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James Raftery

IBM
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Cost of illness studies

S Byford, DJ Torgerson, J Raftery - Bmj, 2000 - bmj.com
Cost of illness studies are a type of economic study common in the medical literature,
particularly in specialist clinical journals. The aim of a cost of illness study is to identify and …

[HTML][HTML] Research impact: a narrative review

T Greenhalgh, J Raftery, S Hanney, M Glover - BMC medicine, 2016 - Springer
Impact occurs when research generates benefits (health, economic, cultural) in addition to
building the academic knowledge base. Its mechanisms are complex and reflect the multiple …

NICE: faster access to modern treatments? Analysis of guidance on health technologies

J Raftery - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) was set up as a special health authority
for England and Wales in 1999. Its role is to provide patients, health professionals, and the …

Capecitabine compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (BILCAP): a randomised, controlled, multicentre, phase 3 study

JN Primrose, RP Fox, DH Palmer, HZ Malik… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Despite improvements in multidisciplinary management, patients with biliary
tract cancer have a poor outcome. Only 20% of patients are eligible for surgical resection …

A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study of systematic screening (targeted and total population screening) versus routine practice for the detection of …

FDR Hobbs, DA Fitzmaurice, J Mant, E Murray… - 2005 - repository.cam.ac.uk
OBJECTIVES: To determine the most cost-effective method of screening for atrial fibrillation
(AF) in the population aged 65 years and over, as well as its prevalence and incidence in …

Opportunity cost

S Palmer, J Raftery - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
The concept of opportunity cost is fundamental to the economist's view of costs. Since
resources are scarce relative to needs, 1 the use of resources in one way prevents their use …

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of parent training/education programmes for the treatment of conduct disorder, including oppositional defiant disorder, in …

J Dretzke, E Frew, C Davenport… - Health Technology …, 2005 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
Objectives: To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of parent training programmes for
the treatment of children with conduct disorder (CD) up to the age of 18 years. Data sources …

Remote management of heart failure using implantable electronic devices

JM Morgan, S Kitt, J Gill, JM McComb… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims Remote management of heart failure using implantable electronic devices (REM-HF)
aimed to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of remote monitoring (RM) of heart failure …

The molecular basis of the coloration mechanism in lobster shell: β-crustacyanin at 3.2-Å resolution

M Cianci, PJ Rizkallah, A Olczak… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
The binding of the carotenoid astaxanthin (AXT) in the protein multimacromolecular complex
crustacyanin (CR) is responsible for the blue coloration of lobster shell. The structural basis …

Perspectives in economic evaluation

S Byford, J Raftery - Bmj, 1998 - bmj.com
Before an economic evaluation begins, the perspective of the study should be determined,
as it may have implications for trial design. 1 Since economic evaluations are often used to …