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Role of Chronic Conditions in Out-of-Pocket Costs for Preventive Care in the US Open
Importance The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires private health insurers to cover recommended preventive services with no patient cost-sharing, but patients covered by these provisions still incur out-of-pocket (OOP…
Virtual Care: Evidence from the Pandemic Regarding Changes in Access to Psychiatric Care in Canada Open
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to clinical services, prompting an easing of restrictions on accessing care virtually. While virtual care can substantially differ from in-person care in most specialties, this is minimally true of ps…
The intersection of prescription drugs and medical devices: the evaluation and funding challenges of two categories of emerging health technologies Open
Health technology assessments (HTAs) are policy analysis frameworks contributing to the approval, reimbursement, and rollout of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. New innovations in health technologies expose gaps in reimbursement and impl…
Cost-effectiveness analysis of biologic sequential treatments for moderate-to-severe psoriasis: A Malaysian healthcare system perspective Open
Objective In Malaysia, there is now a dearth of recommendations pertaining to the priority of biologic treatments for the effective management of psoriasis, given the multitude of available therapeutic alternatives. Present analysis report…
Considering patient perspectives in economic evaluations of health interventions Open
Current guidelines for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of health interventions commonly recommend the use of a payer and/or a societal perspective. This raises the concern that the resulting reimbursement decision may overlook the full s…
Public–private partnership alternative for a national pharmacare program in Canada Open
We show that universal coverage is still possible while leveraging the existing system of private extended health insurance so long as a well-established system for coordinating benefits between public and private payers is established. A …
Personal Support Homes: An Innovative Approach to Reduce the Alternative Level of Care Population in Ontario Hospitals Open
As part of a multifaceted policy solution to ALC, this concept is particularly suited for rural/remote locations where excess bedroom supply per capita is the highest.
An Analysis of The Impact On ICERs Due To A Change In The Discount Rate From 5% To 1.5% A Kerfuffle Over Changes In CADTH Guidelines Open
Background: In 2017, The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) made a large change in their Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies, by decreasing the reference case discount rate from 5% to 1.5…
Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States Open
Background: The economic stimulus package in the United States, which totalled $2.48 trillion, was designed to soften the economic impact of sweeping containment measures including shelter-in-place orders that were put in place to control …
Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada Open
The economic stimulus package in the United States, which totaled $2.48 trillion, was designed to soften the economic impact of sweeping containment measures including shelter-in-place orders that were put in place to control the COVID-19 …
Introduction to the Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health Open
The Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health brings together work from a wide variety of social science disciplines that have been attracted to the promise and the problems of social capital: sociology, political science, economics, ep…