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GuidelinesPublication 2016Decision Models in Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) develops evidence-based recommendations about preventive care based on …
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) develops evidence-based recommendations about preventive care based on comprehensive systematic reviews of the best available evidence. Decision models provide a complementary, quantitative approach to support the USPSTF as it deliberates about the evidence and develops recommendations for clinical and policy use. This article describes the rationale for using modeling, an approach to selecting topics for modeling, and how modeling may inform recommendations about clinical preventive services.
Evidence Synthesis | Health Outcomes | Mathematical Models | Decision Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Health/Medicine | North America -
ArticlePublication 2017Analysis of Real-World Health Care Costs among Patients Aged 50 Years or Older with Herpes Zoster
This article reports on the direct costs associated with herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia …
This article reports on the direct costs associated with herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in the U.S. The authors use a retrospective managed care insurance claims database of 142,519 patients with herpes zoster (9,470 patients [6.6%] had postherpetic neuralgia) and 357,907 matched controls. They found that resource utilization was greater among patients with herpes zoster: after adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics, annual incremental health care costs for herpes zoster patients vs. controls…
Evidence Synthesis | Costing Methods | Infectious Diseases | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | North America
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