Making economic evaluations more helpful for treatment choices in haemophilia

Making safer treatment choices

Making Schools More Efficient: an Economic Perspective

The costs of public education have spiraled in recent years, while the general quality of schooling has been subject to mounting criticism. The media are filled with stories on the appalling proficiency levels of pupils in the most fundamental areas-reading, writing, and arithmetic. At the same time, budget freezes and cutbacks have become the norm. To reduce costs, large cities such as Washing...

Urinary incontinence: economic burden and new choices in pharmaceutical treatment.

In the year 2000, an estimated 17 million community-dwelling adults in the United States had daily urinary incontinence (UI), and an additional 33 million suffered from the overlapping condition, overactive bladder. Estimates of the total annual cost of these conditions range up to 32 billion US dollar; the largest components are management costs and the expenses associated with nursing home ad...

Informing road traffic intervention choices in South Africa: the role of economic evaluations

Introduction Given the burden of road traffic injuries (RTIs) in South Africa, economic evaluations of prevention interventions are necessary for informing and prioritising public health planning and policy with regard to road safety. Methods In view of the dearth of RTI cost analysis, and in order to understand the extent to which RTI-related costs in South Africa compare with those in other l...

Telemedicine: A systematic review of economic evaluations

Background: Telemedicine is an expanded term in health information technology that comprises procedures for transmitting medical information electronically to improve patients’ health status. The objective of this research is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine interventions in various specialty areas.    Methods: The Cochrane Library and Centre for Review and Di...