Search for dissertations about: "health economic evaluations"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words health economic evaluations.

  2. 16. Design of an Internet-Based Disease Management System for Chronic Heart Failure

    Author : Anna Gund; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; telemedicine; eHealth; home monitoring; treatment compliance; chronic diseases; health informatics; disease management; web-based; heart failure; internet;

    Abstract : Chronic diseases are one of the most challenging health problems in the world, and their burden on society is increasing. Managing these diseases using eHealth solutions could prove very beneficial, both in terms of economic costs and quality of life for patients. READ MORE

  4. 17. Health Technology Assessment of Assistance Dogs and Dog-Assisted Interventions

    Author : Martina Lundqvist; Lars-Åke Levin; Jenny Alwin; Kerstin Roback; Ulf Persson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Dogs as an assistive aid for people with disabilities date as far back in time as the first century CE. Today, dogs are used in various settings to help and assist humans. ‘Assistance dogs’ is an umbrella term for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs. READ MORE

  5. 18. Opportunity cost in healthcare priority setting

    Author : Jonathan Siverskog; Martin Henriksson; Lars-Åke Levin; Werner Brouwer; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The resources available for the public provision of health care are not unlimited. Cost-effectiveness evidence on new healthcare interventions can help us prioritise in order to use scarce resources wisely, but to interpret cost-effectiveness evidence, it may appear as if we must make trade-offs between life and money. This is not so. READ MORE

  6. 19. Economic Evaluation of Mental Health Interventions for Children and Adolescents : the Case of Sweden

    Author : Mattias Persson; Mikael Svensson; Lars Hultkrantz; Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; adolescents; mental health; bullying; economic evaluation; intellectual disability; transition; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is economic evaluations of programs and interventions regarding children and adolescents with mental health issues, victimization, and intellectual disabilities (ID). The first paper examines a potential link between mental health issues among adolescent and the class-size of the school class they are enrolled in. READ MORE

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    Author : Klas Bergenheim; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonometri; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; toxikologi; farmaci; Pharmaceutical R D; Patents; Pricing of Pharmaceuticals; Real Options; Pharmacological sciences; pharmacy; pharmacognosy; toxicology; farmakognosi; Farmakologi; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : The first paper, Pharmaceutical R&D: a real option approach, considers the process of pharmaceutical R&D analyzed with real option theory. This process is analyzed as an opportunity to research and develop a new pharmaceutical. Contrary to other models using real option analysis I use an option that takes time to exercise. READ MORE