COST EFFECTIVE AMONG YOUNGER WOMEN
Stefan A. Baeten, Rob M. P. M. Baltussen, Carin A. Uyl-de Groot, John Bridges, Louis W. Niessen
ABSTRACT

DO PRESCRIPTION CO-PAYMENTS DETER DEMAND?

David Cohen, M. Fasihul Alam, Frank D. J. Dunstan, Susan Myles, Dyfrig A. Hughes, Philip A. Routledge
ABSTRACT

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TOPICAL STEROIDS FOR GLUE EAR
Stavros Petrou, Helen Dakin, Giselle Abangma, Sarah Benge, Ian Williamson
ABSTRACT

PROTECTING HEALTH OR FIGHTING THE DISEASE?
Isabelle Guerrero
ABSTRACT

DECISION-ANALYTIC MODELING CONSIDERING WAITING TIMES IN HEALTH CARE
Beate Jahn, Engelbert Theurl, Uwe Siebert, Karl-Peter Pfeiffer
ABSTRACT

LUNG CANCER SCREENING CAUSES HARM
John Brodersen, Hanne Thorsen, Svend Kreiner
ABSTRACT

IDENTIFYING PATIENT-RELEVANT OUTCOMES IN METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER
David T. Eton, Daniel H. Shevrin, Jennifer Beaumont, David Victorson, David Cella
ABSTRACT

EVALUATING MODELS USED TO CONSIDER HEALTH POLICY ALTERNATIVES
Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Natasha K. Stout, Sue J. Goldie
ABSTRACT

ECONOMIC MODELS AND HEALTH STATE UTILITY VALUES
Roberta Ara, John E. Brazier
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION RISK AND LENGTH OF STAY
Antonio José Sáez-Castillo, María José Olmo-Jiménez, José María Pérez Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Negrín Hernández, Ángel Arcos-Navarro, Juan Díaz-Oller
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DRUG PRICES VERSUS DRUG COSTS: GETTING IT RIGHT TO SHOW VALUE
Joel W. Hay, Jim Smeeding, Norman V. Carroll, Michael Drummond, Louis P. Garrison, Edward C. Mansley, C. Daniel Mullins, Jack M. Mycka,
Brian Seal, Lizheng Shi
ABSTRACT
Louis P. Garrison Jr., Edward C. Mansley, Thomas A. Abbott III, Brian W. Bresnahan, Joel W. Hay, James Smeeding
ABSTRACT
Edward C. Mansley, Norman V. Carroll, Kristina S. Chen, Nilay D. Shah, Catherine Tak Piech, Joel W. Hay, James Smeeding
ABSTRACT
C. Daniel Mullins, Brian Seal, Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Jayashri Sankaranarayanan, Carl V. Asche, Ravishankar Jayadevappa, Won Chan Lee, Dorothy K. Romanus, Junling Wang, Joel W. Hay, Jim Smeeding
ABSTRACT
Jack M. Mycka, Renato Dellamano, Eugene Mick Kolassa, Michael Wonder, Sabyasachi Ghosh, Joel W. Hay, Jim Smeeding
ABSTRACT
Lizheng Shi, Meredith Hodges, Michael Drummond, Jeonghoon Ahn, Shu Chuen Li, Shanlian Hu, Federico Augustovski, Joel W. Hay, Jim Smeeding
ABSTRACT

REAL-WORLD TREATMENT PATTERNS, NON-ADHERENCE, AND COSTS IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS C
Debanjali Mitra, Keith L. Davis, Cynthia Beam, Jasmina Medjedovic, Vinod Rustgi
ABSTRACT

ALTERNATIVE SUMMARY MEASURES FOR THE SF-36 QUESTIONNAIRE
Mario Grassi, Andrea Nucera
ABSTRACT

EXPECTATIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Marta Gonzalez Sáenz de Tejada, Antonio Escobar, Carmen Herrera, Lidia García, Felipe Aizpuru, Cristina Sarasqueta
ABSTRACT

QUALITY AND PORTABILITY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION REDUCES COSTS AND INCREASES VALUE FOR PAYERS AND PATIENTS
Michael Drummond, Marco Barbieri, John Cook, Henry A. Glick, Joanna Lis, Farzana Malik, Shelby D. Reed, Frans Rutten, Mark Sculpher, Johan Severens
ABSTRACT
William F. McGhan, Maiwenn Al, Jalpa A. Doshi, Isao Kamae, Steven E. Marx, Donna Rindress
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COUNT ON YOUR WAISTLINE TO INCREASE YOUR HEALTH CARE COSTS
Karen Pendergast, Anne Wolf, Beth Sherrill, Xiaolei Zhou, Louis J. Aronne, Ian Caterson, Nicholas Finer, Hans Hauner, James Hill, Luc Van Gaal, Florence Coste, Jean-Pierre Despres
ABSTRACT

QUESTIONNAIRE TRANSLATION METHOD MAY AFFECT CLINICAL STUDY OUTCOMES
Peter Hagell, Per-Johan Hedin, David M. Meads, Lennart Nyberg, Stephen P. McKenna
ABSTRACT

ELDERS SKIMPING ON PRESCRIPTIONS: NOT JUST ABOUT AFFORDABILITY
Kara Zivin, Scott Ratliff, Michele M. Heisler, Kenneth M. Langa, John D. Piette
ABSTRACT

VALUATION OF FUTURE HEALTH, COSTS AND SAVINGS NEEDS FURTHER REVIEW
Willem Jan Meerding, Gouke J. Bonsel, Werner B. F. Brouwer, Marja C. Stuifbergen, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
ABSTRACT

Understanding Drug Effectiveness from a Patient’s Perspective: ISPOR Publishes Recommendations on Patient Questionnaires
Stephen Joel Coons, Chad J. Gwaltney, Ron D. Hays, J. Jason Lundy, Jeff A. Sloan, Dennis A. Revicki, William R. Lenderking, David Cella, Ethan Basch
ABSTRACT
Diane Wild, Sonya Eremenco, Isabelle Mear, Mona Martin, Caroline Houchin, Mary Gawlicki, Asha Hareendran, Ingela Wiklund, Lee Yee Chong, Robyn von Maltzahn, Lawrence Cohen, Elizabeth Molsen
ABSTRACT
Margaret Rothman, Laurie Burke, Pennifer Erickson, Nancy Kline Leidy, Donald L. Patrick, Charles D. Petrie
ABSTRACT

NEW REPORTS PUBLISHED ON COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
Marc L. Berger, Muhammad Mamdani, David Atkins, Michael L. Johnson
ABSTRACT
Emily Cox, Bradley C. Martin, Tjeerd Van Staa, Edeltraut Garbe, Uwe Siebert, Michael L. Johnson
ABSTRACT
Michael L. Johnson, William Crown, Bradley C. Martin, Colin R. Dormuth, Uwe Siebert
ABSTRACT

MEDIAN MODEL OF U.S. EQ-5D HEALTH STATE PREFERENCES
James W. Shaw, A. Simon Pickard, Shengsheng Yu, Shijie Chen, Vincent G. Iannacchione, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Stephen Joel Coons
ABSTRACT

EQ-5D or SF-6D for cost-utility analysis: does it matter?
Manuela Joore, Danielle Brunenberg, Patricia Nelemans, Emiel Wouters, Petra Kuijpers, Adriaan Honig, Danielle Willems, Peter de Leeuw, Johan Severens, Annelies Boonen
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STUDY FINDS NEW TOOL THAT IS EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING SELECTION BIAS IN COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
Stanley Xu, Colleen Ross, Marsha A. Raebel, Susan Shetterly, Christopher Blanchette, David Smith
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HOW SHOULD WE ELICIT PREFERENCES FOR HEALTH CARE?
Esther W. de Bekker-Grob, Lieke Hol, Bas Donkers, Leonie van Dam, J Dik F. Habbema, Monique E. van Leerdam, Ernst J. Kuipers, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Ewout W. Steyerberg
ABSTRACT

THROMBOLYSIS FOR STROKE SAVES MONEY AFTER FIVE YEARS
Javier Mar, Arantzazu Arrospide, Mercè Comas
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METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DISEASE COSTLY IN WORKING POPULATION
Alyssa B. Schultz, Dee W. Edington
ABSTRACT

RECOMBINANT TSH SHOWN TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE IN CANADA
Paul Mernagh, Jay Silverberg, Adèle Weston
ABSTRACT

‘REAL-WORLD’ STUDY FINDS THAT OBESITY DOUBLES THE RISK OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HEART DISEASE
Qayyim Said, Carrie McAdam Marx, J. Sanford Schwartz, Rami Ben-Joseph, Diana I. Brixner
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TRANSFERABILITY: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN VALUE-FOR-MONEY
Pepijn Vemer, Maureen P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken
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ECONOMIC EVALUATION GUIDELINES: IS ANYONE LISTENING?
Morgan E. Lim, James M. Bowen, Daria O'Reilly, C. Elizabeth McCarron, Gord Blackhouse, Robert Hopkins, Ron Goeree, Jean-Eric Tarride
ABSTRACT

DO PEOPLE CONSIDER LOST EARNINGS WHEN VALUING ILLNESS?
Carl Tilling, Marieke Krol, Aki Tsuchiya, John Brazier, Werner Brouwer
ABSTRACT

A CHINESE HEPATITIS B HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE
Siew Chin Ong, Seng Gee Lim, Shu Chuen Li
ABSTRACT

COST CONTAINMENT POLICIES AND PATIENT´S ACCESS TO MEDICINES
Katri Aaltonen, Rajan Ragupathy, June Tordoff, David Reith, Pauline Norris
ABSTRACT

RATINGS OF DISEASE BY GENERAL PUBLIC LOWER THAN BY PATIENTS
Yvette Peeters, Anne M. Stiggelbout
ABSTRACT

PROTECTING HIGH-RISK PRETERM INFANTS WITH SYNAGIS® IS AFFORDABLE
Leonard R. Krilov MD, Debra L. Palazzi MD, Ancilla W. Fernandes PhD, Robert W. Klein MS, Parthiv J. Mahadevia MD, MPH
ABSTRACT

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CLINICAL RISK FACTORS WITH AND WITHOUT DXA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
Dirk Mueller, Afschin Gandjour
ABSTRACT

CONTINUITY IN CANCER CARE-CAN WE MEASURE PATIENT EXPERIENCES?
Clare Harley, Jacqui Adams, Laura Booth, Peter Selby, Julia Brown, Galina Velikova
ABSTRACT

PROMISING METHODOLOGY, DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE
Rolf H. H. Groenwold, Eelko Hak, Olaf H. Klungel, Arno W. Hoes
ABSTRACT

VALUING HEALTH AROUND THE WORLD: ARE DIFFERENCES CAPTURING SOMETHING REAL?
Richard Norman, Paula Cronin, Rosalie Viney, Madeleine King, Deborah Street, Julie Ratcliffe
ABSTRACT

STATISTICAL ANALYSES ARE NOT BASED ON DATA ONLY
Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Pieter H. M. van Baal
ABSTRACT

ARE INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AMONG HAEMODIALYSIS CENTRES COST-BENEFICIAL?
Zhiyong Hong, Jun Wu, Clem Tisdell, Crystal O'Leary, James Gomes, Shi-Wu Wen, Howard Njoo
ABSTRACT

MEASURING PATIENTS’ SATISFACTION WITH INFORMATION ON MEDICINES
Cornelia Mahler, Susanne Jank, Katja Hermann, Rob Horne, Sabine Ludt, Walter E. Haefeli, Joachim Szecsenyi
ABSTRACT

BOSENTAN IS COST-EFFECTIVE FOR PATIENTS WITH MODERATE PAH
Matt D. Stevenson, Frances C. Macdonald, Jonathan Langley, Elke Hunsche, Ron Akehurst
ABSTRACT

MINIMAL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN MELANOMA-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
Robert L. Askew, Yan Xing, J. Lynn Palmer, David Cella, Lemuel A. Moye, Janice N. Cormier
ABSTRACT

INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS: IS THE CURE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE?
Onur Baser
ABSTRACT

CAN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS BE ‘WORSE THAN DEATH’?
Mark J. Harrison, Linda M. Davies, Nick J. Bansback, Melanie J. McCoy, Tracey M. Farragher, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen, Andrew Hassell, Deborah P. M. Symmons
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IMPACT OF INFORMAL CAREGIVING ON WORK PRODUCTIVITY
Erin R. Giovannetti, Jennifer L. Wolff, Kevin D. Frick, Chad Boult
ABSTRACT

HOW COMPLICATIONS IMPACT TYPE 2 DIABETIC COSTS?
Weibing Wang, Chao Wei Fu, Chang Yu Pan, Weiqing Chen, Siyan Zhan, Rongsheng Luan, Alison Tan, Zhaolan Liu, Biao Xu
ABSTRACT

VACCINATION AGAINST CHOLERA IS COST EFFECTIVE IN MANY LOCATIONS
Marc Jeuland, Joseph Cook, Christine Poulos, John Clemens, Dale Whittington
ABSTRACT

SEPARATING APPLES FROM ORANGES IN RESEARCH PRIORITIZATION
Mart P. Janssen, Hendrik Koffijberg
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WHY ARE VARIATIONS IN COSTS OF DIABETES NON-ADHERENCE?
Maribel Salas, Dyfrig Hughes, Alvaro Zuluaga, Kawitha Vardeva, Maximilian Lebmeier
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ANALYSIS SHOWS LIPITOR TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH PRIOR STROKE
Thitima Kongnakorn, Alexandra Ward, Craig S. Roberts, Judith A. O'Brien, Irina Proskorovsky, J. Jaime Caro
ABSTRACT

UNDERSTANDING SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND LIMITATIONS IN COPD
David E. Victorson, Susan Anton, Alan Hamilton, Susan Yount, David Cella
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GOING BEYOND INDIVIDUAL TRIALS TO COMPARE DRUGS
Neil Hawkins, David A. Scott, Beth S. Woods, Nicholas Thatcher
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QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURE HELPS PRIORITIZE TREATMENTS IN CANCER
A.Simon Pickard, James W. Shaw, Hsiang-Wen Lin, Peter C. Trask, Neil Aaronson, Todd A. Lee, David Cella
ABSTRACT

MEASURING ADHERENCE WITH CLAIMS DATA
Sudeep Karve, Mario A. Cleves, Mark Helm, Teresa J. Hudson, Donna S. West, Bradley C. Martin
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EFFECT OF WAITING TIME ON HEALTH
Johanna Hirvonen, Ulla Tuominen, Seppo Seitsalo, Matti Lehto, Pekka Paavolainen, Kalevi Hietaniemi, Pekka Rissanen, Harri Sintonen, Marja Blom
ABSTRACT

WHOSE QUALITY OF LIFE?
Peter Hagell, Jan Reimer, Per Nyberg
ABSTRACT

THE (IM)POSSIBILITY OF USING FOREIGN STUDY RESULTS
Saskia Knies, André J. H. A. Ament, Silvia M. A. A. Evers, Johan L. Severens
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DOES ANTIPSYCHOTIC TREATMENT IMPACT PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE COSTS?
Jeanette M. Jerrell, Roger S. McIntyre
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SURVEY GIVES DOCTORS NEW WAY TO HELP KIDS
I-Chan Huang, Lindsay A. Thompson, Yueh-Yun Chi, Caprice A. Knapp, Dennis A. Revicki, Michael Seid, Elizabeth A. Shenkman
ABSTRACT

HOW TO VALUE COMPLEX HEALTH STATES
Denise Bijlenga, Erwin Birnie, Gouke J. Bonsel
ABSTRACT

MARKOV MICROSIMULATION MODEL FOR ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN OSTEOPOROSIS
Mickaël Hiligsmann, Olivier Ethgen, Olivier Bruyère, Florent Richy, Henry-Jean Gathon, Jean-Yves Reginster
ABSTRACT

AQOL-8: ENABLING RAPID QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE
Graeme Hawthorne
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ULCER REBLEEDING BEST PREVENTED BY EMPIRICAL H. PYLORI TREATMENT
Emili Gené, Jordi Sanchez-Delgado, Xavier Calvet, Javier P. Gisbert, Rafel Azagra
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HOW TO VALUATE HEALTH IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES?
Sebastian Bernert, Ana Fernández, Josep Maria Haro, Hans-Helmut König, Jordi Alonso, Gemma Vilagut, Christine Sevilla-Dedieu, Ron de Graaf, Herbert Matschinger, Dirk Heider, Matthias C. Angermeyer
ABSTRACT

STUDY REVIEWS HEALTH RISKS, ECONOMIC BURDEN OF MIGRAINE
Elisabeth Hazard, Julie Munakata, Marcelo E. Bigal, Marcia F. T. Rupnow, Richard B. Lipton
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STUDY EXAMINES BURDEN OF DIABETES ON U.S. HOSPITALS
Sunny Kim, PhD,  Kristina S. Boye, PhD
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POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN’S LOW SEXUAL DESIRE REDUCES QUALITY-OF-LIFE
Andrea K. Biddle, Suzanne L. West, Aimee A. D'Aloisio, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Natalie N. Borisov, John Thorp
ABSTRACT

DO BREAST CANCER AND LUNG CANCER PATIENTS SHARE DIFFERENT EXPECTATION OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE?
Wing Sze Wong, Richard Fielding, Chit Wong, Anthony Hedley
ABSTRACT

PHARMACOECONOMIC GUIDELINES IN BELGIUM: TOWARDS MORE TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY
Irina Cleemput, Philippe van Wilder, Michel Huybrechts, France Vrijens
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MANIPULATION BY CHOICE?
Rikke Søgaard, Finn Bjarke Christensen, Tina Senholt Videbæk, Cody Bünger, Terkel Christiansen
ABSTRACT

ARGENTINA PUBLISHES THE FIRST EQ-5D VALUE SET IN LATIN AMERICA
Federico Ariel Augustovski, Vilma Edit Irazola, Alberto Pascual Velazquez, Luz Gibbons, Benjamin M. Craig
ABSTRACT

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR GENETIC TESTING CONCERNING DEPRESSION
Louise Herbild, Mickael Bech, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
ABSTRACT

COMPARING SURGEON AND PATIENT HEALTH PREFERENCES
Ning Yan Gu, Christopher Wolf, Seth Leopold, Paul A. Manner, Jason N. Doctor
ABSTRACT

USC RESEARCHERS UNCOVER POTENTIAL FOR BIAS IN DRUG COMPARISON STUDIES USING PRE-EXISTING DATA
Thomas S. Marshall, Jeffery S. McCombs, Dana Stafkey-Mailey
ABSTRACT

WOMEN’S PREFERENCES FOR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR FIRST TRIMESTER MISCARRIAGE
Stavros Petrou, Emma McIntosh
ABSTRACT

CHLAMYDIA SCREENING: THE PROCESS MATTERS
Verity Watson, Mandy Ryan, Emma Watson
ABSTRACT

KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
Yin-Bun Cheung, Julian Thumboo, Fei Gao, Gim-Yew Ng, Grace Pang, Wen-Hsin Koo, Vijay-Kumar Sethi, Joseph Wee, Cynthia Goh
ABSTRACT

COST-EFFECTIVE ANTIVIRAL STRATEGY COULD HALVE PANDEMIC DEATHS
Beate Sander, Azhar Nizam, Louis P. Garrison, Jr., Maarten J. Postma, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini, Jr.
ABSTRACT

ITEM RESPONSE THEORY VISUALIZES A QkOL INSTRUMENT
Yasuharu Tokuda, Tomoya Okubo, Sachiko Ohde, Joshua Jacobs, Osamu Takahashi, Fumio Omata, Haruo Yanai, Shigeaki Hinohara, Tsuguya Fukui
ABSTRACT

COSTS LOWER FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY VERSUS OPEN
Candace Gunnarsson, John A. Rizzo, Louis Hochheiser
ABSTRACT

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: SAVING LIVES, SAVING MONEY
Nancy Neil, David R. Walker, Ricardo Sesso, Juan Carlos Blackburn, Elizabeth A. Tschosik, Vito Sciaraffia, Fernando García-Contreras, Dimitrie Capsa, Samir K. Bhattacharyya
ABSTRACT

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TESTING FOR BREAST CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES
Margaret L. Holland, MS, MPH, Alissa Huston, MD, Katia Noyes, PhD, MPH
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A QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE FROM A ONCOLOGY PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE
Eva Baró, Joan Carulla, Javier Cassinello, Ramón Colomer, Jesús García Mata, Pere Gascón, José Antonio Gasquet, Michael Herdman, César A. Rodríguez, Jordi Sánchez, Vicente Valentín
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SHOULD AFRICAN HEALTH SYSTEMS TRY TO BE EFFICIENT OR ALSO FAIR?
Caroline Jehu-Appiah, Rob Baltussen, Charles Acquah, Moses Aikins, Salassi Amah d'Almeida, William K. Bosu, Xander Koolman, Jeremy Lauer, Dan Osei, Sam Adjei
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SIMPLE MEDICAL INTERVENTION BEST FOR REDUCING CHD MORTALITY
Kathleen Bennett, Zubair Kabir, Michael Barry, Lesley Tilson, Dogan Fidan, Emer Shelley, Simon Capewell
ABSTRACT

QALYS – THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN PATIENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Michael Happich, Jörn Moock, Thomas von Lengerke
ABSTRACT

IS INCOME ALREADY CAPTURED IN QUALITY OF LIFE?
Marieke Krol, Pedram Sendi, Werner Brouwer
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DOES THE DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT PROVIDE CONSISTENT RESULTS?
Ulla Slothuus Skjoldborg, Jørgen Lauridsen, Peter Junker
ABSTRACT

NEW MODELING INTERFACE FOR MONTE CARLO-SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
Benjamin P. Geisler, Uwe Siebert, G. Scott Gazelle, David J. Cohen, Alexander Göhler
ABSTRACT

COMPLIANCE TO PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS REDUCES COSTS
Antoine Gosselin, Roger Luo, Herve Lohoues, Edmond Toy, Barbara Lewis, Joseph Crawley, Mei Sheng Duh
ABSTRACT

WHAT IS A YEAR OF HUMAN LIFE WORTH? UPDATING THE RENAL DIALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS STANDARD
Chris P. Lee, Glenn M. Chertow, Stefanos A. Zenios
ABSTRACT

NEW SATISFACTION INSTRUMENT HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF ORAL THERAPY
Diana Rofail, Linda Abetz, Muriel Viala, Claire Gait, Jean-Francois Baladi, Krista Payne
ABSTRACT

GIVING ‘MEANING’ TO MEASUREMENT IN PROSTATE CANCER
David Cella, Michael B. Nichol, David Eton, Joel B. Nelson, Parvez Mulani
ABSTRACT

UNPLEASANT ARITHMETIC OF MEDICAL INNOVATION
Stephen Kinsella, Nicholas Young
ABSTRACT

ESTIMATING A COHORT MEAN SF-6D UTILITY VALUE
Roberta Ara, John Brazier
ABSTRACT

EXPANDING PARKINSON DISEASE ASSESSMENT TO PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING
Javier Virués-Ortega, Francisco Javier Carod-Artal, Marcos Serrano-Dueñas, Gabriela Ruiz-Galeano, Gloria Meza-Rojas, Carolina Velázquez, Federico Micheli, Pablo Martínez-Martín
ABSTRACT

UNDERSTANDING FACTORS THAT AFFECT LENGTH STAY IN HOSPITAL
Malcolm Faddy, Nicholas Graves, Anthony Pettitt
ABSTRACT

HOW MUCH DOES ATRIAL FIBRILLATION COST THE GERMANY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?
Doreen McBride, Anna M. Mattenklotz, Stefan N Willich, Bernd Brüggenjürgen
ABSTRACT

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PRIORITY SETTING IN ISRAEL
Amir Shmueli
ABSTRACT

IS OBESITY TREATMENT COST EFFECTIVE?
Pieter H. M. van Baal, PhD, Matthijs van den Berg, PhD, Rudolf T. Hoogenveen, MSc, Sylvia M. C. Vijgen, MSc, Peter M. Engelfriet, PhD
ABSTRACT

LIFE EXPECTANCY AND LIFE LOST FOR CANCER PATIENTS
Po-Ching Chu, Jung-Der Wang, Jing-Shiang Hwang, Yu-Yin Chang
ABSTRACT

MONETARY VALUATION DEPENDS ON DEFINITION OF THE COST ATTRIBUTE IN A CHOICE EXPERIMENT
Janneke P. C. Grutters PhD, Alfons G. H. Kessels MDMSc, Carmen D. Dirksen PhD, Debby van Helvoort-Postulart PhD, Lucien J. C. Anteunis PhD, Manuela A. Joore PhD
ABSTRACT

PARALLEL TRADE: SWITZERLAND, THE EU, AND THE US
Thomas N. Bart MD, MPH, MBA
ABSTRACT

SHOULD WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TB?
Michael C. Y. Tan MAMSc, Carlo A. Marra PharmDPhD, Mohsen Sadatsafavi MD, MHSc,4,7, Fawziah Marra, PharmD,4,5, Onofre Morán-Mendoza MDPhD, Suzanne Moadebi BSc(Pharm), R. Kevin Elwood MDFRCPC, J. Mark FitzGerald MD, FRCPC
ABSTRACT

QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS CAN NOW BE MEASURED CROSS-CULTURALLY: RESULTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL KIDSCREEN PROJECT
Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer Prof, Angela Gosch PhD, Luis Rajmil Prof, Michael Erhart DiplPsych, Jeanet Bruil PhD, Mick Power Prof, Wolfgang Duer PhD, Pascal Auquier Prof, Bernhard Cloetta Prof, Ladislav Czemy PhD, Joanna Mazur PhD, Agnes Czimbalmos PhD, Yannis Tountas Prof, Curt Hagquist Prof, Jean Kilroe PhD, the KIDSCREEN Group (2007)
ABSTRACT

FIRST PUBLISHED SF-6D UTILITY MEASURES FOR PARAPLEGIA AND TETRAPLEGIA
Bonsan Bonne Lee, MBBS, FAFRM, MMED(Clin Epi), MHA, Gcert (IT), Madeleine T King BSc, GradDipMedStats, PhD, Judy M Simpson PhD, CStat, Mark J Haran MBBS, FAFRM, MMed (Clin Epi), MHA, , Martin R Stockler MBBS MSc FRACP, Obaydullah Marial MPH, Glenn Salkeld B.Bus, G Dip Health Economics, MPH, PhD
ABSTRACT

DOES THE DOCTOR ASSESS YOUR HEARTBURN CORRECTLY?
Ola Junghard PhD, Ingela Wiklund PhD
ABSTRACT

KIDNEY FAILURE: PREFERENCE-BASED QUALITY OF LIFE
Ylian S. Liem MD MSc, Johanna L. Bosch PhD, M.G. Myriam Hunink MD PhD
ABSTRACT

DOES THE DOCTOR ASSESS YOUR HEARTBURN CORRECTLY?
Ola Junghard PhD, Ingela Wiklund PhD
ABSTRACT

UNDIAGNOSED COPD HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE COSTS
Douglas W. Mapel MD, Scott B. Robinson MPH, Homa B. Dastani PhD, Hemal Shah PharmD, Amy L. Phillips PharmD, Eva Lydick PhD
ABSTRACT

THE IMPACT OF HEPATITIS B ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Adrian R. Levy PhD, Kris V. Kowdley MD, Uchenna Iloeje MD, MPH, Eskinder Tafesse PhD, Jayanti Mukherjee PhD, Robert Gish MD, Natalie Bzowej MD, Andrew H. Briggs
ABSTRACT

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN SPINAL SURGERY: IS IT FEASABLE?
Mathias Haefeli MD, Achim Elfering PhD, Emma McIntosh PhD, Alastair Gray PhD, Atul Sukthankar MD, Norbert Boos MD, MBA

ARE HEALTHY PEOPLE HAPPIER WITH THEIR HEALTH CARE?
Hong Xiao PhD, Janet P. Barber PhD
ABSTRACT

HOW SHOULD WE MAKE CANCER DRUG COVERAGE DECISIONS?
Angela Rocchi MSc, Devidas Menon PhD, Shailendra Verma MD, Elizabeth Miller MSc
ABSTRACT

SHOULD WORK-DISABLEMENT COUNT AS COST OF A DISEASE?
Antoinette D. I. van Asselt MSc, Carmen D. Dirksen PhD, Arnoud Arntz PhD, Johan L. Severens PhD
ABSTRACT

HEALTH CARE DECISION-MAKERS NEED "REAL-WORLD" DATA
Louis P. Garrison Jr., PhD (cochair) Peter J. Neumann, ScD (cochair) Pennifer Erickson, PhD Deborah Marshall, PhD C. Daniel Mullins, PhD
ABSTRACT

TWO DRUGS EQUALLY EFFECTIVE FOR HEART PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANGIOPLASTY, MAYO STUDY FINDS
Kirsten Hall Long PhD, Henry H. Ting MD, MBA, Erin K. McMurtry MS, Ryan J. Lennon MS, Douglas L. Wood MD, David R. Holmes, Jr. MD, Ganesh Raveendran MD, Charanjit S. Rihal MD, MBA
ABSTRACT

WEIGHT CHANGE AFFECTS PATIENTS' PREFERENCES
Susan L. Dennett PhD, RPh, Kristina S. Boye PhD, RPh, Nicole R. Yurgin PhD
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 4
ABSTRACT

MIGRAINE SUFFERERS REPORT SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH IMPAIRMENT
Jeffrey S. Brown, PhD Peter J. Neumann, ScD George Papadopoulos, BSc (Hons) Gary Ruoff MD, Merle Diamond MD, Joseph Menzin PhD
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 3
ABSTRACT

SURVEY DETERMINES IMPACT OF FALSE-POSITIVE CANCER TESTS
John Brodersen MD, GP, PhD, Hanne Thorsen MD, PhD, Svend Kreiner MSc
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 4
ABSTRACT

HIGH COSTS DUE TO INCREASED FRACTURE RISKS WITH OPIOIDS
Kotowa W, Voelkl M, Hass B, Poulsen Nautrup B
ABSTRACT

BREAST CANCER SCREENING: WHEN AND HOW OFTEN
Klemen Rojnik, Klemen Naversnik, Tatjana Mateovic-Rojnik, Maja PrimicZakelj Value in Health
Volume 11 Issue 2 - March/April 2008
ABSTRACT

ASTHMA IMPACTS PRODUCTIVITY AT WORK AND IN SCHOOL
Hubert Chen, Paul D. Blanc, Mary L. Hayden, Eugene R. Bleecker, Anita Chawla, June H. Lee, TENOR Study Group
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 2 - March/April 2008
ABSTRACT

COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENTS MATCH PAPER & PENCIL QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Chad J. Gwaltney, Alan L. Shields, Saul Shiffman
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 2 - March/April 2008
ABSTRACT

IS FENOTEROL MORE COST/EFFECTIVE TOCOLYTIC THAN RITODRINE?
Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Mirjana Varjacic, Slobodan M. Jankovic
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 2 - March/April 2008
ABSTRACT

Difficulties Valuing Health Outcomes Cause Problems In Cost-Effectiveness
Anne M. Stiggelbout, PhD, Elsbeth de Vogel-Voogt, PhD
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 1 - January/February 2008
ABSTRACT
To view the Medical News Today Press Release, go to:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=75973

HOSPITALIZATION COSTS FOR UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Adam Viviane, MSc, Barkun N. Alan, MD, CM, MSc
Value in Health Volume 11 Issue 1 - January/February 2008
ABSTRACT

CLAIMS THAT U.S. DRUG PRICES ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE IN AUSTRALIA ARE UNSUPPORTED

KIDNEY FAILURE: HOW BAD IS QUALITY OF LIFE?

MOST VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING

FALSE ALARM AT BREAST CANCER SCREENING CAUSES SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
John Brodersen MD, GP, PhD, Hanne Thorsen MD, PhD, Svend Kreiner MSc
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 4 - July/August 2007
ABSTRACT
 

WHERE SCIENCE MEETS POLICY: KIDNEY CANCER PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME INSTRUMENT FOCUSES ON LIKELY REGULATORY LABEL
David Cella PhD, Susan Yount PhD Penny S. Brucker PhD Hongyan Du MS, Ronald Bukowski MD, Nicholas Vogelzang MD William P. Bro, BS
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 4 - July/August 2007
ABSTRACT
 

EFFECT OF SECOND-GENERATION ANTIDEPRESSANTS ON BIPOLAR DISORDER
Alex Z. Fu, Gordon G. Liu, Dale B. Christensen, Richard A. Hansen
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 2 - March/April 2007
ABSTRACT

USE OF CLINICAL QUALITY-OF-LIFE ASSESSMENTS IN HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS
Maria Kołtowska-Häggström, Björn Jonsson, Dag Isacson, Kerstin Bingefors
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 1 - January/February 2006
ABSTRACT

VALUING LIFE: HOW SHOULD IMPLANTED CARDIOVASCULAR DEFIBRILLATORS BE EVALUATED?
J. Jaime Caro, Alexandra Ward, H. Baris Deniz, Judith A. O'Brien, Jenifer L. Ehreth
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 1 - January/February 2006
ABSTRACT

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PATIENT'S VOICE IN MEDICAL DEVICE TRIALS
Nancy Kline Leidy, PhD, Kathleen Beusterien MPH, Erin Sullivan, PhD, Randel Richner, MPH, Neal I. Muni, MD, MSPH
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 6 Page 394 - November/December 2006
ABSTRACT

FOSRENOL(r) IS A COST-EFFECTIVE OPTION
Alan Brennan, Ron Akehurst, Sarah Davis, Hana Sakai, Victoria Abbott
Value in Health Volume 10 Issue 1 - January/February 2006
ABSTRACT

ORAL LUNG CANCER TREATMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER QUALITY OF LIFE
ABSTRACT

STUDY IDENTIFIES $13 MILLION SAVINGS IN VA SYSTEM WHEN PHYSICIANS CHOOSE CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY
 

QUALITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS USED IN RANDOMIZED TRIAL BASED ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS
Jalpa Doshi, PhD, Henry Glick, PhD, and Daniel Polsky, PhD
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 5 Page 334 - September/October 2006
ABSTRACT
 

RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT
Fu AZ, Kattan MW
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 3 Page A5 – May/June 2006
ABSTRACT

IMPACT OF STEPS (SAFE, THERAPEUTIC AND ECONOMIC PHARMACEUTICAL SELECTION) MODEL ON PRESCRIBING COSTS OF STATINS
Alabbadi I1, Crealey G2, Troughton T3, Baird S4, Miars J5, Scott M3, McElnay J1
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 3 Page A149 – May/June 2006
ABSTRACT

BLOOD TESTING IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE ALLERGY SYMPTOMS
Szeinbach SL1, Harpe SE2, Williams PB3, Elhefni H4
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 3 Page A99 – May/June 2006
ABSTRACT
 

COST OF HYPOGLYCAEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN SWEDEN
Linus Jönsson MD, PhD, Björn Bolinder MD, Jonas Lundkvist RPh, PhD
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 3 - May 2006
ABSTRACT

MEASURING WORK PRODUCTIVITY IN US SPANISH POPULATION
Mary C. Gawlicki, MBA, Margaret C. Reilly, MPH, Ana Popielnicki, BA, Kate Reilly, MA
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 3 - May 2006
ABSTRACT

PATIENTS WITH ALLERGY PREFER NEW FAST DISSOLVING TABLETS
Roger, A¹, Fortea J², Artes M³, Montilla L³
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A23 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT

PATIENTS WITH UNDERACTIVE THYROID WANT BETTER INFORMATION
Carolyn McMillan, Clare Bradley, Salman Razvi, Jolanta Weaver
ABSTRACT

THE LOWER THE CHOLESTEROL THE BETTER, BUT CAN WE AFFORD IT?
Annemans L1, Van Campenhout H2, Matthys K2, Casciano RN3, Budts W4
ABSTRACT
 

DIFFERENT PARKINSON’S MEDICATIONS MAY AFFECT PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE VIA IMPROVEMENT ON DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF WELL-BEING
Katia Noyes PhD, MPH, Andrew W. Dick PhD, and Robert G. Holloway MD, MPH and the Parkinson Study Group
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 1 Page 28-January 2006
ABSTRACT

GIVING MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES MORE WEIGHT IN ASSESSING INJURY SEVERITY MAY BETTER PREDICT FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME
AG Sutherland, A Johnston, and JD Hutchison
Value in Health Volume 9 Issue 1 Page 24-January 2006
ABSTRACT
 

OVERACTIVE BLADDER COULD PROVE COSTLY IN THE WORKPLACE
Pizzi LT, Gemmen E, Dahl NV
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A6 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT

KIDNEY DISEASE DRUG SAVES MONEY AND LIVE
Krista Huybrechts, MS
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 5 Page 549 - September 2005
Volume 9 Issue 2 - March 2006
ABSTRACT
To view the Untied Press International press release, go to:
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20051201-043601-2651r

IS “FAIL-FIRST” ON INEXPENSIVE CONVENTIONAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS A COST EFFECTIVE POLICY?
Sandra L. Tunis, PhD, Douglas E. Faries, PhD, Allen W. Nyhuis, MS, Bruce J. Kinon, MD, Haya Ascher-Svanum, PhD, Ralph Aquila, MD
Volume 9 Issue 2 - March 2006
ABSTRACT

DEPRESSION CAUSES ENORMOUS COSTS TO EUROPEAN SOCIETY
Andlin-Sobocki P, Rehnberg C, Jönsson B
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A210 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT

TWO ANALYSES COMPARING TREATMENT COSTS OF CANDESARTAN IN GERMANY
Voelkl M, Pirk O, Juenger V
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A95 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT

DRUG SELECTION METHOD FOR FORMULARY INCLUSION: COST IMPACT
Alabbadi I, McElnay J, Crealey G, Scott M, Mairs J
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A97 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT

IS METOPROLOL COST-SAVING FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE TREATMENT IN GERMANY?
Hass B, Fricke FU, Kotowa W
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A96 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT

IS CHRONIC HEART FAILURE TREATMENT WITH CANDESARTAN COST-EFFECTIVE IN GERMANY?
Voelkl M, Pirk O, Juenger V
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A96 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT
 

ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS B IS A COST-EFFECTIVE TREATMENT
Shau WY, Tsai IC, Scuffham PA, Dziekan KX
Value in Health Volume 8 Issue 6 Page A118 – November/December 2005
ABSTRACT
 

XENICAL PATIENTS ON MAP PROGRAMME ENJOY IMPROVED QoL
Walker MD, Kolotkin R, Aultman R, Wintfeld N, Ruof J
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 6 Page 721 – November/December 2004
ABSTRACT

COMPUTERS PRODUCE BETTER BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Heinen-Kammerer T, Motzkat K, Rychlik R
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 6 Page 672 – November/December 2004
ABSTRACT

MANY OSTEOPOROSIS PATIENTS NOT MAINTAINING LONG-TERM THERAPY
Cramer J, Amonkar MM, Hebborn A, Suppapanya N
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 6 Page 724 – November/December 2004
ABSTRACT
 

DISCOUNTING HEALTH OUTCOMES IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION: THE ONGOING DEBATE
Johan L. Severens and Richard J Milne
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 4 Page 397 - July 2004
SUMMARY

LOWER INCOME-LESS EDUCATED: MORE RESPONSIVE TO DRUG ADVERTISING
Makin C , Murawski M
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 379 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

STUDY SHOWS MOST PATIENTS ARE NOT REACHING CHOLESTEROL GOALS
Sarawate C, Bullano MF, Cziraky MJ, Willey VJ, Schrader BJ, Charland SL, Stanek EJ
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 318 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT
 

FIREWORKS INJURIES LEAD TO AMPUTATIONS AND VISION LOSS
O'Brien J, Pitoniak-Morse C, Jacobs L
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 367 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

MILLIONS SPENT TREATING HANDGUN INJURIES TO CHILDREN AND TEENS IN U.S. HOSPITALS
O'Brien J, Pitoniak-Morse C, Jacobs L
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 367 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

MEDICARE-APPROVED PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISCOUNT CARDS GO ON SALE

DON’T “WEIGHT” If YOU’RE CONSIDERING SURGERY
Misra S
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 333 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY ELDERLY COST: MEDICARE MILLIONS 
O'Brien J, Pitoniak-Morse C, Caro JJ
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 276 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

WEB ASTHMA PROGRAM CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE 
Arnold RJ, Kaniecki DJ, Rosen J
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 310 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

THE URGE TO STEAL: DO MEDICATIONS HELP?
Aboujaoude E, Gamel N, Koran L
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 269 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT

THE COST OF ILLNESS IN KOREA SIGNIFICANT
Jung YH, Ko, S
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 368 – May/June 200
ABSTRACT

SMOKING AMONG MIDDLE-AGED MEN IN KOREA: A COSTLY PROBLEM
Jung YH, Ko, S
Value in Health Volume 7 Issue 3 Page 368 – May/June 2004
ABSTRACT