Clinical trials evaluating medicines, medical devices, and procedures now commonly
assess the economic value of these interventions. The growing number of prospective …

Objectives: A growing number of prospective clinical trials include economic end points.
Recognizing the variation in methodology and reporting of these studies, the International …

Background & Aims: Economic analysis in chronic diseases is a prerequisite for planning a
proper distribution of health care resources. We aimed to determine the cost of inflammatory …

BACKGROUND Compression is an effective and recommended treatment for venous leg
ulcers. Although the four-layer bandage (4LB) is regarded as the gold standard compression …

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate prospectively the resource utilization and related
costs during the palliative phase of care in five regions across Canada. Subjects: A cohort of …

This chapter examines the process of identifying, quantifying, and valuing the resource costs
associated with healthcare interventions that arise due to the use and consequences of …

ABSTRACT Objectives: The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes
Research (ISPOR) Health Science Policy Council recommended and the ISPOR Board of …

Objective The aim of this study was to review statistical techniques for estimating the mean
population cost using health care cost data that, because of the inability to achieve complete …

Many analyses of healthcare costs involve use of data with varying periods of observation
and right censoring of cases before death or at the end of the episode of illness. The …

Objective: The adoption and diffusion of new medical treatments depend increasingly on
evidence of costs and cost‐effectiveness. This evidence is increasingly being generated …