Search for dissertations about: "arthritis economics"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words arthritis economics.

2. 1. 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. 2. A population-based study on early arthritis in southern Sweden : Incidence, preceding infections, diagnostic markers and economic burden

   Author : Maria Söderlin; Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo; Thomas Skogh; Tore Kvien; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Arthritis diagnosis; arthritis economics; Biological markers blood; Extracellular matrix proteins blood; Cost of illness; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The total annual incidence of arthritis in this prospective cross-sectional study on adults was 115/100 000. The annual incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was 24/100 000, 29/100 000 for women, and 18/100 000 for men. For reactive arthritis (ReA) the annual incidence was slightly higher, 28/100 000, and for undifferentiated arthritis 41/100 000. READ MORE

5. 3. Defeating Disease : Lasting Effects of Public Health and Medical Breakthroughs between 1880 and 1945 on Health and Income in Sweden

   Author : Volha Lazuka; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public health; antibiotics; inflammation; early life; health; income; end of the 19th–20th century;

   Abstract : This thesis has the general aim of exploring the role of public health and medical interventions between 1880 and 1945, targeting infectious diseases, in health and income improvements in Sweden throughout the twentieth century. It applies methods of causal inference to longitudinal individual-level data from both local and national datasets combined with multisource archival data on the implementation of reforms. READ MORE

6. 4. Application of Swedish quality register data for use in health economic analyses of chronic conditions

   Author : Ingrid Lekander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Sweden has many registers to monitor and follow-up healthcare, and combined with the unique personal identification numbers, this represents vast opportunities for register based research. Part of these data sources are the Swedish quality registers, which are set up to monitor the quality of care of specific diseases. READ MORE

7. 5. On Total Disc Replacement

   Author : Svante Berg; Hans Tropp; Tycho Tullberg; Claes Olerud; Gunnar B.J. Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Low back pain consumes a large part of the community’s resources dedicated to health care and sick leave. Back disorders also negatively affect the individual leading to pain suffering, decreased quality-of-life and disability. READ MORE