Data evaluating effectiveness of XBB.1.5-adapted vaccines against JN.1-related endpoints are scarce. This nationwide test-negative case-control study within the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System aims to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) of BNT162b2 XBB.1.5-adapted vaccine compared to not ...
private health plans, was convened to (1) explore the views of health plan purchasers about cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and (2) to develop a strategic plan for policymakers to address obstacles and to integrate CEA into health policy decisions, drawing on stakeholders as part of the ...
(2012). Clinical Effectiveness of the “Healthwear” Wearable System in the Reduction of COPD Patients’ Hospitalization. In: Nikita, K.S., Lin, J.C., Fotiadis, D.I., Arredondo Waldmeyer, MT. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2011. Lecture Notes of the ...
Kennedy, the onetime independent presidential candidate who backed Trump after leaving the race, generated a large following through his widespread skepticism of the American health care and food system. A major component of that has been his false claimslinking autism to childhood vaccinations. Kennedy...
The implementation of the model for a Canadian population has been previously described in greater detail11; this structure was used and updated to reflect the US population and health care system. Briefly, the model was structured as a 5-state Markov model, with patients entering the model ...
We devised cost functions to calculate costs from the perspective of the healthcare system as a whole (including all levels of government and donors) in 2018 US$. The total mean costs in each location range between $490,000 (Boma Bungu) and $5.43 million (Kwamouth), and on a yearly per...
Children from multi-problem families have an increased risk for experiencing mental health problems. These families face problems in several domains that are often found to be chronic and intergenerational. Yet, the effects of mental health care for yout
It is also important to investigate the mechanisms of its effectiveness. Within the present literature on protecting students’ mental health, online therapy has been presented as an effective and potentially scalable solution [33]. To our knowledge, there has only been one study to date; it was...
Department of Health and Human Service recommended that clinicians (including pharmacists) intervene with any patient who uses tobacco [5]. In the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Therapeutic Position Statement on the Cessation of Tobacco Use, healthcare providers, including ...
There is growing interest in cost-effectiveness thresholds as a tool to inform resource allocation decisions in health care. Studies from several countries