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| Heinz SchneiderSummaryAffiliation: HealthEcon AG Country: Switzerland Publications
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A German national prevalence study on the cost of intensive care: an evaluation from 51 intensive care unitsOnnen Moerer
Department of Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Gottingen, Robert Koch Strasse 40, Gottingen 37075, Germany
Crit Care 11:R69. 2007..Intensive care unit (ICU) costs account for up to 20% of a hospital's costs. We aimed to analyse the individual patient-related cost of intensive care at various hospital levels and for different groups of disease...
PORTAL: pilot study on the safety and tolerance of preoperative melatonin application in patients undergoing major liver resection: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trialPeter Schemmer
Department of General Surgery, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
BMC Surg 8:2. 2008..Experimental data suggest that preoperative supraphysiological doses of melatonin, a potent immuno-modulator and antioxidant, would decrease postoperative infectious and non-infectious complications induced by major abdominal surgery...
Trends and stabilization up to 2022 in overweight and obesity in Switzerland, comparison to France, UK, US and AustraliaHeinz Schneider
HealthEcon AG, CH 4001 Basel, Switzerland
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:460-72. 2010..Based on the projection, these prevalence rates may be expected to stabilize until 2022 at the 2007 level. These results were compared with future projections estimated for France, UK, US and Australia using the same model...
Modelling the lifetime costs and health effects of lifestyle intervention in the prevention and treatment of obesity in SwitzerlandCarmen Galani
HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Public Health 52:372-82. 2007..To quantify the lifetime health and economic consequences of preventing and treating obesity with lifestyle intervention in Switzerland...
Economic burden of obesity and its comorbidities in SwitzerlandAlexandra Schmid
HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland
Soz Praventivmed 50:87-94. 2005..50% to these costs. CONCLUSION: Overweight and obesity represent a considerable financial burden to the Swiss society. According to their present trends, this economic burden is expected to grow over the coming years...
Prevention and treatment of obesity with lifestyle interventions: review and meta-analysisCarmen Galani
HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Public Health 52:348-59. 2007..To assess the mid- to long-term effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in the prevention and treatment of obesity...
Uncertainty in decision-making: value of additional information in the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle intervention in overweight and obese peopleCarmen Galani
HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland
Value Health 11:424-34. 2008..There has been an increasing interest in using value of information analysis in medical decision-making to quantify the uncertainty in decision-making, and to identify the need for further research...
Obesity and its comorbidities: present and future importance on health status in SwitzerlandAileen Neilson
HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland
Soz Praventivmed 50:78-86. 2005..The impact the present obesity epidemic on health status as well as its social and economic consequences must be recognised...
