In recent years, several countries have experienced increases in the incidence of serogroup C meningococcal disease. It can be controlled with older polysaccharide vaccines and particularly the recently developed conjugate vaccines. For 21 developed countries, we investigated the role that...

To support decision making, many countries have now introduced some formal assessment process to evaluate whether health technologies represent good `value for money'. These often take the form of decision models that can be used to explore elements of importance to generalisability of study...

The broad availability of genetic information and technologies heralds an era when practitioners will utilise genomic testing to individualise patients Assessing the incremental cost effectiveness of a pharmacogenomic strategy involves examination of factors associated with the genotype of...

Worldwide, major depression is the leading cause of years lived with a disability, and the fourth cause of disability-adjusted life years. Depression is second only to hypertension as the most common chronic condition encountered in general medical practice. Unfortunately, despite the high...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the cost effectiveness of 2 inhaled corticosteroids, fluticasone propionate and flunisolide, in the management of asthma from a third-party payer perspective in Germany (German Sickness Fund). Design and setting: Direct treatment costs were...

People receiving a renal transplant require long-term treatment with immunosuppressant drugs. Contemporary regimens usually include a calcineurin inhibitor (CI), either ciclosporin or tacrolimus, in conjunction with at least one other drug. The aim of this study was to review the economic...

In this review, the economic aspects of pneumococcal pneumonia are analysed, including the costs, cost effectiveness and cost benefit of treatment and prevention. We identified eight cost-of-illness studies, 15 analyses comparing the costs of different treatment options and 15 economic...