Publications by authors named "M Mounie"

Background: Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM) is a rare disease associated with numerous and diverse symptoms that significantly impact patients' overall health, psychological, emotional, and professional well-being, ultimately affecting their quality of life.

Objective: We aim to estimate the Disability-adjusted Life Year (DALY) of ISM to assess the burden for patients and society.

Methods: We used prospective and retrospective data on symptoms and quality of life from an ISM population recruited at the French expert center CEREMAST, to estimate Disability Weight allowing DALY calculation.

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Objectives: To determine the Incremental Cost-Utility Ratio (ICUR) of cochlear implantation in the treatment of adult patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) and asymmetric hearing loss (AHL).

Methods: This prospective multicenter pragmatic study including a randomized controlled trial (RCT) enrolled 155 subjects with SSD or AHL. Subjects chose a treatment option between: abstention, Contralateral Routing Of the Signal hearing aids, Bone Conduction Device or Cochlear Implant (CI).

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Background: Transfers of nursing home (NH) residents to the emergency department (ED) is frequent. Our main objective was to assess the cost of care pathways 6 months before and after the transfer to the emergency department among NH residents, according to the type of transfer (i.e.

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Background: In addition to the clinical burden, asthma is responsible for a high economic burden. However, little is known about the economic burden of asthma prior to death.

Objective: We performed an economic analysis to describe the costs during 12 and 24 months prior to asthma death between 2013 and 2017 in France.

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  • The study explores how socioeconomic factors influence the occurrence and healthcare costs associated with stroke, revealing that individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds face higher morbidity and mortality rates.* -
  • Researchers examined hospital data from a region in France to identify typical Hospital Care Pathways (HCPs) for patients post-stroke and used statistical models to analyze the impact of socioeconomic status on these HCPs and associated costs.* -
  • Findings highlighted four distinct HCPs based on patient needs, showing that greater social disadvantage is linked to more complex healthcare pathways and higher costs, underscoring the impact of social inequalities in health care.*
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