Cetuximab in first line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer by Carlo Barone, Andrea Belisari, Fortunato Ciardiello, Lorenzo Mantovani, Lucia D’Angiolella, Gianluca Furneri, Nicola Normanno, Patrizio Piacentini, Carmine Pinto

“…ICER of cetuximab (in combination with FOLFOX-4 or FOLFIRI), compared to currently reimbursed alternatives, is estimated between 6 and 13 thousand Euros per QALY gai­ned, depending on alternative treatment. …”
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Posibilidades de los Grupos Clínicos Ajustados (Ajusted Clinical Groups-ACGs) en el ajuste de riesgos de pago capitativo by Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Josep Serrat-Tarrés, Ruth Navarro-Artieda, Josep Ramón Llopart-López

“…El gasto total fue de 24,1 millones de euros, los costes fijos o semifijos representan el 28,9% y los variables el 71,1%. …”
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Sociodemographic and psychosocial risk factors of railway suicide: a mixed-methods study combining data of all suicide decedents in the Netherlands with data from a psychosocial au... by Elias Balt, Saskia Mérelle, Arne Popma, Daan Creemers, Karlijn Heesen, Nikki van Eijk, Isa van den Brand, Renske Gilissen

“…Results The strongest predictors of railway suicide compared to other suicide methods were young age (< 30 years old), native Dutch, a high educational level, living in a multi-person household (especially living with parents or in an institution), living in a rural area and a high annual household income of > 150.000 euros. Several subgroups emerged in the psychosocial autopsy interviews, which specifically reflect populations at risk of railway suicide. …”
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Development of educational complex on electrical engineering, electronics and microcon-trollers on modeling in TINA software by Vladimir A. Alekhin

“…The cost of an annual student license is 12 Euros.With the use of TINA and TINACloud programs, a training complex on electrical engineering, electronics and microcontrollers was developed. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of single use negative pressure wound therapy dressings (sNPWT) compared to standard of care in reducing surgical site complications (SSC) in patients u... by Leo M Nherera, Paul Trueman, Michael Schmoeckel, Francis A Fatoye

“…Effectiveness data for sNPWT was taken from a randomised open label trial conducted in Poland which randomised 80 patients to treatment with either sNPWT or standard care. Cost data (in Euros) were taken from the relevant diagnostic related groups and published literature. …”
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La prostitución en España y su limbo normativo: ¿Estado proxeneta o abolicionismo utópico? by Saray Capa Santamaría

“…En otras palabas, hace referencia a una postura que no valore el sufrimiento de las personas dedicadas a esta actividad que mueve millones de euros al día en nuestro país sin ningún tipo de regulación al respecto. …”
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Ciudadanos del este de Europa consumidores de drogas en Barcelona Injecting drug users from Eastern Europe in Barcelona, Spain by M. González, S. Cebrián, C. Nadal, L. Sala, A. Vall-llosera, J. Delás

“…Acuden a centros terapéuticos gratuitos, aunque pagan por la organización del viaje unos 500 euros. Son jóvenes entre 18 y 30 años y mantienen el contacto con sus familiares. …”
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Targets and self monitoring in hypertension: randomised controlled trial and cost effectiveness analysis. by McManus, R, Mant, J, Roalfe, A, Oakes, R, Bryan, S, Pattison, H, Hobbs, F

“…Overall, self monitoring did not cost significantly more than usual care (251 pounds sterling (437 dollars; 364 euros) (95% confidence interval 233 pounds sterling to 275 pounds sterling) versus 240 pounds sterling (217 pounds sterling to 263 pounds sterling). …”

Rapid Identification of Relevant Microbial Strains by Identifying Multiple Marker Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms via Amplicon Sequencing: Epidemic Monkeypox Virus as a Proof of Co... by Sergio Buenestado-Serrano, Marta Herranz, Rosalía Palomino-Cabrera, Cristina Rodríguez-Grande, Daniel Peñas-Utrilla, Andrea Molero-Salinas, Cristina Veintimilla, Pilar Catalán, Roberto Alonso, Patricia Muñoz, Laura Pérez-Lago, Darío García de Viedma

“…The total turnaround time required for this strategy was 5 hours, and the cost per sample was 14 euros. Nanopore sequencing of multiple amplicons harboring signature SNPs escapes the targeting limitations of strain-specific PCRs and offers a powerful alternative to systematic WGS, paving the way to real-time genomic epidemiology and making immediate intervention possible to finally optimize transmission control. …”
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Socioeconomic and ethnic differences in the relation between dietary costs and dietary quality: the HELIUS study by Joreintje D. Mackenbach, S. Coosje Dijkstra, Joline W. J. Beulens, Jacob C. Seidell, Marieke B. Snijder, Karien Stronks, Pablo Monsivais, Mary Nicolaou

“…Individual dietary costs (the monetary value attached to consumed diets in Euros) were estimated by merging a food price variable with the FFQ nutrient composition database. …”
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Cout direct hospitalier des accidents vasculaires cérébraux à Parakou au nord du Benin by Thierry Adoukonou, Philoméne Kouna-Ndouongo, Jean-Mannix Codjia, Richmine Covi, Francis Tognon-Tchegnonsi, Pierre-Marie Preux, Dismand Houinato

“…Le coût direct moyen était de 316.810,3 (230.774,8) F CFA (environ 704 , 512 Euros). Les grands postes de consommation étaient les explorations paracliniques (34.3%) les soins et médicaments (28.4%) et les frais d'hospitalisation (17.9%). …”
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Prospective Randomized Comparison of Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Optical Coherence Tomography to Guide Revascularization of Intermediate Coronary Stenoses: One‐Month Results by Antonio Maria Leone, Francesco Burzotta, Cristina Aurigemma, Giovanni Luigi De Maria, Aniello Zambrano, Giuseppe Zimbardo, Manfredi Arioti, Emma Cerracchio, Rocco Vergallo, Carlo Trani, Filippo Crea

“…At 1 month, in comparison to FFR, OCT was associated with increased total costs (2831±1288 versus 4292±3844 euros/patient; P<0.001) whereas occurrence of major adverse cardiac events or significant angina was similar. …”
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Haemophilia A: health and economic burden of a rare disease in Portugal by Andreia Café, Manuela Carvalho, Miguel Crato, Miguel Faria, Paula Kjollerstrom, Cristina Oliveira, Patrícia R. Pinto, Ramón Salvado, Alexandra Aires dos Santos, Catarina Silva

“…Unitary costs were extracted from 2017 national official sources and are expressed in euros. Health burden was expressed in disability adjusted life years (DALYs) based on incidence and quality of life questionnaires. …”
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Qualidade dos cuidados relativos à cirurgia de ambulatório: perspectiva dos utentes by Susana Maria Fernandes S. André, Ângela Tomás, Madalena Cunha, João Duarte

“…Participantes: A amostra não probabilística, de 140 utentes, com uma média de idades de 58 anos, possuindo o ensino básico (67.1%) sem actividade laboral (56.9%), auferindo de um rendimento superior a 1000 Euros (77.9.9%), distando do domicilio ao hospital 15Km ou mais (39.3%). …”
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Ensemble forecasts of air quality in eastern China – Part 2: Evaluation of the MarcoPolo–Panda prediction system, version 1 by A. K. Petersen, G. P. Brasseur, G. P. Brasseur, I. Bouarar, J. Flemming, M. Gauss, F. Jiang, R. Kouznetsov, R. Kranenburg, B. Mijling, V.-H. Peuch, M. Pommier, A. Segers, M. Sofiev, R. Timmermans, R. van der A, R. van der A, S. Walters, Y. Xie, J. Xu, G. Zhou

“…The initial forecasting system included seven state-of-the-art computational models developed and executed in Europe and China (CHIMERE, IFS, EMEP MSC-W, WRF-Chem-MPIM, WRF-Chem-SMS, LOTOS-EUROS, and SILAMtest). Several other models joined the prediction system recently, but are not considered in the present analysis. …”
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Crowdsourcing LUCAS: Citizens Generating Reference Land Cover and Land Use Data with a Mobile App by Juan Carlos Laso Bayas, Linda See, Hedwig Bartl, Tobias Sturn, Mathias Karner, Dilek Fraisl, Inian Moorthy, Michaela Busch, Marijn van der Velde, Steffen Fritz

“…Another modification was a monetary incentive scheme in which users received between 1 to 3 Euros for each successfully completed quest of sufficient quality. …”
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Indirect costs associated with glioblastoma: Experience at one hospital by J. Undabeitia, S. Torres-Bayona, N. Samprón, M. Arrázola, A. Bollar, M. Armendariz, P. Torres, I. Ruiz, M.C. Caballero, L. Egaña, A. Querejeta, J. Villanua, E. Pardo, I. Etxegoien, G. Liceaga, M. Urtasun, M. Michan, J.I. Emparanza, P. Aldaz, A. Matheu, E. Úrculo

“…Past salaries were updated to 2015 euros according to the annual inflation rate and we applied a discount of 3.5% compounded yearly to future salaries. …”
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Costes indirectos asociados al glioblastoma. Experiencia en un centro by J. Undabeitia, S. Torres-Bayona, N. Samprón, M. Arrázola, A. Bollar, M. Armendariz, P. Torres, I. Ruiz, M.C. Caballero, L. Egaña, A. Querejeta, J. Villanua, E. Pardo, I. Etxegoien, G. Liceaga, M. Urtasun, M. Michan, J.I. Emparanza, P. Aldaz, A. Matheu, E. Úrculo

“…Los salarios pasados fueron actualizados a euros de 2015 según la tasa de inflación interanual y los salarios futuros fueron descontados en un 3,5% anual en forma de interés compuesto. …”
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Pediatric unit spending in the North of Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic by Roberto Franceschi, Evelina Maines, Angelamaria Petrone, Simone Bilato, Ilaria Trentini, Lorenzo Di Spazio, Luca Leonardi, Massimo Soffiati, Andrea Francesconi

“…Results The total spending ranged from 2.141.220 to 2.483.931 euros between 2018 and 2022. COVID-19 spending accounted only for 5–8% of the overall budget, while two macro-areas of spending were identified: (i) biologic drugs for inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs), that impacted for 35.4–41.3%, and (ii) technology devices for type 1 diabetes (T1D), that accounted for 41.6–32.8% of the overall budget, in 2021 and 2022, respectively. …”
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Attrition and social vulnerability during 2-year-long structured care in type 2 diabetes, the ERMIES randomized controlled trial by Anna Flaus-Furmaniuk, Adrian Fianu, Victorine Lenclume, Emmanuel Chirpaz, Maryvette Balcou-Debussche, Xavier Debussche, Catherine Marimoutou

“…Male gender, multiperson household, low household incomes (< 800 euros), probable depression and history of hospitalization or medical leave at inclusion were associated with a higher risk of attrition from the study in multivariate regression. …”
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