International journal of technology assessment in health care
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Jan 2001
Providing health information to women. The role of magazines.
We were interested in health coverage in women's magazines in the United States and how it compared with articles in medical journals, women's health interests, and women's greatest health risks. ⋯ The topics addressed in women's magazines do not appear to coincide with the topics addressed in leading medical journals, nor with women's primary health concerns or greatest health risks. Information from women's magazines may be leading women to focus on aspects of health and health care that will not optimize risk reduction.
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Jan 2000
Socioeconomic costs of rheumatic diseases. Implications for technology assessment.
To study the socioeconomic impact of rheumatic illness in Sweden and to discuss the consequences for technology assessment studies. ⋯ A discussion of solutions for financial cooperation between county councils and regional social insurance offices should be considered. The new biotechnological pharmaceuticals will increase the cost for drugs in health care about 20 times, but the total socioeconomic cost for society may remain at the same level due to a decrease of inpatient costs and indirect costs for loss of production as well as a decrease of transfer payments from social insurance. It is unavoidable that the new pharmaceuticals require priority discussions and active resource allocation in health care and in other sectors of society.
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Jan 2000
Comparative StudyA comparison of the cost-effectiveness of stroke care provided in London and Copenhagen.
This study compared the relative cost-effectiveness of stroke care provided in London and Copenhagen. ⋯ The ICERs of the Copenhagen compared with the London model of care were within a range generally regarded as cost-effective.
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Jan 2000
The use of technologies to minimize exposure to perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion in elective surgery. A survey of Canadian hospitals.
Despite the growing medical and public interest in reducing exposure to allogeneic blood, little is known about the use of alternatives to allogeneic transfusion. This study was conducted to determine the availability of these technologies in Canadian hospitals and was undertaken under the auspices of the International Study of Peri-Operative Transfusion (ISPOT), a 10-country study of the effectiveness of, attitudes toward, and practices related to the use of alternatives to allogeneic transfusion. ⋯ In general, alternatives to perioperative allogeneic transfusion were rarely used except in cardiac surgery.
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Jan 2000
The development of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Integrating medical science and practice.
Practice guidelines are rapidly becoming preferred decision-making resources in medicine, as advances in technology and pharmaceutics continue to expand. An evidence-based approach to the development of practice guidelines serves to anchor healthcare policy to scientific documentation, and in conjunction with practitioner opinion can provide a powerful and practical clinical tool. ⋯ Evidence-based practice guidelines, in conjunction with practice standards and practice advisories, are invaluable resources for clinical decision making. The judicious use of these documents by practitioners will serve to improve the efficiency and safety of health care well.