, affecting 3-7% of school-age children in the US and imposing substantial economic burden. Stimulants are considered first …-line pharmacological treatment and are the most prescribed treatment for ADHD. However, approximately 30% of children with ADHD do not have … stimulants versus maintaining existing stimulant monotherapy in the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents with suboptimal …

-related quality of life for children aged 7-11 years. The estimation of preference weights will allow the calculation of QALYs for use … the impact of children's preferences for the health states and what methods could be used to obtain these preferences. …

Background:Background: Cost-effectiveness analysis of pharmaceutical and other treatments for children with autism … private payers, but methods for measuring QALYs in children are under-studied. No cost-effectiveness analyses have been …-related quality-of-life (HR-QOL) outcomes in children with ASDs and compares the sensitivity of two generic preference …

's age and cognitive ability. Parent-proxy reports are known to differ from children's reports. Simultaneous assessment using … Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ). Questionnaires were administered by interview to children and parents … assess convergent validity. Test-retest reliability was assessed in 28 children who remained clinically stable between visits …

to aspects of health and healthcare that are specific to children. These special considerations include the role of … children represents an exciting opportunity to provide evidence that can guide clinical and policy decisions for child health. …

The potential benefits of influenza vaccination programmes targeted at children have gained increasing attention in … capture the population-wide implications of seasonal vaccination efforts, particularly those targeted at children. …

children with ≥3 exacerbations as baseline. The ERG identified a number of issues relating to the clinical effectiveness …-of-life data collected in adults for children. The ERG concluded that omalizumab appears to reduce CS exacerbations but there was … number of CSS exacerbations avoided was low, as is asthma-related mortality in children, the potential small gain in QALYs …

vaccination against AOM in children. We searched PubMed, Cochrane and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination databases (Database … synonyms: 'otitis media', 'children', 'cost-effectiveness', 'costs' and 'vaccine'. Costs per AOM episode averted were … varied from &U20AC;168 to &U20AC;4214, and assumed incidence rates varied from 20 952 to 118 000 per 100 000 children aged 0 …

The most common cause of severe diarrhoea in infants and young children is rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE), which is … countries suggest this is the case. In addition, international guidelines advocate universal vaccination of infants and children …