European countries have enhanced the scope of private provision within their health care
systems. Privatizing services have been suggested as a means to improve access, quality …

Healthcare costs for low back pain (LBP) are increasing rapidly. Hence, it is important to
provide treatments that are effective and cost-effective. The purpose of this systematic review …

Objective: To perform the first randomized controlled trial to compare laparoscopic and open
liver resection. Summary Background Data: Laparoscopic liver resection is increasingly …

The growing burden of dengue in endemic countries and outbreaks in previously unaffected
countries stress the need to assess the economic impact of this disease. This paper …

To update the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the
role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA) using the most up …

Background Dengue virus infection is the most common arthropod-borne disease of humans
and its geographical range and infection rates are increasing. Health policy decisions …

Importance Quality improvement (QI) interventions can reduce hospital readmission, but little
is known about their economic value. Objective To systematically review economic …

Background: Health technology assessments (HTA) generally, and economic evaluations
(EE) more specifically, have become an integral part of health care decision making around …

Aims A recent randomized controlled trial demonstrated significant reductions in
cardiovascular hospitalizations and deaths with a nurse-led integrated chronic care …

Ideally, all health policy decisions should involve the use of HTA processes and methods
which offer quality, context-specific and locally relevant evidence. However, where the 'gold …