Publications by authors named "R Linertova"
Background: The PECUNIA Project was funded by the H2020 programme in which 10 partners from six countries participated. The aim was to develop standardized, harmonized and validated methods and tools to calculate costs in different sectors (such as health and social care, education among others), with the purpose of facilitating comparability of economic evaluations of health technologies across European countries. In this paper we report the first validation of the developed reference unit cost templates in Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cost-effectiveness analyses of health technologies have become a part of the decision-making process in healthcare policies. Nevertheless, economic results are not always presented in comprehensible formats for non-technical audiences, such as the general population, healthcare professionals or decision-makers. The purpose of this study was to observe which formats best convey the key message of an economic evaluation, and which are best received by two different audiences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo vaccines against rotavirus diseases, Rotarix and RotaTeq, are being marketed in Spain; but rotavirus is not presently among the diseases covered by universal vaccination in Spain. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency of extending Spain's current targeted rotavirus vaccination strategy including only preterm babies, to a policy of universal vaccination. A de novo cohort-based Markov model was built to evaluate the efficiency of three compared rotavirus vaccination strategies in Spain: targeted, universal, and no vaccination.
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- Inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of genetic skin disorders that cause blisters from minor injuries, affecting the quality of life (QoL) for patients and caregivers.
- The study aimed to create and test Italian translations of two validated EB-specific questionnaires, QOLEB and EB-BoD, to assess patient and family disease burden.
- The translation process involved creating two initial versions, reconciling them with experts, and successfully pilot-testing them with 17 families, confirming their clarity and usability in clinical practice.
Percutaneous ethanol injection in thyroid nodular pathology and metastatic cervical adenopathies: A systematic review, meta-analysis and economic evaluation.
Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr (Engl Ed)
November 2023
Background: Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) has been shown to be a valuable treatment for thyroid nodular pathology and metastatic cervical adenopathies.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of PEI in thyroid nodular pathology and metastatic cervical adenopathies.
Methods: A systematic review (SR) using meta-analysis was conducted on the effectiveness and safety of PEI.