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Cost-effectiveness analysis of OM-85 vs placebo in the prevention of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in children that attend day-care centers

Berber, Arturo; Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca Estela - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 12, pp. 1-9

represent a burden for both children and parents. Systematic reviews on the use of immunostimulants for the prevention of …

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Are health risk attitude and general risk attitude associated with healthcare utilization, costs and working ability? : results from the German KORA FF4 cohort study

Lutter, Johanna I.; Szentes, Boglárka Lilla; Wacker, … - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 26, pp. 1-11

Background: Risk attitudes influence decisions made under uncertainty. This paper investigates the association of risk attitudes with the utilization of preventive and general healthcare services, work absence and resulting costs to explore their contribution to the heterogeneity in utilization....

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Contracting with private providers for primary care services : evidence from urban China

Wang, Yan; Eggleston, Karen; Yu, Zhenjie; Zhang, Qiong - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 1, pp. 1-20

Controversy surrounds the role of the private sector in health service delivery, including primary care and population health services. China’s recent health reforms call for non-discrimination against private providers and emphasize strengthening primary care, but formal contracting-out...

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Investing preventive care and economic development in ageing societies : empirical evidences from OECD countries

Wang, Fuhmei; Wang, Jung-der - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-9

in effective prevention would generally reduce the morbidity, complication, functional disability, and mortality of most … allocation of medical resources between prevention and treatment adds value to the population's health as well as examine the … demand for preventive and curative healthcare. Results: Theoretical analysis found that the prevention share for maximizing …

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Policy makers, the international community and the population in the prevention and treatment of diseases : case study on HIV/AIDS

Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 5, pp. 1-12

disease, disease contraction, recovery, sickness/death. More funds to prevention implies less disease contraction but higher … death rate given disease contraction. The cost effectiveness of treatment relative to prevention, country specific …

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