… Dr Tsai received salary support from the National Institutes of Health, and Drs Tsai and
Glick received salary support from Merck. The authors thank Dr Yi-Ling Chen, Centres for …

… (See Glick [21] for additional discussion.) … , edited by ML Grady and HA Schwartz. DHHS Pub.
No (PHS) 92–0056. … Glick HA. Sample size and power for cost-effectiveness analysis (part 1…

Background Smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death in the United
States. Previous studies of financial incentives for smoking cessation in work settings have not …

In the last decade, major advances have been made in the statistical methods for quantifying
uncertainty in stochastic cost-effectiveness studies. In this paper, we provide a guide to the …

A growing number of jurisdictions now request economic data in support of their decision-making
procedures for the pricing and/or reimbursement of health technologies. Because more …

Background: There is considerable uncertainty about the indications for cranial computed
tomography (CT) scanning in patient with minor traumatic brain injury (TBI). This analysis …

We evaluated four methods for computing confidence intervals for cost–effectiveness ratios
developed from randomized controlled trials: the box method, the Taylor series method, the …

In clinical trials stroke is reported as a major morbid outcome, but the impact of stroke on
patients is not directly assessed. This study examines patient preferences for different outcomes …

OBJECTIVE To assess the relative impact of an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) on use and
costs of health care within the Look AHEAD trial. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: A number of clinical decision aids have been introduced to limit
unnecessary computed tomographic scans in patients with mild traumatic brain injury. These aids …