Publications by authors named "Hui-Yee Yeo"
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- * Through interviews with 26 patients, four main themes emerged: desired treatment outcomes, side effects impacting quality of life, accessibility of treatments, and financial considerations.
- * The findings indicate that patients prioritize treatments that maximize survival and quality of life while being mindful of costs, often favoring options supported by government funding or insurance.
Objective: Conventionally, optimal treatment strategies for breast cancer have been largely determined by physicians, with a scant understanding of patients' treatment values and preferences. Incorporating patient preferences in the decision-making process for breast cancer treatment is gaining recognition and can potentially improve treatment outcomes and compliance. This scoping review aims to synthesize evidence on the key determinants that are most valued by breast cancer patients when deciding on their treatment options.
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- Since April 2022, Taiwan has seen multiple outbreaks of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
- Researchers conducted high-throughput sequencing on 2,405 PCR-positive samples from 2,339 individuals to study these outbreaks.
- The study found that the Omicron BA.2.3.7 variant is a significant lineage in the recent community spread of the virus in Taiwan.
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- The study explores how rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients feel about changes in their disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), focusing on preferences for escalating, tapering, stopping, or switching treatments.
- A scoping review identified 32 relevant studies from 1730 articles, revealing key themes in patient perspectives, including satisfaction, beliefs about treatment, information needs, and the importance of clinician relationships.
- Understanding these factors can enhance treatment decision-making in clinical practice, suggesting that future research should dig deeper into how these elements affect RA patients' choices regarding their medications.
Background: Malaysia has been experiencing an escalation in dengue cases since the past 5 years. As the dengue vaccine pipeline continues to develop steadily with strong public interests, this study had been sought to elicit the acceptance and the willingness to pay (WTP) for hypothetical dengue vaccine in Malaysia.
Methods: This study adopted the cross-sectional, contingent valuation study that involved 400 respondents in Penang, Malaysia.
Background: Dengue disease poses a great economic burden in Malaysia.
Methods: This study evaluated the cost effectiveness and impact of dengue vaccination in Malaysia from both provider and societal perspectives using a dynamic transmission mathematical model. The model incorporated sensitivity analyses, Malaysia-specific data, evidence from recent phase III studies and pooled efficacy and long-term safety data to refine the estimates from previous published studies.