Healthcare use and costs in the last six months of life by level of care and cause of death.

Background: Existing knowledge on healthcare use and costs in the last months of life is often limited to one patient group (i.e., cancer patients) and one level of healthcare (i.

Simultaneous cutaneous melanoma and ipsilateral breast cancer with metastasis to the same axilla. A case report with a focus on a multidisciplinary approach.

Introduction And Importance: Treatment of simultaneously occurring primary malignancies with separate lymphatic drainage is a surgical and medical challenge. We present a patient in which multidisciplinary management of coexisting melanoma and breast cancer was mandatory for optimal results.

Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female had a primary surgical resection for a skin lesion on the back.

Norwegian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L: results from a general population survey.

Purpose: To provide the first Norwegian EQ-5D-5L and EQ VAS population norms for the adult general population.

Methods: Postal survey of a random sample of 12,790 Norwegians identified through the National Registry of the Norwegian Tax Administration. Norms, weighted for Norwegian general population characteristics, are shown for the five EQ-5D-5L dimensions, EQ-5D index, and EQ VAS scores for seven age categories, females, males, and education level.

Testing the "Nonstopping" Time Trade-Off: Is It Better Than the Composite Time Trade-Off?

Objectives: There are several issues of concern for the composite time trade-off (c-TTO) used to estimate EQ-5D-5L value sets. The "nonstopping" TTO (n-TTO) differs from the c-TTO mainly in 2 aspects: (1) n-TTO uses a standardized top-down or bottom-up routing; and (2) n-TTO continues when indifference is indicated by respondents. In this study, we aimed to test the feasibility of n-TTO and compared it with c-TTO.