J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
December 2024
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.
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMechanical thrombectomy has revolutionized the management of stroke by improving the recanalization rates and reducing deleterious consequences. It is now the standard of care despite the high financial cost. A considerable number of studies have evaluated its cost effectiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the annual costs 2 years before and 2 years after a hospitalized fall-related injury (HFRI) and the 2-year survival among the population 75+ years old.
Design: We performed a population-based, retrospective cohort study using the French national health insurance claims database.
Setting And Participants: Patients 75+ years old who had experienced a fall followed by hospitalization, identified using an algorithm based on International Classification of Diseases codes.
Introduction: Patients suffering from cancer are often managed by multiple health professionals. General practitioners with specific skills in oncology could facilitate care coordination between hospital and general practice in the management of these patients. To explore this hypothesis, we run a randomised clinical trial, called 'Concertation de REtour à DOmicile, CREDO'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Primary Aldosteronism (PA) is increasingly considered as a common disease affecting up to 10% of the hypertensive population. Standard of care comprises laparoscopic total adrenalectomy but innovative treatment such as RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA) constitutes an emerging promising alternative to surgery. The main aim of this study is to analyse the cost of RFA versus surgery on aldosterone-producing adenoma patient from the French National Health Insurance (FNHI) perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing (PIP) among older patients is associated with an increased risk of adverse events and hospitalization, and sometimes increased healthcare costs.
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the association between healthcare costs and PIP exposure among older patients.
Methods: Analyses were conducted using data from the Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT).
Background: In a context where the economic burden of HIV is increasing as HIV patients now have a close to normal lifespan, the availability of generic antiretrovirals commonly prescribed in 2017 and the imminence of patent expiration are expected to provide substantial savings in the coming years. This article aims to assess the economic impact of these generic antiretrovirals in France and specifically over a five-year period.
Methods: An agent-based model was developed to simulate patient trajectories and treatment use over a five-year period.
Fracture hospitalizations of people ≥ 65 years old living in France increased annually from 2015 until 2019 (average: 1.8%), until being reduced in 2020 (- 1.4%) with an abrupt decrease during the lockdown period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe history of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) evolution and the diversity of the environmental resistome indicate that AMR is an ancient natural phenomenon. Acquired resistance is a public health concern influenced by the anthropogenic use of antibiotics, leading to the selection of resistant genes. Data show that AMR is spreading globally at different rates, outpacing all efforts to mitigate this crisis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objective: Intrinsic capacity (IC) defined by the World Health Organization is divided into six domains (locomotion, psychological, vitality/nutrition, cognition, vision and hearing). The main objective of this study therefore is to explore the association between healthcare costs and IC domains deficits among older patients.
Participants And Setting: This longitudinal secondary analysis was performed on data from the Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT), a 3-year randomized controlled trial with non-demented community-dwelling participants aged 70 years or over.
(1) Background: Some medications may be dangerous for older patients. Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing (PIP) among older patients represents a significant cause of morbidity. The aim of this study was to create an algorithm to detect PIP in a geriatric database (Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT) study), and then to assess the algorithm construct validity by comparing the prevalence of PIP and associated factors with literature data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of vaginal misoprostol (PGE1; 25 μg) compared with a slow-release dinoprostone (PGE2) pessary (10 μg) for labor induction due to an unfavorable cervix at term.
Methods: We used data from an open-label multicenter, randomized non-inferiority trial that recruited women for whom labor was induced for medical reasons. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was assessed from the payer's perspective, with the focus on inpatient care costs and using the cesarean deliveries avoided (CDA) rate as the primary analysis and the rate of vaginal delivery within 24 h (VD24) as the secondary analysis.
Background: To date, no curative treatment is available for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, efforts should focus on prevention strategies to improve the efficiency of healthcare systems.
Objective: Our aim was to assess the cost-effectiveness of three preventive strategies for AD compared to a placebo.
Objectives: To determine the factors associated with the potentially inappropriate transfer of nursing home (NH) residents to emergency departments (EDs) and to compare hospitalization costs before and after transfer of individuals addressed inappropriately vs those addressed appropriately.
Design: Multicenter, observational, case-control study.
Setting And Participants: 17 hospitals in France, 1037 NH residents.
Background: Our aim was to examine whether the length of stay, hospital charges and in-hospital mortality attributable to healthcare- and community-associated infections due to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria were higher compared with those due to susceptible bacteria in the Lebanese healthcare settings using different methodology of analysis from the payer perspective .
Methods: We performed a multi-centre prospective cohort study in ten hospitals across Lebanon. The sample size consisted of 1289 patients with documented healthcare-associated infection (HAI) or community-associated infection (CAI).
Introduction: Abdominoperineal resections performed for anorectal tumours leave a large pelvic and perineal defect causing a high rate of morbidity of the perineal wound (40%-60%). Biological meshes offer possibilities for new standards of perineal wound reconstruction. Perineal fillings with biological mesh are expected to increase quality of life by reducing perineal morbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrob Resist Infect Control
March 2021
Data on comprehensive population-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance is lacking. In low- and middle-income countries, the challenges are high due to weak laboratory capacity, poor health systems governance, lack of health information systems, and limited resources. Developing countries struggle with political and social dilemma, and bear a high health and economic burden of communicable diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The rising incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) attributable to Escherichia coli resistant isolates is becoming a serious public health concern. Although global rates of infection vary considerably by region, the growing prevalence of this uropathogen has been associated with a high economic burden and health strain. This study aims: (1) to estimate the differences in clinical and economic outcomes between 2 groups of adult hospitalized patients with UTIs from E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibiotic resistance is an ecosystem problem threatening the interrelated human-animalenvironmenthealth under the "One Health" framework. Resistant bacteria arising in onegeographical area can spread via cross-reservoir transmission to other areas worldwide either bydirect exposure or through the food chain and the environment. Drivers of antibiotic resistance arecomplex and multi-sectoral particularly in Lower- and Middle-income countries.
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