Search for dissertations about: "EQ-5D"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 119 swedish dissertations containing the word EQ-5D.

  2. 21. Health economics and its measures in rheumatoid arthritis

    Author : Johan Karlsson; Reumatologi och molekylär skelettbiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cost-utility analysis; Cost-of-illness; Quality of life; EuroQol 5-Dimensions; Antirheumatic agents; TNF inhibition; Outcome assessment; Disease activity; Disability; Health economics; Rheumatoid arthritis;

    Abstract : Objectives: To study: (I) the impact on cost-utility analyses of applying different national EuroQol 5-Dimensions (EQ-5D) preference sets; (II and III) whether, in methotrexate-refractory, early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the addition of infliximab results in superior health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and may be considered cost-effective, as compared to adding sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine; (IV) how costs relate to disability (measured by the health-assessment questionnaire, HAQ), disease activity (28-joint disease activity score, DAS28) and HRQoL (EQ-5D) in RA. Methods: In the observational SSATG register, one-year quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) accumulation of two interventions was compared according to the UK, US, or Danish EQ-5D preference sets. READ MORE

  4. 22. A feasibility and applicability study of a health-related quality of life measurement in Vietnam

    Author : Mai Vu Thi Quynh; Klas-Göran Sahlén; Lars Lindholm; Sun Sun; Hoang Van Minh; Kim Bao Giang; Feng Xie; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health related quality of life; health technology assessment; Vietnam; health preference measures; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Introduction: An evidence-based strategy is used the national social health-insurance programme in Vietnam to assess healthcare technologies. Health technology assessments (HTA) have become increasingly important within decision-making processes. READ MORE

  5. 23. Social and regional differentials in population health status, values for health, and subjective well-being in China

    Author : Sun Sun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : China;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge on population health-related quality of life and subjective well-being, and to explore values for health states in China. The EQ-5D instrument was included in the National Health Services Survey 2008 (n = 120,700, aged 15-103 years) to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in all 31 provinces in mainland China. READ MORE

  6. 24. Fracture healing, functional outcome and health related quality of life in younger patients with a femoral neck fracture

    Author : Pierre Campenfeldt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Few prospective studies have investigated the patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) in patients less than 70 years that sustained a femoral neck fracture (FNF) treated with closed reduction and internal fixation (CRIF). The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using the self-administered questionnaires EuroQol 5 Dimension (EQ-5D) and Short Form- 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and with a long term follow-up has not previously been examined in this group of patients. READ MORE

  7. 25. Quality of life and femoral neck fractures

    Author : Jan Tidermark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Femoral neck fractures; Aged; Quality of life; Treatment outcome; Fracture fixation; internal; Arthroplasty; replacement; hip; Nutritional disorder; Anabolic steroids.;

    Abstract : The worldwide increase of hip fractures is a major challenge for the health care system and society. The treatment of femoral neck fractures in the elderly is still controversial, and even more so from an international perspective. READ MORE