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    Value in Health: Volume 13, Issue 2

    159-336
    March/April 2010
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EDITORIAL

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Health State Survey-Derived Utilities in Cost-Utility Analysis—A Call to Action

Benjamin P. Geisler MD, MPH, 
  • Page: 159
  • First Published: 17 February 2010

ECONOMIC EVALUATION

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Cost-Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Brazil: Primary Prevention Analysis in the Public Sector

Rodrigo Antonini Ribeiro MD, MSc,  Steffan Frosi Stella MD,  Suzi Alves Camey PhD,  Leandro Ioschpe Zimerman MD, ScD,  Maurício Pimentel MD, MSc,  Luis Eduardo Rohde MD, ScD,  Carísi Anne Polanczyk MD, ScD, 
  • Pages: 160-168
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Cost-Effectiveness of 21 Alternative Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies

Anderson Chuck PhD, 
  • Pages: 169-179
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Cost-Effectiveness of Using Recombinant Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone before Radioiodine Ablation for Thyroid Cancer: The Canadian Perspective

Paul Mernagh MCom,  Arsupol Suebwongpat MCom (Hons),  Jay Silverberg MD, FRCPC, FACP,  Adèle Weston PhD, 
  • Pages: 180-187
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Cost-Effectiveness of Scheduled Maintenance Treatment with Infliximab for Pediatric Crohn's Disease

Yogesh Suresh Punekar PhD, MBA,  Thomas Sunderland MSc,  Neil Hawkins PhD,  James Lindsay MD, 
  • Pages: 188-195
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Optimal Management for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Modeled Analysis

Kirsten Howard PhD,  Sarah White PhD,  Glenn Salkeld PhD,  Stephen McDonald MBBS, PhD,  Jonathan C. Craig MBBS, PhD,  Steven Chadban MBBS, PhD,  Alan Cass MBBS, PhD, 
  • Pages: 196-208
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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The Cost-Effectiveness of an Extended Course (12 + 12 Weeks) of Varenicline Compared with Other Available Smoking Cessation Strategies in the United States: An Extension and Update to the BENESCO Model

Chris Knight BEng,  Paul Howard BSc,  Christine L. Baker MPH,  Jeno P. Marton MD, 
  • Pages: 209-214
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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A Rapid-Response Economic Evaluation of the UK NHS Cancer Reform Strategy Breast Cancer Screening Program Extension via a Plausible Bounds Approach

Jason Madan MA, MSc,  Andrew Rawdin BSc, Mres,  Matt Stevenson BSc, PhD,  Paul Tappenden BA, MSc, 
  • Pages: 215-221
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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The Impact of Differences in EQ-5D and SF-6D Utility Scores on the Acceptability of Cost–Utility Ratios: Results across Five Trial-Based Cost–Utility Studies

Manuela Joore PhD,  Danielle Brunenberg MSc,  Patricia Nelemans PhD,  Emiel Wouters MD, PhD,  Petra Kuijpers MD, PhD,  Adriaan Honig MD, PhD,  Danielle Willems MSc,  Peter De Leeuw MD, PhD,  Johan Severens PhD,  Annelies Boonen MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 222-229
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Crossing Borders: Factors Affecting Differences in Cost-Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Interventions between European Countries

Pepijn Vemer MSc,  Maureen P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken PhD, 
  • Pages: 230-241
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Value of Information Analyses of Economic Randomized Controlled Trials: The Treatment of Intermittent Claudication

Bas Groot Koerkamp MD, MSc,  Sandra Spronk PhD,  Theo Stijnen PhD,  M. G. Myriam Hunink MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 242-250
  • First Published: 17 February 2010

OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT

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Extended-Release Trospium Chloride Improves Quality of Life in Overactive Bladder

Roger R. Dmochowski MD,  Matt T. Rosenberg MD,  Norm R. Zinner MD,  David R. Staskin MD,  Peter K. Sand MD, 
  • Pages: 251-257
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Analysis of the Association between Metabolic Syndrome and Disease in a Workplace Population over Time

Alyssa B. Schultz PhD,  Dee W. Edington PhD, 
  • Pages: 258-264
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Impact of Body Mass Index on the Incidence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Ambulatory Care Settings over 5 Years or More

Qayyim Said PhD,  Carrie McAdam Marx MS, RPh,  J. Sanford Schwartz MD,  Rami Ben-Joseph PhD,  Diana I. Brixner PhD, RPh, 
  • Pages: 265-272
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Use of Stabilized Inverse Propensity Scores as Weights to Directly Estimate Relative Risk and Its Confidence Intervals

Stanley Xu PhD,  Colleen Ross MS,  Marsha A. Raebel PharmD,  Susan Shetterly MS,  Christopher Blanchette PhD,  David Smith PhD, 
  • Pages: 273-277
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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A Median Model for Predicting United States Population-Based EQ-5D Health State Preferences

James W. Shaw PhD, PharmD, MPH,  A. Simon Pickard PhD,  Shengsheng Yu MS,  Shijie Chen PhD,  Vincent G. Iannacchione MS,  Jeffrey A. Johnson PhD,  Stephen Joel Coons PhD, 
  • Pages: 278-288
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Valuation of EQ-5D Health States in Poland: First TTO-Based Social Value Set in Central and Eastern Europe

Dominik Golicki MD, PhD,  Michał Jakubczyk PhD,  Maciej Niewada MD, PhD,  Witold Wrona MD,  Jan J. V. Busschbach PhD, 
  • Pages: 289-297
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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In or Out? Income Losses in Health State Valuations: A Review

Carl Tilling MSc,  Marieke Krol MSc,  Aki Tsuchiya PhD,  John Brazier PhD,  Werner Brouwer PhD, 
  • Pages: 298-305
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Health State Valuations of Patients and the General Public Analytically Compared: A Meta-Analytical Comparison of Patient and Population Health State Utilities

Yvette Peeters MA,  Anne M. Stiggelbout PhD, 
  • Pages: 306-309
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Understanding the Medical and Nonmedical Value of Diagnostic Testing

David W. Lee PhD,  Peter J. Neumann ScD,  John A. Rizzo PhD, 
  • Pages: 310-314
  • First Published: 17 February 2010
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Labeled versus Unlabeled Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: An Application to Colorectal Cancer Screening

Esther W. De Bekker-Grob MSc,  Lieke Hol MD,  Bas Donkers PhD,  Leonie Van Dam MSc,  J Dik F. Habbema PhD,  Monique E. Van Leerdam MD, PhD,  Ernst J. Kuipers MD, PhD,  Marie-Louise Essink-Bot MD, PhD,  Ewout W. Steyerberg PhD, 
  • Pages: 315-323
  • First Published: 17 February 2010

SHORT NOTE

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Reliability and Validity of a Chinese Version's Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Hepatitis B Patients

Siew Chin Ong BPharm (Hons), PhD,  Seng Gee Lim MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FRCP, FAMS, MD,  Shu Chuen Li BPham, GradDipBus(Tech Mgt), MApplSc, MBA, PhD, 
  • Pages: 324-327
  • First Published: 17 February 2010

POLICY ANALYSIS

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Impact of the 1997 Canadian Guidelines on the Conduct of Canadian-Based Economic Evaluations in the Published Literature

Morgan E. Lim MA,  James M. Bowen MSc,  Daria O'Reilly PhD,  C. Elizabeth McCarron MSc,  Gord Blackhouse MSc,  Robert Hopkins MA,  Ron Goeree MA,  Jean-Eric Tarride PhD, 
  • Pages: 328-334
  • First Published: 17 February 2010

ERRATA

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Erratum

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  • First Published: 17 February 2010

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Erratum

  • Page: 336
  • First Published: 17 February 2010