BACKGROUND The present study estimated healthcare costs of osteoporotic fractures including spine, hip, distal radius and humerus in Koreans over 50 years of age using national claims data. METHODS Korea National Health Insurance data between 2008 and 2011 was searched for all claims records of outpatient visits or hospital admissions of patients ≥50-year-of-age. Osteoporosis-related fracture...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to test the primary hypothesis that parent proxy-report of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQL) would prospectively predict pediatric healthcare costs over a two-year period. The exploratory hypothesis tested anticipated that a relatively small group of children would account for a disproportionately large percent of healthcare costs. METH...

Background In Indonesia, 96% of children (< 24mo) are breastfed. However, only 42% of children (< 6mo) are exclusively breastfed, as per World Health Organization recommendations. Breastfeeding provides protective benefits such as reducing the risk of morbidity and mortality associated with diarrhea and pneumonia/respiratory disease (PRD). This study estimates the potential economic impact of n...

Availability of reviews of the costs of patient safety Overall, a high level search of the literature for systematic reviews and overviews of the costs of patient safety revealed relatively few studies compared with the level of international interest in the topic. Most literature is concerned with individual case studies in specific healthcare settings or with priority healthcare concerns such...

OBJECTIVES To assess the health economic burden of chronic opioid users and to determine whether opioid regimen nonadherence contributes to increased healthcare costs. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective claims-based analysis of patients with long-term prescription opioid use (>120 days of supply over 6 months). METHODS Twelve-month healthcare utilization and costs were compared for chronic opioid u...

DCCT Research Group was compelled to end the study 1 year early. This gave the conventionally treated patients the opportunity to have the benefits of intensive diabetes management. With the evidence that high blood glucose levels increase the risk of developing complications of diabetes, tight blood glucose control has become the benchmark for successful diabetes management (Diabetes UK, 2000;...

BACKGROUND In many developed countries, the economic crisis started in 2008 producing a serious contraction of the financial resources spent on healthcare. Identifying which individuals will require more resources and the moment in their lives these resources have to be allocated becomes essential. It is well known that a small number of individuals with complex healthcare needs consume a high ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the budget impact of everolimus (in combination with letrozole/anastrozole) as a second-line treatment for ER+ HER2- negative advanced and metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A cumulative cohort model was developed to estimate the 5-year costs associated with introducing everolimus to the Kazakh health...

Infections have been and will likely always remain a significant concern for surgeons throughout the world. Surgical site infections (SSI) are a considerable burden for both patients and healthcare systems alike, often resulting in patient morbidity and mortality as well as significant costs to the healthcare organization. Healthcare costs associated with SSIs have been estimated to range from ...

BACKGROUND Despite the considerable health impact of coeliac disease (CD), reliable estimates of the impact of diagnosis on health care use and costs are lacking. AIMS To quantify the volume, type and costs, in a United Kingdom primary care setting, of healthcare resources used by individuals diagnosed with CD up to ten years before and after diagnosis, and to estimate medical costs associate...