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    Value in Health: Volume 11, Issue 7

    1007-1235
    December 2008
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ECONOMIC EVALUATION

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Atypicals in the UK

Bart Heeg MSc,  Erik Buskens MD,  Marc Botteman MSc,  Sue Caleo MSc,  Mike Ingham MSc,  Joep Damen MSc,  Frank De Charro PhD,  Ben Van Hout PhD, 
  • Pages: 1007-1021
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Reductions in Human Papillomavirus-Disease Resource Use and Costs with Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Recombinant Vaccination: The FUTURE Study Economic Evaluation

Ralph P. Insinga PhD,  Erik J. Dasbach PhD,  Shannon E. Allen PhD,  George W. Carides PhD,  Evan R. Myers MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 1022-1032
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Cost-Effectiveness of a Low-Calorie Diet and Orlistat for Obese Persons: Modeling Long-Term Health Gains through Prevention of Obesity-Related Chronic Diseases

Pieter H. M. Van Baal PhD,  Matthijs Van Den Berg PhD,  Rudolf T. Hoogenveen MSc,  Sylvia M. C. Vijgen MSc,  Peter M. Engelfriet PhD, 
  • Pages: 1033-1040
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Economic Valuation of Informal Care: Conjoint Analysis Applied in a Heterogeneous Population of Informal Caregivers

Bernard Van Den Berg PhD,  Maiwenn Al PhD,  Job Van Exel MS,  Marc Koopmanschap PhD,  Werner Brouwer PhD, 
  • Pages: 1041-1050
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Drotrecogin Alfa's Impact on Intensive Care Workload in Real Life Practice: A Propensity Score Approach

Lionel Riou França MS,  Stéphanie Payet MS,  Katell Le Lay MS,  Robert Launois PhD, 
  • Pages: 1051-1060
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Statin Cost-Effectiveness Comparisons Using Real-World Effectiveness Data: Formulary Implications

Robert L. Ohsfeldt PhD,  Sanjay K. Gandhi PhD,  Kathleen M. Fox PhD,  James M. McKenney PharmD, 
  • Pages: 1061-1069
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Expected Value of Perfect Information: An Empirical Example of Reducing Decision Uncertainty by Conducting Additional Research

Jan B. Oostenbrink PhD,  Maiwenn J. Al PhD,  Mark Oppe MSc,  Maureen P. M. H. Rutten-van Mölken PhD, 
  • Pages: 1070-1080
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Balancing Equity and Efficiency in Health Priorities in Ghana: The Use of Multicriteria Decision Analysis

Caroline Jehu-Appiah MD, MSc,  Rob Baltussen PhD,  Charles Acquah MA,  Moses Aikins PhD,  Salassi Amah D'Almeida MPH,  William K. Bosu MD, MSc, MPH,  Xander Koolman PhD,  Jeremy Lauer MSc,  Dan Osei MBA,  Sam Adjei MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 1081-1087
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Hip Fractures by Hip Protectors in Elderly Institutionalized Residents in Germany

Afschin Gandjour MD, PhD,  Eva-Julia Weyler PhD, 
  • Pages: 1088-1095
  • First Published: 13 October 2008

OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT

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Psychometric Equivalence of the OAB-q in Danish, German, Polish, Swedish, and Turkish

Karin S. Coyne PhD, MPH,  Mary Kay Margolis MPH, MHA,  Chris Thompson BS,  Zoe Kopp PhD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 1096-1101
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Estimation of Life Expectancy and the Expected Years of Life Lost in Patients with Major Cancers: Extrapolation of Survival Curves under High-Censored Rates

Po-Ching Chu MD,  Jung-Der Wang MD, ScD,  Jing-Shiang Hwang PhD,  Yu-Yin Chang MS, 
  • Pages: 1102-1109
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Willingness to Accept versus Willingness to Pay in a Discrete Choice Experiment

Janneke P. C. Grutters PhD,  Alfons G. H. Kessels MD, MSc,  Carmen D. Dirksen PhD,  Debby Van Helvoort-Postulart PhD,  Lucien J. C. Anteunis PhD,  Manuela A. Joore PhD, 
  • Pages: 1110-1119
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates of Utility Scores in Alzheimer's Disease

Edward Alan Miller PhD, MPA,  Lon S. Schneider MD,  Arthur Zbrozek MSc, MBA,  Robert A. Rosenheck MD, 
  • Pages: 1120-1130
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Deriving an Algorithm to Convert the Eight Mean SF-36 Dimension Scores into a Mean EQ-5D Preference-Based Score from Published Studies (Where Patient Level Data Are Not Available)

Roberta Ara MSc,  John Brazier PhD, 
  • Pages: 1131-1143
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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A Predictive Model of Health State Utilities for HIV Patients in the Modern Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Teresa L. Kauf PhD,  Neil Roskell MSc,  Arran Shearer MSc,  Brian Gazzard MD,  Josephine Mauskopf PhD,  E. Anne Davis PharmD, MS,  Christopher Nimsch MS, 
  • Pages: 1144-1153
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Health State Utilities in Latent and Active Tuberculosis

Na Guo MD, MPH,  Carlo A. Marra PharmD, PhD,  Fawziah Marra PharmD,  Susanne Moadebi PharmD,  R. Kevin Elwood MD,  J. Mark FitzGerald MD, 
  • Pages: 1154-1161
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Validity of the EuroQoL (EQ-5D) Instrument in a Greek General Population

Nick Kontodimopoulos PhD,  Evelina Pappa PhD,  Dimitris Niakas PhD,  John Yfantopoulos PhD,  Christina Dimitrakaki PhD,  Yannis Tountas MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1162-1169
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Hispanic Valuation of the EQ-5D Health States: A Social Value Set for Latin Americans

Victor Zarate MD, MSc,  Paul Kind MPhil,  Ling-Hsiang Chuang MSc, 
  • Pages: 1170-1177
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Health State Utility Scores for Cancer-Related Anemia through Societal and Patient Valuations

Andrew Lloyd DPhil,  Patricia Van Hanswijck de Jonge PhD,  Scott Doyle MSc,  Paul Cornes MD, 
  • Pages: 1178-1185
  • First Published: 13 October 2008

Short Note

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Estimating Quality Weights for EQ-5D Health States with the Time Trade-Off Method in South Korea

Min-Woo Jo MD, PhD,  Sung-Cheol Yun PhD,  Sang-Il Lee MD, PhD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 1186-1189
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Factors Associated with Variation in Utility Scores among Patients with Prostate Cancer

Fumitaka Shimizu MD,  Katsuki Fujino BHlthSc,  Yoichi M. Ito MHlthSc,  Takashi Fukuda PhD,  Yoshio Kawachi MD,  Shigeru Minowada MD,  Makoto Fujime MD,  Yasuo Ohashi PhD, 
  • Pages: 1190-1193
  • First Published: 13 October 2008

POLICY ANALYSIS

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Citizen's Preferences Regarding Principles to Guide Health-Care Allocation Decisions in Thailand

Vijj Kasemsup MD, PhD,  Jon C. Schommer PhD,  Richard R. Cline PhD,  Ronald S. Hadsall PhD, 
  • Pages: 1194-1202
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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Discrete-Event Simulation Applied to Analysis of Waiting Lists. Evaluation of a Prioritization System for Cataract Surgery

Mercè Comas PhD,  Xavier Castells MD, PhD,  Lorena Hoffmeister MSc,  Rubén Román MSc,  Francesc Cots MSc, PhD,  Javier Mar MD, PhD,  Santiago Gutiérrez-Moreno MSc,  Mireia Espallargues MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1203-1213
  • First Published: 13 October 2008
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“Price Management” and Its Impact on Hospital Pharmaceutical Expenditure and the Availability of Medicines in New Zealand Hospitals

June M. Tordoff MPharm, PhD, MRPharmS, MPS, RegPharmNZ,  Pauline T. Norris MA(Hons), PhD,  David M. Reith FRACP, MMedSc, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1214-1226
  • First Published: 13 October 2008

REVIEWER ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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REVIEWER ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  • Pages: 1227-1235
  • First Published: 13 October 2008