Search for dissertations about: "cost utility"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 147 swedish dissertations containing the words cost utility.

  2. 11. 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. 12. Cost-Effective Industrial Energy Systems : Multiperiod Optimization of Operating Strategies and Structural Choices

    Author : Katarina Nilsson; Mats Söderström; Roland Wimmerstedt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : It is of great importance to encourage the development of cost-effective industrial energy systems as the potential for saving energy and capital in industrial applications often is substantial. The MIND method has been developed for multi-period cost optimization of industrial energy systems. READ MORE

  5. 13. Decision-making, Risk, and Utility : Assessments and Applications of Alternative Decision Models

    Author : Thomas Paulsson; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This thesis consists of four individual essays and an introductory chapter. While theoretically and empirically independent from each other, the essays share some common properties. They all, in some respect, treat various aspects and dimensions of preference structures, preference elicitation, and choice under risk and uncertainty. READ MORE

  6. 14. Differential Privacy - A Balancing Act

    Author : Boel Nelson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; vehicular data; utility; accuracy privacy trade-off; privacy; accuracy; differential privacy; data privacy; big data;

    Abstract : Data privacy is an ever important aspect of data analyses. Historically, a plethora of privacy techniques have been introduced to protect data, but few have stood the test of time. READ MORE

  7. 15. Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular morbidity

    Author : Yüksel Peker; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstructive sleep apnea; cardiovascular; hypertension; coronary artery disease; hospitalization; cost utility; morbidity; mortality; secondary prevention; angiotensin II; CPAP;

    Abstract : Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 24 % of middle-aged men and 9 % of women in USA but the treatment criterion, daytime sleepiness is reported by 17 and 22 % of these subjects, respectively. Some previous studies have suggested an association between OSA and cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the conclusions have been conflicting due to co-existing traditionally recognized risk factors. READ MORE