evaluating the costs of a treatment begs the question: why assess a treatment economically? Professor Guest’s response to this question sums it up well: “there have to be some criteria against which governments decide to allocate limited resources and money is one such criterion.” similarly, tan et al5 comment that economic evaluation “can play a useful role in assisting decision-makers, manage...

Dementia represents an economical burden to societies nowadays. Total dementia expenses are calculated by the sum of direct and indirect costs. Through the stages of the diseases, as the patients may require institutionalization or a formal caregiver, the direct costs tend to increase. This study aims to analyze the direct costs of dementia in Portuguese nursing homes in 2012, compare the spend...

It is not enough known about differences in cost to provide anesthesia care for different surgical disciplines. Aims: In attention to check possibility for rationalization, study aims are: identification, measuring, economically evaluation and analyzing the costs of anesthesia care for different surgical disciplines.Methods: In this retrospective study, the authors determined the direct costs (...

AIMS The study aims to determine the direct costs and comparative cost-effectiveness of latest-generation dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) and invasive coronary angiography for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients suspected of having this disease. METHODS The study was based on a previously elaborated cohort with an intermediate pretest likelihood for CAD and on compleme...

[b] Abstract Objective.[/b] The aim of the study was an assessment of direct costs of patients hospitalised for for skin adverse drug reactions during 2002-2012 in the Department of Dermatology at the Military Institute of Medicine (Ministry of Defence) in Warsaw. The analysis was carried out from the perspectives of the public payer and service provider. [b]Materials and method. [/b]The retros...