Volume 8•Issue 4

Aim: Criteria weighting is a key element of multicriteria decision analysis that is becoming extensively used in healthcare decision-making. In our narrative review we describe the advantages and disadvantages of various weighting methods. Methods: An ...

To achieve therapeutic innovation in oncology, already expensive novel medicines are often concomitantly combined to potentially enhance effectiveness. While this aggravates the pricing problem, comparing effectiveness of novel yet expensive (concomitant)...

Aim: To examine hospitalization risk factors in antipsychotic-treated patients with schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder (BD-I) or major depressive disorder (MDD). Patients & methods: Using Truven Health MarketScan^® Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare ...

Aim: The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Canada is estimated to be 7.6% and rising. Given the substantial economic burden associated with Type 2 diabetes treatment, optimizing healthcare expenditure is extremely important. In the present analysis, we ...

Aim: Compare the 1-year costs of three catheter ablation technologies for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). Materials & methods: A decision tree model was developed to estimate 1-year hospital costs associated with an index and ...

Aim: To compare health utilization among atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing ablation with a contact force-sensing (CF) catheter versus a cryoballoon (CB) catheter. Methods: AF patients who underwent ablation using the CF catheter (THERMOCOOL ...

Aim: To estimate undiagnosed aortic stenosis (AS) in the Medicare population. Methods: Patients enrolled (2011–2014) were eligible. After criteria were applied, time zero was the first record of an echocardiogram (ECHO) for the ECHO-AS cohort and ...