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..001), respectively, per breast cancer patient per year. This study suggests that breast cancer is associated with work-related productivity loss within the first year of diagnosis that may be a substantial cost to employers...

..The multiplicative estimator is a widespread choice among them. Our study is to empirically test the accuracy of the multiplicative estimator and compare it with other estimators...

..This study was undertaken to conduct a systematic review of the impact of fear of insulin/injection on the treatment outcomes of diabetes patients...

..To examine and quantify from the societal perspective the impact of macrovascular comorbid conditions (MVCCs) on health care and productivity costs in diabetic patients in the U.S...

..To empirically estimate changes of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use attributable to the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit...

..Our aim was to examine the degree of glycemic control among T2DM patients in Europe with and without pre-existing CVD...

..To examine and to quantify the impact of concurrent macrovascular co-morbidities (MVC) on healthcare resource utilization among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Europe...

..To examine and quantify, at the US national level, the marginal differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of diabetic patients with and without macrovascular comorbid conditions (MaVCC)...

..Factors associated with receiving a statin prescription were also determined...

..To evaluate the time to and factors associated with treatment intensification in patients with type 2 diabetes who failed metformin monotherapy...

..Using patient satisfaction as a quality indicator, we seek to identify the relationship between healthcare cost and quality from the perspective of the community-dwelling population in the United States...

..To assess the effect of second-generation antidepressants on mania-related and depression-related office visits for adults with bipolar disorder...

..To document the racial and ethnic differences in individuals' perception of their general health status assessed by preference-based measures...

..Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a major source of drug-related problems in the elderly. Few studies have quantified the effect of PIM use on total healthcare expenditures in the United States...

..To date, few postmarketing studies have addressed whether long-term prophylactic treatment with second-generation antidepressants (ADs) delays depressive episodes in patients with bipolar disorder...

..The subjects were highly representative of the target population, indicating that there was little bias in our selection process despite a constantly changing pool of eligible individuals...

..Surveillance was the preferred intervention for all except those patients at high risk for relapse...

..For low-risk MDS the optimal initial therapy (GF vs nongrowth factor [NGF] therapies, including differentiation and immunomodulatory agents) based on response rates to NGF and GF and survival, has not been defined...

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..The HMP group achieved greater gains in quality-adjusted life-years and lower total health-related costs. As the time horizon increases, more money can be invested. HMPs can be a cost-effective and cost-neutral proposition...

..These findings lend partial support to the use of Beers criteria in assessing the quality of prescribing and the appropriateness of medication use in the elderly population...

..Facing increasing budget pressure, third-party payers, such as state Medicaid programmes in the US, are demanding better understanding of the medical costs beyond atypical antipsychotic drug costs alone in treating bipolar disorder...

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..Earlier clinical trials have yielded conflicting results and possibly a minor survival benefit, often offset by a longer hospitalization time...

..The authors investigated quality of care and clinical outcomes of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who were hospitalized on weekends versus weekdays and treated with induction chemotherapy...

..Predictors of outcome and rates of successful discharge have not been defined for patients with acute leukemia admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in the US...

..Decision tools need to be developed to determine which therapy to choose for patients with low-risk MDS...

..However, compliance with screening remains suboptimal. The aim of this study was to determine if a simplified approach based on noninvasive screening is cost effective in PUH...

..no maintenance. (acute-only) treatment. A comparison with olanzapine was included as an indirect analysis following publication of data during the course of our research...

..Given a popular public perception of HMOs being most cost conscious in providing health care, further research is needed to understand why prescribing patterns associated with HMOs have poorly followed the JNC recommendations...

..These findings could have important implications for health and economic policy-making aimed at reducing the long-standing urban-rural economic gap and more comprehensively insuring the rural population against health and economic risk...