Publications by authors named "Vincenzo Alberto Vella"
Objective: To identify and promote initiatives aimed at improving the management by hospital pharmacists of patients with congenital coagulopathies in the Spanish healthcare context.
Method: A series of initiatives to improve the care of patients with congenital coagulopathies were identified, evaluated, and prioritized by a panel of hospital pharmacists. Prioritization was based on an assessment of each initiative's impact and feasibility on a scale of 1 to 5.
Introduction: Treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is a severe form of schizophrenia. In the European Union, approximately 40% of people with schizophrenia have TRS. Factors such as the persistence of positive symptoms or higher risk of comorbidities leave clinicians with a complex scenario when treating these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To systematically review guidance documents for the estimation of the social cost of illegal drugs, and to define standards for this estimation.
Method: A systematic literature search was conducted between April and May 2015 and updated in November 2015. Pubmed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched.
Objective: To analyse the distribution of the expenditure according to the healthcare services and characteristics of patients, using the microdata of the Catalan population's use of healthcare services.
Methods: A fee or an indirect cost has been applied to all healthcare activities financed by CatSalut during 2014, computing the health expenditure made up by each person and adding it all up for the inhabitants of Catalonia (Spain).
Results: The sum of the healthcare expenditure made by all the inhabitants of Catalonia represents 97.