Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy cost-effectiveness results.

Objective: To describe and synthesize the current stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) cost-effectiveness research to date across several common SRS and SBRT applications.

Methods: This review was limited to comparative economic evaluations of SRS, SBRT, and alternative treatments (e.g.

The social and economic burden of stroke survivors in Italy: a prospective, incidence-based, multi-centre cost of illness study.

Background: The aim of this study was to estimate the one-year societal costs due to a stroke event in Italy and to investigate variables associated with costs in different phases following hospital admission.

Methods: The patients were enrolled in 44 hospitals across the country and data on socio-demographic, clinical variables and resource consumption were prospectively surveyed for 411 stroke survivors at admission, discharge and 3, 6 and 12 months post the event. We adopted a micro-costing procedure to identify cost generating components and the attribution of appropriate unit costs for three cost categories: direct healthcare, direct non-healthcare (including informal care costs) and productivity losses.

Impact on quality of life of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder: a systematic literature review.

The paper provides a systematization of the scientific evidence on quality of life of patients affected by urinary incontinence (UI) and overactive bladder (OAB) through a systematic literature review. A single search strategy was performed through the databases and papers collected are reviewed by independent researchers finally, including 39 papers. A strong heterogeneity of studies emerged from the evidence.

Cost-effectiveness analysis for trigeminal neuralgia: Cyberknife vs microvascular decompression.

Background/aims: We present the preliminary results of a cost-effectiveness analysis of cyberknife radiosurgery (CKR) versus microvascular decompression (MVD) for patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia.

Methods: Direct healthcare costs from hospital's perspective attributable to CKR and MVD were collected. Pain level caused by trigeminal neuralgia was measured through the Barrow Neurological Institute pain intensity scoring criteria, at admission and after an average of 6 months follow-up.

How complicated skin and soft tissue infections are treated in Italy: economic evaluation of inpatient intravenous antibiotic treatment in seven hospitals.

Objectives: Complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTIs) are a common cause of morbidity at hospital level. This study aimed to evaluate the costs and outcomes of inpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy for the treatment of cSSTI in seven Italian hospitals.

Methods: A total of 307 patients were enrolled in a retrospective, multicentre, incidence-based, observational study.