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Contributed Poster Presentations Session III - Tuesday, 23 October

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ALLERGY/ASTHMA

PAA1

SUB-ACUTE LACK OF ASTHMA CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM MANAGED CARE DATA

 

Klingman D1, Gutierrez B2, Burudpakdee C1, Wagner S2

 

1IMS Health, Falls Church, VA, USA, 2AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA

   

PAA2

PREVALENCE OF UNCONTROLLED SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA PATIENTS IN PNEUMOLOGY AND ALLERGY HOSPITAL UNITS IN SPAIN

 

Lahoz R1, Picado C2, Plaza V3, Quirce S4, Nadal T5, Casafont J1

 

1Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Barcelona, Spain, 2Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain, 3Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 4Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 5Trial Form Support, Barcelona, Spain

   

PAA3

A BUDGET IMPACT MODEL FOR DETERMINING THE COSTS OF INTRODUCING A NEW EXTRAFINE COMBINATION (BECLOMETHASONE/FORMOTEROL) FOR THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA IN SPAIN

 

Darba J1, Restovic G2

 

1Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2BCN Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Barcelona, Spain

   

PAA4

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF OMALIZUMAB VS STANDARD THERAPY (ST), IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE ASHTMA

 

Martínez M1, Vega G2, Garcia FM3, Rivas R2, Fon F1, Zapata L2

 

1Novartis, Mexico City, Mexico, 2Guia Mark, Mexico, DF, Mexico, 3IMSS, Mexico DF, Mexico

   

PAA5

CLINICO-ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF USING BUDESONID/FORMOTEROL INHALER FOR TREATMENT OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

 

Vorobiev P, Avksentieva M, Smirnova M

 

Moscow Medical Academy named after M.I.Sechenov, Moscow, Russia

   

PAA6

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF BREATH-OPERATED INHALERS IN UK PRIMARY CARE

 

Haycox A1, Featherstone R2

 

1University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UK, 2Knowledgeworks Ltd, Saffron Walden, UK

   

PAA7

A PHARMACOECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY COMPARED TO SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF GRASS POLLEN INDUCED RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS

 

Kristensen FKO, Nyhus K, Merméjean P, Sverre JM

 

PharmEcon, Asker, Akershus, Norway

   

PAA8

COST OF REFRACTORY SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA IN CZECH REPUBLIC – COST OF ILLNESS STUDY

 

Dolezal T1, Skoupá J2

 

1Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2Pharma Projects, Prague, Czech Republic

   

PAA9

RISK-ADJUSTED COSTS AND OUTCOMES FOR MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA PATIENTS ON ALTERNATIVE CONTROLLER THERAPIES

 

Colice G1, Yu AP2, Ivanova JI2, Hsieh M2, Birnbaum HG2, Lage MJ3, Brewster C4

 

1Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA, 2Analysis Group, Inc, Boston, MA, USA, 3HealthMetrics Outcomes Research, LLC, Groton, CT, USA, 4Teva Neuroscience/Teva Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Kansas City, MO, USA

   

PAA10

ADULT ASTHMA: A COHORT ANALYSIS OF USE AND COST OF HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CARE BY LOCATION OF RESIDENCE OVER TWELVE MONTHS

 

O'Brien JA, Duran PA, Caro JJ

 

Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA

   

PAA11

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SECOND-LINE THERAPIES IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA WHEN CONSIDERING COMPLIANCE - AN ANALYSIS FROM A SWEDISH HEALTH CARE PERSPECTIVE

 

Pettersson B1, Soroncz-Szabo T2, Ekman M3, Taylor S4

 

1MSD, Sollentuna, Sweden, 2MSD Hungary Kft, Budapest, Hungary, 3Stockholm Health Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Merck & Co., Inc, West Point, PA, USA

   

PAA12

EXTENT OF UNCONTROLLED DISEASE AND ASSOCIATED MEDICAL COSTS IN SEVERE ASTHMA IN THE NETHERLANDS

 

Breekveldt-Postma NS1, Erkens JA1, Aalbers R2, van de Ven MJ3, Lammers JWJ4, Herings RM1

 

1PHARMO Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands, 3Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 4University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

   

PAA13

THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL: CONCERNS OVER THE FUTURE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA

 

Walters E1, Osborne M1, Ling C2, Johnson KI2

 

1Teva UK Ltd, Harlow, Essex, UK, 2Evidence Research Unit, Macclesfield, UK

   

PAA14

PHYSICIANS EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS: A TOOL FOR IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA IN THE COMMUNITY

 

Cohen R1, Triki N2, Kokia E3, Mossinson D1

 

1Maccabi Healthcare Services, Rishon-LeZion, Israel, 2Ben Guryon University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, 3Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel-Aviv, Israel

   

PAA15

EFFECT OF IMMUNOTHERAPY ON DRUG USE AND COST IN RAGWEED POLLEN ALLERGIC DISEASE IN LOMBARDIA

 

Ortolani C1, Berto P2, Frati F3, Aiello A2, Bertani G4

 

1Istituto Allergologico Lombardo OnLus, Cesano Boscone, Italy, 2pbe consulting, Verona, Italy, 3Stallergenes Italy, Milano, Italy, 4General Health Directorate - Regione Lombardia, Milano, Italy

   

PAA16

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY COMPARING TREATMENT PATTERNS, OUTCOMES, AND RESOURCE USE BETWEEN TWO FIXED COMBINATIONS OF INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS AND LONG-ACTING B2-AGONIST (ICS/LABA) IN ASTHMATIC PATIENTS IN GERMANY

 

Aballéa S1, Cure S1, Vogelmeier C2, Wirén A3

 

1i3 Innovus, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK, 2University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, 3AstraZeneca, Lund, Sweden

   

PAA17

PHYSICIAN ADHERENCE TO NATIONAL ASTHMA PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. OUTPATIENT VISITS

 

Navaratnam P1, Jayawant SS2, Pedersen CA2, Balkrishnan R2

 

1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, 2The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA

   

PAA18

USING CLAIMS DATA TO MODEL THE BUDGETARY IMPACT OF A NEW TREATMENT FOR RHINITIS

 

Pandya A1, Rubin JL1, Henk HJ2, Borah B2, McGarry L1

 

1i3 Innovus, Medford, MA, USA, 2i3 Innovus, Eden Prairie, MN, USA

   

PAA19

BI-MODALITY IN DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICATION POSSESSION RATIOS FOR ASTHMA CONTROLLER THERAPIES

 

Langley P1, Wagner S2

 

1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA

   

PAA20

PHARMACOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR SYMBICORT USE IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA PATIENTS

 

Arkhipov VV, Chapurin S, Churilin Y

 

Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia

   

PAA21

DEVELOPMENT OF A COST-UTILITY MODEL FOR COMPARING GINA STEP 3 ASTHMA MEDICATIONS BASED ON UTILITY AND SAFETY DATA DERIVED FROM A LARGE HEAD-TO-HEAD TRIAL OF MONTELUKAST AND SALMETEROL

 

Soroncz-Szabo T1, Taylor SD2, Nagy L1, Sazonov Kocevar V2

 

1MSD Hungary Ltd, Budapest, Hungary, 2Merck & Co., Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

   

PAA22

STATE TRANSITION MODELS FOR ESTIMATING TRANSITION PROBABILITIES IN MARKOV MODELS

 

Campbell JD, Blough DK, Sullivan SD

 

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

   

PAA23

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY OF LIFE AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA IN KOREA

 

Park D1, Ko S2

 

1Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2Pfizer Korea, Seoul, South Korea

 

 

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

PCV1

AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROSUVASTATIN IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES IN GENERAL PRACTICE ACROSS THE UK

 

Kassianos G1, Reckless JP2, Emmas CE3, Evans M4, Tree A5, Vance A6

 

1Ringmead Medical Practice, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK, 2Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK, 3AstraZeneca UK, Luton, UK, 4Llandough Hospital, Penarth, UK, 5The Hollies Surgery, Liverpool, UK, 6Royton Health Centre, Oldham, UK

   

PCV2

EFFECTIVENESS OF MULTIPLE-MECHANISM ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION: VALSARTAN-AMLODIPINE-HCTZ TRIPLE-THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE

 

Biskupiak J1, Brixner D1, Keskinaslan A2

 

1The University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

   

PCV3

EFFECTIVENESS OF ROSUVASTATIN COMPARED TO OTHER STATINS FOR THE PREVENTION OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY

 

Motsko SP1, Russmann S1, Ming EE2, Jones JK1

 

1The Degge Group, Ltd, Arlington, VA, USA, 2AstraZeneca LP, Wilmington, DE, USA

   

PCV4

META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF TELMISARTAN ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE HYPERTENSION

 

Raikou M1, Theodoratou T2, Maniadakis N3

 

1London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, 2Boehringer Ingelheim Hellas, Elliniko, Greece, 3Medical Economics & Management Consultancy (MEM), Drosia, Greece

   

PCV5

EPROSARTAN VERSUS OTHER ANGIOTENSIN-RECEPTOR BLOCKERS COMMONLY USED IN POLAND (IRBESARTAN, LOSARTAN, TELMISARTAN AND VALSARTAN) IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION-DIRECT ANALYSIS

 

Wojcik R, Kaczor M, Walczak J, Nogas G

 

Arcana Institute, Cracow, Poland

   

PCV6

ESTIMATING THE INCREMENTAL BENEFIT ON FINAL OUTCOMES OF ROSUVASTATIN 40MG OVER 20MG IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA BASED ON A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS

 

Kingslake SL, Edwards SJ

 

AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Luton, UK

   

PCV7

DIFFERENCES IN CHOLESTEROL LEVELS BETWEEN STATIN AND FIBRATE TREATED PATIENTS IN FRENCH, ITALIAN AND UK PRIMARY CARE

 

Blak BT1, Maguire A1, Schwalm MS2

 

1EPIC, London, UK, 2Cededim Strategic Data, Paris, France

   

PCV8

EPROSARTAN VERSUS OTHER ANGIOTENSIN-RECEPTOR BLOCKERS COMMONLY USED IN POLAND IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION-INDIRECT ANALYSIS

 

Kaczor M, Wojcik R, Walczak J, Nogas G

 

Arcana Institute, Cracow, Poland

   

PCV9

DIFFERENT REDUCTIONS OF HOSPITALISATIONS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AMONG 92035 USERS OF STATINS IN A REAL LIFE SETTING

 

Heintjes EM1, Penning-van Beest FJA1, Johansson S2, Stalenhoef AF3, Herings RMC1

 

1PHARMO Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden, 3Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands

   

PCV10

MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS MODEL PREDICTED DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE

 

Mekaroonreung S1, Auamnoy T1, Thaweechotepatara P1, Chantarastapornchit V2

 

1Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2Silpakorn University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand

   

PCV11

ASSOCIATION AND CONTROL OF MAIN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN A SPANISH POPULATION SECTOR; A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

 

Sicras A1, Navarro R1, Velasco S1, Frías-Garrido X1, F Bobadilla J2

 

1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Barcelona, Spain, 2Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PCV12

USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA FOR QUALITY INDICATORS OF AMI HOSPITAL CARE IN HUNGARY

 

Belicza É1, Takács E1, Boncz I2, Merkely B1

 

1Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, 2University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

   

PCV13

RISK OF MAJOR BLEEDING DURING CONCOMITANT USE OF ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS AND COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANTS

 

Koerselman J, Penning-van Beest FJ, Herings RM

 

PHARMO Institute, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

   

PCV14

CHARACTERIZATION, RISK FACTORS, CLINICAL OUTCOMES, AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BLEEDING ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

 

Balu S1, Dutcher S2, Lee WC2, Joshi AV3, Bilde L4, Booth F3, Pashos CL1

 

1Abt Associates Inc, Lexington, MA, USA, 2Abt Associates Inc, Bethesda, MD, USA, 3Novo Nordisk Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA, 4Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark

   

PCV15

IMPACT OF CHANGES IN REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM ON THE BUDGET FROM THE PAYER'S AND PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE

 

Skowron A

 

Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

   

PCV16

HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF STROKE HOSPITAL TREATMENTS IN HUNGARY; 2003 – 2005

 

Karpati K1, Boncz I2, Lindgren P3, Ekman M4, Brodszky V1, Majer I1, Bereczki D5, Gulacsi L1

 

1Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 2National Health Insurance Fund Administration, Budapest, Hungary, 3i3/innovus, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Stockholm Health Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, 5University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

   

PCV17

METABOLIC CONTROL AND COSTS OF PATIENTS WITH HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; A CROSS SECTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF A HEALTH MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION DATABASE

 

Sicras A1, F Bobadilla J2, Velasco S1, Navarro R1, Sánchez C2

 

1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Barcelona, Spain, 2Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PCV18

ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF IMPROVED PRESERVATION OF EXPLANTED ORGANS IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION

 

Kalo Z

 

Szeged University, Szeged, Hungary

   

PCV19

A MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF INTENSIFYING LIPID-ALTERING THERAPY ON DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE EVENTS IN A SECONDARY PREVENTION POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES

 

Zhang B1, Friedman M1, Charland SL2, Burge RT2, Simko RJ2, Menzin J1

 

1Boston Health Economics, Inc, Waltham, MA, USA, 2Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA

   

PCV20

EVALUATING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEALTHCARE RESOURCE USE AND OUTCOMES AMONG ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

 

Bharmal M1, Zyczynski T2, Linnstaedt A1, Kennedy L3, Gemmen EK1

 

1Quintiles Strategic Research & Safety, Falls Church, VA, USA, 2GE Healthcare, Princeton, NJ, USA, 3GE Healthcare, Buckinghamshire, UK

   

PCV21

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HYPERTENSION TREATMENT IN GREECE: THE ECON-APROS STUDY

 

Kyriopoulos J1, Athanasakis K1, Zavras A2, Angeli A3, Geitona M4

 

1National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece, 2Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA, 3Sanofi-Aventis, Athens, Greece, 4University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

   

PCV22

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF BOSENTAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN SOUTH KOREA

 

Lee TJ1, Kim J2, Sohn HS3, Kim D1

 

1Hallym University, Chuncheon, South Korea, 2Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 3Sook Myung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea

   

PCV23

HOSPITAL COSTS FOR TREATMENT OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE REVIVE II STUDY

 

De Lissovoy G1, Fraeman K1, Mullahy J2, Durtschi A3, Sterz R4, Salon J5

 

1United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA, 2University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, 3Abbott Laboratories, Powell, OH, USA, 4Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, -, Germany, 5Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH, USA

   

PCV24

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION WITH RAMIPRIL AND/OR STATINS IN HIGH RISK POPULATION IN ITALY

 

Iannazzo S, Pradelli L

 

Advanced Research Srl, Turin, Italy

   

PCV25

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PREHOSPITAL VERSUS INHOSPITAL THROMBOLYSIS FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

 

Teich VD1, Pavão ALB1, Vianna D2

 

1MedInsight Consulting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   

PCV26

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH DOSE ATORVASTATIN COMPARED TO STANDARD DOSE PRAVASTATIN IN SECONDARY PREVENTION

 

Borgman B

 

Pfizer, Sollentuna, Sollentuna, Sweden

   

PCV27

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF NEBIVOLOL COMPARED WITH PLACEBO IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE –A MODEL BASED ANALYSIS ALONGSIDE THE SENIORS TRIAL

 

Yao G1, Freemantle N1, Flather M2, Tharmanathan P1, Coats A3, Poole-Wilson PA4

 

1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 2Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London and Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK, 3University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 4Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK

   

PCV28

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THROMBOPROPHYLACTIC STRATEGIES AFTER HIP FRACTURE REPAIR (HFR)

 

Raisch DW, Campbell HM, Taylor Z

 

Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program, Albuquerque, NM, USA

   

PCV29

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETERS IN A CLINICAL LABORATORY SETTING

 

Bogavac-Satnojevic N1, Petrova Ivanova G2, Jelic-Ivanovic Z1, Memon L3, Spasic S1

 

1Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, 2Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, 3Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Clinical Centre “Bežanijska kosa”, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

   

PCV30

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOPIDOGREL IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION - A EUROPEAN MODEL BASED ON THE CLARITY AND COMMIT TRIALS: ADAPTATION TO HUNGARY

 

Berg J1, Odhiambo R2, Lindgren P3

 

1Stockholm Health Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, 2sanofi-aventis Zrt, Budapest, Hungary, 3I3 innovus, Stockholm, Sweden

   

PCV31

LONG-TERM COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RIMONABANT IN GERMANY

 

Pirk O1, Hessel F2, Kotowa W1, Hertel N1

 

1IMS Health, Nuremberg, Germany, 2Sanofi-Aventis, Berlin, Germany

   

PCV32

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF IRBESARTAN IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION, TYPE-2 DIABETES AND RENAL DAMAGE IN MEXICO

 

Hernandez H1, Lepe L2, Gonzalez A3, Lemus A4, Reyes A5

 

1National Medical Center, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2National Medical Center, La Raza, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico, 3National Medical, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico, 4Sanofi aventis de México, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico, 5Mexican Children Hospital, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico

   

PCV33

RESOURCE USE AND TREATMENT COSTS FOR ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE SURVIVE TRIAL

 

De Lissovoy G1, Fraeman K1, Sterz R2, Salon J3

 

1United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA, 2Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 3Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH, USA

   

PCV34

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ATORVASTATIN PLUS AMLODIPINE VERSUS ATORVASTATIN PLUS ATENOLOL IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITHOUT PREVIOUS CORONARY HEART DISEASE, NORMAL TO MILDLY ELEVATED CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND AT LEAST 3 CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS

 

F Bobadilla J1, Merikle E2, García M3, Darba J4, Sánchez C1

 

1Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 2Pfizer Canada, Kirkland, ON, Canada, 3Euroclin Institute, Madrid, Spain, 4Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

   

PCV35

USE OF DRUG-ELUTING STENTS IN THE THERAPY AND PREVENTION OF RESTENOSIS: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR THE SICILY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN ITALY

 

Colombo GL, Di Matteo S, Vinci M

 

S.A.V.E. Studi Analisi Valutazioni Economiche, Milano, Italy

   

PCV36

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA WITH A PREVENTIVE TREATMENT ATORVASTATIN-BASED

 

F Bobadilla J1, Mata P2, Méndez I3, Alonso R2, Sánchez Maestre C1

 

1Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 2Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, 3Técnicas Avanzadas de Investigación en Servicios de Salud (TAISS), Madrid, Spain

   

PCV37

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ATORVASTATIN, ROSUVASTATIN, AND SIMVASTATIN IN REDUCING LDL-CHOLESTEROL TO MEET THE EUROPEAN TARGET LEVEL – BAYESIAN META-ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION

 

Peura P1, Martikainen JA1, Hallinen T1, Soini EJ1, Niskanen L2

 

1University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, 2Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

   

PCV38

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS USING CLINICAL TRIAL AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA

 

Boersma C1, Voors AA2, Van den Berg PB1, Visser ST1, De Jong-van den Berg LT1, Postma MJ1

 

1University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

   

PCV39

COST UTILITY ANALYSIS OF CLOPIDOGREL IN ADDITION TO STANDARD CARE FOR ST-ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THE UK PERSPECTIVE

 

Holmes M

 

University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

   

PCV40

STUDY OF THE COST OF OUTPATIENT HYPERTENSION THERAPY IN BULGARIA

 

Petrova GI, Ivanova AD

 

Medical University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sofia, Bulgaria

   

PCV41

COSTS AND LENGTH OF STAY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE

 

Ondrackova B1, Miklik R2, Parenica J2, Spinar J2, Sticha M1

 

1Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2Faculty Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

   

PCV42

ANTICOAGULATION CONTROL IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS OF CARE: PERCEPTION, DIRECT NON-HEALTH CARE COSTS AND PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES AMONGST PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN AN ITALIAN REGION.

 

Aguzzi G1, Fattore G1, Falcone A2, Agnelli G3

 

1Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2AstraZeneca Italia, Basiglio, Italy, 3Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

   

PCV43

DIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS OF INCREASED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK STATES

 

Nagy J1, Borsos K2, Belicza É3, Skultéty L1, Vandorfi G4, Nagy B1

 

1GKI-EKI Healthcare Research Institute Ltd, Budapest, Hungary, 2sanofi-aventis Zrt, Budapest, Hungary, 3Semmelweis University, EMK, Budapest, Hungary, 4Csolnoky Ferenc Hospital, Veszprem County, Veszprém, Hungary

   

PCV44

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF VISIPAQUE COMPARED TO OMNIPAQUE IN THE UK (UK)

 

Zyczynski T1, Beard S2, Earnshaw SR3, McDade CL3

 

1GE Healthcare, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2RTI Health Solutions, Manchester, Greater Manchest, UK, 3RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

   

PCV45

COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF RIMONABANT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY/OVERWEIGHT PATIENTS WITH CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS IN HUNGARY

 

Nagy B1, Borsos K2, Blaskó G3

 

1GKI-EKI Healthcare Research Institute Ltd, Budapest, Hungary, 2sanofi-aventis Zrt, Budapest, Hungary, 3University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

   

PCV46

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF 80 MG ATORVASTATIN COMPARED TO 20-40 MG SIMVASTATIN IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

 

Lindgren P1, Olsson AG2, Pedersen T3, Jönsson B4

 

1I3 innovus, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden, 3Ullvål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 4Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

   

PCV47

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR (EVAR) COMPARED WITH OPEN SURGERY REPAIR (OSR) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) IN ITALY

 

Colombo GL1, Gabrielli L2, Inglese L3, Mazzei L4, Palmieri B5, Puttini M5, Brasseur P6

 

1SAVE Studi Analisi Valutazioni Economiche, Milan, Italy, 2Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy, 3IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy, 4Assobiomedica, Milan, Italy, 5Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Cà Granda, Milan, Italy, 6Medtronic International SA, Tolochenaz, Switzerland

   

PCV48

MAJOR BLEED RESOURCE USE AND COSTS FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALISED WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN FRANCE, ITALY AND SPAIN

 

Brown R1, Parnaby A2, Guijarro P3, Nachit-Ouinekh F2, Bamfi F4

 

1United BioSource Corporation, London, UK, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Paris, France, 3GlaxoSmithKline, Madrid, Spain, 4GlaxoSmithKline Spa, Verona, Veneto, Italy

   

PCV49

BUDGET IMPACT AND MEDICAL RESOURCES USED TO CONTROL BLEEDS IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS)

 

Guijarro P1, Marimón F2, Guindo J3, Coves FJ4, Sionis A5, Pedrós M6, Layola M6

 

1GlaxoSmithKline, Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital San Joan, Reus (Tarragona), Spain, 3Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 4Hospital Gral. Univ. De Elche, Elche (Alicante), Spain, 5Hospital Clinic I Provincial, Barcelona, Spain, 6IMS Health, Barcelona, Spain

   

PCV50

COSTS OF MAJOR BLEEDS IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS

 

Brown R1, Ferrari E2, Drogoul L2, Nachit-Ouinekh F3, De Cock E4

 

1United BioSource Corporation, London, London, UK, 2Hopital Pasteur, Nice, France, 3GlaxoSmithKline, Paris, France, 4United BioSource Corporation, Barcelona, Spain

   

PCV51

ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF MANDATORY SWITCH FROM ATORVASTATIN TO SIMVASTATIN IN NORWAY

 

Høeg AL1, Lones O1, Roberts CS2, Graham LA3

 

1Pfizer AS, Lysaker, Norway, 2Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA, 3Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey, UK

   

PCV52

ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF PHYSICIANS ABOUT HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN SPAIN: THE PRACTICE STUDY

 

Nocea G1, Troya J2, Garcia E3, Gimenez G4, Marcos G5, Caloto MT6, Alemao E7, Suarez C8

 

1MSD Spain, Madrid, Spain, 2H. Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain, 3Consultorio El Carpio, Cordoba, Spain, 4H. Parc Tauli, Barcelona, Spain, 5H. San Pedro de Alcantara, Caceres, Spain, 6Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Madrid, Spain, 7Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, 8H. de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain

   

PCV53

STATIN USE AMONG PATIENTS WITH CONFIRMED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) OR RELATED RISK FACTORS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN EUROPE & THE UNITED STATES (US)

 

Narayanan S1, Turner G2, Mitchell A2, Chadwell P2, O'Hagan P2

 

1TNS Healthcare, Stamford, CT, USA, 2TNS UK Ltd, Epsom, Surrey, UK

   

PCV54

ATTAINMENT OF LDL CHOLESTEROL GOALS AMONG HIGH RISK PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD): HOW LARGE WAS THE GAP BETWEEN EUROPE & THE UNITED STATES (US) IN 2006?

 

Narayanan S1, Turner G2, Mitchell A2, Chadwell P2, O'Hagan P2

 

1TNS Healthcare, Stamford, CT, USA, 2TNS UK Ltd, Epsom, Surrey, UK

   

PCV55

LIPID LOWERING AGENTS CONSUMPTION AND COSTS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

 

Oleárová A, Foltán V, Majtás J

 

Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

   

PCV56

STATIN PRESCRIPTION PATTERNS IN A LOCAL HEALTH UNIT: A FIVE-YEAR-ANALYSIS

 

Lopatriello S1, Salvato C2, Maccari D2, Negrini C3

 

1pbe consulting, Verona, Italy, 2ASL 7 Pieve di Soligo (TV), Pieve di Soligo, Italy, 3PBE Consulting, Milano, Italy

   

PCV57

UTILISATION OF DRUGS FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITHIN SLOVAKIA

 

Tesar T1, Foltan V1, Tomek D2, Ilavska A3

 

1Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2Health Insurance Fund Apollo, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 3Railway Hospital, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

   

PCV58

COMPARISON OF REASONS BEHIND PHYSICIANS' ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY CHOICE IN THE UNITED STATES (US) AND EUROPE

 

Narayanan S1, Turner G2, Mitchell A2, Chadwell P2, O'Hagan P2

 

1TNS Healthcare, Stamford, CT, USA, 2TNS UK Ltd, Epsom, Surrey, UK

   

PCV59

ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION PEDIATRIC POPULATION FOR TREATING ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

 

Phatak HM1, Vogelsang E1, Gleim GW2, Smith RD1, Loran B2

 

1Merck & Co., Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, 2Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, USA

   

PCV60

VARIATION OF OUTLIER PAYMENTS AMONG HOSPITALS

 

Baser O

 

University of Michigan and STATinMED Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

   

PCV61

INDICATOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINES USAGE IN PUBLIC PHARMACY CHAIN BELGRADE

 

Sovtic D, Dekic S, Opacina I

 

Pharmacy "Belgrade", Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

   

PCV62

PRIVATE PAYER EPISODE COSTS OF CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY VS. MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

 

Min J1, Gilmore A2, Legorreta AP3, Robinson M2

 

1Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ, New York, NY, USA, 2Health Benchmarks, Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, USA, 3UCLA School of Public Health, Woodland Hills, CA, USA

   

PCV63

WITHDRAWN

 

 

 

 
   

PCV64

CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DRUG-ELUTING STENT AND BARE METAL STENT IN HONG KONG-A SINGLE CETRE "REAL WORLD" EXPERIENCE: AN INTERIM ANALYSIS

 

Lee VWY, Kum L, Lee T, Wong W, Yu C

 

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

   

PCV65

LIKELIHOOD OF INITIATING ANTILIPIDEMICS BY PATIENT SEX, RACE/ETHNICITY, AGE, AND COMORBIDITY: LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA MEDICAID-ENROLLED ADULTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED DYSLIPIDEMIA

 

Hankin C1, Fish L2, Dunn JD3, Fenrick R4, Bronstone A1, Wang Z1

 

1BioMedEcon, Moss Beach, CA, USA, 2Fallon HealthCare System, Worchester, MA, USA, 3SelectHealth Plans, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 4Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

   

PCV66

WITHDRAWN

 

 

 

 
   

PCV67

MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH ST SEGMENT ELEVATION (STEMI) ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES IN SPAIN

 

Galera J1, Franca R1, Puig X1, Bardají A2

 

1Novartis Farmacéutica S.A, Barcelona, Spain, 2Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain

   

PCV68

CENTRALISED PAN-EUROPEAN SURVEY ON THE UNDER-TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN PATIENTS USING LIPID LOWERING DRUGS (CEPHEUS)

 

Hermans MP1, Castro Cabezas M2, Strandberg T3, Moses E4, Sansoy V5, Aires N6, Ditmarsch M6

 

1Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, 2Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 4University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 5Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 6AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden

   

PCV69

SIMPLE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF ROUNDING OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ON ESTIMATES OF CONTROL RATES

 

Ishak KJ1, Payne K1, Caro JJ2, Khan ZM3, Daley WM3, Califf R4

 

1Caro Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA, 3Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA, 4Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA

   

PCV70

MULTINOMIAL PROPENSITY SCORE ESTIMATORS AND MULTIVARIATE EXPLANATORY TECHNIQUES IN A REAL-LIFE ACUTE CORONARY HEART DISEASE STUDY – THE QALYS AND COSTS OF MEDICATION, PTCA AND CABG TREATMENT MODALITY ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE METHODS USED

 

Soini EJ

 

ESiOR Ltd, Kuopio, Finland

   

PCV71

AN EVALUATION OF STATIN PERFORMANCE: A BIVARIATE AND TRIVARIATE SELECTION RULE APPROACH

 

Livengood K

 

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

   

PCV72

EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THE PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE OF CLASSIFICATION TOOLS IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE – P-COURSE, A NAIVE BAYES TOOL, OUTPERFORMS NOVEL LOGISTIC REGRESSION APPROACHES

 

Blomstedt P1, Soini EJ2, Lahtinen J3, Ryynänen OP4, Kuukasjärvi P5, Corander J1

 

1University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 2Equal contribution of both first authors. CEPPE and Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, 3Complex Systems Computation Research Group (CoSCo), Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 4University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, 5Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment (FinOHTA), Helsinki, Finland

   

PCV73

A TOOL FOR MODELING MORTALITY DIFFERENCES IN PREDICTIVE SCREENING MODELS

 

Stollenwerk B, Siebert U

 

UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i. T, Austria

   

PCV74

A COMPARATIVE PHARMACOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF STATINS IN RUSSIA

 

Rudakova AV1, Miller PSJ2

 

1Military Medical Academy, St-Petersburg, Russia, 2AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, UK

   

PCV75

THE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS AS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE REALIZATION CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISEASES PREVENTION PROGRAMME AMONG THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF SCHOOL AGE IN POLAND

 

Maciejewski J, Sinkiewicz W

 

Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-pomorsk, Poland

   

PCV76

MEASUREMENT OF FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE TO GUIDE TREATMENT - RESULTS FROM A HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND DECISION ANALYTIC MODEL

 

Siebert U1, Bornschein B2, Schnell-Inderst P3, Rieber J4, Pijls N5, Wasem J3, Klauss V4

 

1UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i. T, Austria, 2UMIT University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics, and Technology, Hall i. T, Austria, 3University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, 4University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 5Catharina Hospital Eindhoven and Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

   

PCV77

RESPONSE-SHIFT IN HEART DISEASE: COMPARING INDIVIDUALIZED VS. DISEASE-SPECIFIC HRQL INSTRUMENTS

 

Höfer S, Pfaffenberger N, Renn D, Platter M

 

Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

   

PCV78

MONITORING AND ASSESSING ADHERENCE TO STATINS THERAPY IN REAL PRACTICE USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES

 

Vagnoni E1, Degli Esposti L1, Mazzanti B2, Fresca G2, Falcone A3

 

1University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 2Local Health Unit of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 3AstraZeneca, Basiglio, MI, Italy

   

PCV79

PERSISTENCE TO ANTILIPIDEMICS VARIES BY SEX, AGE, AND RACE/ETHNICITY: ANALYSIS OF A LARGE-SCALE RETROSPECTIVE CLAIMS DATABASE

 

Hankin C1, Dunn JD2, Fenrick R3, Fish L4, Wang Z1, Bronstone A1

 

1BioMedEcon, Moss Beach, CA, USA, 2SelectHealth Plans, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 3Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 4Fallon HealthCare System, Worchester, MA, USA

   

PCV80

PERSISTENCE AND ADHERENCE TO HYPOLIPEMIC THERAPY IN REAL PRACTICE: RESULTS OF A LARGE ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASE

 

Mantovani LG1, Fornari C2, Madotto F2, Chiodini V2, Veronesi G3, Ferrario M3, Cesana G2

 

1University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy, 2University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Lombardia, Italy, 3University of Insubria, Varese, Lombardia, Italy

   

PCV81

WITHDRAWN
   

PCV82

FACTORS INFLUENCING COMPLIANCE WITH COMBINATION ANTIHYPERTENSIVE PHARMACOTHERAPY IN A LARGE US DATABASE

 

Brixner D1, Jackson KC2, Oberg B2, Keskinaslan A3, Sheng X2

 

1The University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 3Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

   

PCV83

ADHERENCE WITH ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG TREATMENT: EVIDENCE FROM PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE IN ITALY

 

Degli Esposti L1, Cerra C2, Veronesi C1, Buda S1

 

1Clicon s.r.l, Ravenna, Italy, 2Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

   

PCV84

WHAT FACTORS AFFECT COMPLIANCE OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH THEIR TREATMENT? A QUALITATIVE STUDY

 

Jin J1, Sklar GE1, Oh MS2, Li SC3

 

1National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 2National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 3University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

   

PCV85

DOES A SINGLE PILL COMBINING AMLODIPINE AND ATORVASTATIN OFFER GREATER LONG-TERM ADHERENCE BENEFIT OVER LOW-COST GENERIC 2-PILL CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER/STATIN REGIMENS?

 

Patel BV1, Tang SSK2, Leslie RS1, Nichol MB3, Solomon HA2, Trainer JB2, Foody JM4

 

1MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA, 2Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA, 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 4Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

   

PCV86

THE IMPACT OF LOWERING SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN GREECE: THE ECON-APROS STUDY

 

Geitona M1, Athanasakis K2, Angeli A3, Hatzakis A4, Kyriopoulos J2

 

1University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 2National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece, 3Sanofi-Aventis, Athens, Greece, 4University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece

   

PCV87

WITHDRAWN
   

PCV88

QUALITY OF LIFE AS A PREDICTOR OF TREATMENT COMPLIANCE DURING ROUTINE HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT: RESULTS OF PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION

 

Mily MN

 

Vitebsk State Medical University, Vitebsk, Belarus

   

PCV89

THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER INTERVENTION ON DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF HIGH RISK POPULATION WITH CHRONIC DISEASE: EXPERIENCE IN BALTIMORE, MD, USA

 

Fedder DO1, Fan T2, Curry S1

 

1University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Merck & Co., Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

   

PCV90

INTEGRATION OF PATIENT-RATED OUTCOMES INTO CLINICAL ROUTINE IN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES

 

Höfer S1, Benzer W2, Philippi A3, Mayr K4, Laimer H5, Hutter I5, Graninger U6, Müller R6

 

1Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 2Academic Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria, 3Reha-Sports-Institute, Feldkirch, Austria, 4Centre for Lifestyle Medicine, Linz, Austria, 5Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre, Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria, 6Pensionsversicherungsanstalt, Vienna, Austria

   

PCV91

HEALTH OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION: WHAT HAVE WE IMPROVED IN TEN YEARS?

 

Garcia AJ1, Leiva F2, Aguiar C2, Artacho R2, Vidal F2, Barnestein P2

 

1Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 2Servicio Andaluz De Salud, Malaga, Spain

   

PCV92

ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF PATIENTS WITH HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, ABOUT HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND ITS TREATMENT IN SPAIN. THE PRACTICE STUDY

 

Caloto MT1, Troya J2, Garcia E3, Gimenez G4, Marcos G5, Nocea G6, Alemao E7, Suarez C8

 

1Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Madrid, Spain, 2H. Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain, 3Consultorio El Carpio, Cordoba, Spain, 4H. Parc Tauli, Barcelona, Spain, 5H. San Pedro de Alcantara, Caceres, Spain, 6MSD Spain, Madrid, Spain, 7Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, 8H. de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain

   

PCV93

THE EFFECT OF EACH STAGE IN THE TRANSLATION METHODOLOGY FOR PRO MEASURES

 

Gordon-Stables R, Wild D

 

Oxford Outcomes Ltd, Oxford, UK

   

PCV94

EFFECTS OF COMORBID CONDITIONS AMONG THE OVERWEIGHT/OBESE ON WORK PRODUCTIVITY LOSS AND ACTIVITY IMPAIRMENT

 

Kannan H1, Thompson S2, Bolge SC1

 

1Consumer Health Sciences, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, USA

 

 

INFECTION

PIN1

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE SAFETY OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPIES FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV INFECTION

 

Suksomboon N1, Poolsup N2, Ket-aim S1

 

1Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2Silpakorn University, Nakhon-Pathom, Thailand

   

PIN2

THE NATIONAL HEALTH FOUND BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION REIMBURSEMENT IN CHILDREN WITH MALIGNANCIES IN POLAND

 

Dardzinski W, Wojcik R, Walczak J, Nogas G

 

Arcana Institute, Cracow, Poland

   

PIN3

A WORKSITE INFLUENZA VACCINATION PROGRAM IN RUSSIA: A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

 

Atkov O1, Loguinov A2, Nicoloyannis N3, Durand L4

 

1Joint Stock Company Russian Railways (OAO RZHD), Moscow, Russia, 2Sanofi Pasteur, Moscow, Russia, 3University Lumière Lyon 2, Bron cedex, France, 4Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon cedex 07, France

   

PIN4

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF OSELTAMIVIR VERSUS NO ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FROM THE EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE: THE ROCHE BRAZIL CASE

 

Moreno AC1, Saggia MG2, Santos EA2, Rodrigues S2

 

1Health Secretary of Sao Paulo City, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2Roche Brazil, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

   

PIN5

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TIGECYLINE IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS IN GERMANY

 

Kuchenbecker U1, Runge C1, Krueger WA2

 

1Wyeth Pharma, Muenster, Germany, 2Eberhard-Karls-University, Tuebingen, Germany

   

PIN6

EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ROUTINE VACCINATION OF INFANTS AGAINST ROTAVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS IN GERMANY: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS

 

Hammerschmidt T1, Forster J2, Huppertz HI3, Heininger U4, Roos R5, Standaert BA6

 

1GlaxoSmithKline, Munich, Germany, 2St. Josefs-Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, 3Prof.-Hess Children’s Hospital, Bremen, Germany, 4University-Children’s Hospital Basel, Basle, Switzerland, 5Hospital Munich-Harlaching, Munich, Germany, 6GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

   

PIN7

BURDEN OF PAEDIATRIC ROTAVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF A UNIVERSAL VACCINATION PROGRAMME IN GERMANY

 

Buesch K1, Ezzat N2, Trichard M3, Largeron N3

 

1Sanofi Pasteur MSD, Leimen, Germany, 2Alpha Care GmbH, Celle, Germany, 3sanofi pasteur MSD, Lyon, France

   

PIN8

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MF59-ADJUVANTED INFLUENZA VACCINE IN FRANCE: THE "AT-RISK" ADULT POPULATION

 

Chambers J1, Tolley K2, Piercy J3, Wait S4

 

1Mapi Values Ltd, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK, 2Mapi Values, Bollington, Cheshire, UK, 3Adelphi Group, Bollington, UK, 4SHW Health, London, UK

   

PIN9

A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF A YEARLY FIBROSCAN® LIVER FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT COMPARED WITH A PERIODIC LIVER BIOPSY IN HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) INFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN A FRENCH SETTING

 

Levesque K1, De Lédinghen V2, Bourlière M3, Miadi-Fargier H1, Billon S1, LePen C4

 

1AREMIS Consultants, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 2Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Pessac, France, 3Saint Joseph Hospital, Marseille, France, 4Paris Dauphine University, Paris, France

   

PIN10

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PERTUSSIS VACCINATION STRATEGIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG INFANTS

 

Westra TA1, Postma MJ1, Tamminga HJ2, De Vries R1

 

1University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Zeist, The Netherlands

   

PIN11

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PEGINTERFERON-ALFA-2A (40 KD) ASSOCIATED WITH RIBAVIRIN IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C, GENOTYPES 2 AND 3 IN BRAZIL

 

Parana R1, Sette H2, Pessoa M3, Crespo D4, Barros F5, Saggia MG6, Santos EA6, Simoes R6

 

1Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil, 2Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 3Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 4Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, PA, Brazil, 5Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil, 6Roche Brazil, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

   

PIN12

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LINEZOLID VS. VANCOMYCIN IN COMPLICATED SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE INFECTION DUE TO SUSPECTED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN FRANCE

 

De Cock E1, Besnier JM2, Dupon M3, Guéry B4, Levrat F5

 

1United BioSource Corporation, Barcelona, Spain, 2CHRU Bretonneau, Bretonneau, France, 3Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France, 4Hôpital Calmette, CHRU Lille, Lille, France, 5Pfizer, Paris, France

   

PIN13

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LINEZOLID VS. VANCOMYCIN IN NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA DUE TO SUSPECTED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN FRANCE

 

De Cock E1, Timsit JF2, Carlet J3, Leroy O4, Wolff M5, Levrat F6

 

1United BioSource Corporation, Barcelona, Spain, 2Hôpital Albert Michallon, Grenoble, France, 3Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France, 4Hôpital Guy Chatiliez, Tourcoing, France, 5Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France, 6Pfizer, Paris, France

   

PIN14

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LINEZOLID VERSUS VANCOMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA SUSPECTED TO BE CAUSED BY METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN SPAIN

 

León C1, Gómez Mateos JM1, Catalá R2, Vázquez MJ2, Alvarez Rocha L3, Nájera MD4, Rubio-Terrés C5, García M6, Escudero López-Cepero E6

 

1Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, 2Hospital General de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain, 3Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain, 5Health Value, Madrid, Spain, 6Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PIN15

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF AUGMENTIN ES® FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAEDIATRIC ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (AOM) IN POLAND

 

Kawalec P1, Glogowski C2, Cel M2

 

1Centrum HTA, Kraków, Poland, 2GSK Commercial Sp. z o.o, Warsaw, Poland

   

PIN16

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF AUGMENTIN ES® VS AZITHROMYCIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAEDIATRIC ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (AOM) IN POLAND

 

Kawalec P1, Cel M2, Glogowski C2

 

1Centrum HTA, Kraków, Poland, 2GSK Commercial Sp. z o.o, Warsaw, Poland

   

PIN17

ESTIMATING THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A PROPHYLACTIC CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE ON THE BURDEN OF CERVICAL DISEASE IN ITALY

 

Ferko N1, Debicki D1, Bamfi F2, Marocco A2, Mantovani LG3

 

1i3 Innovus Research Inc, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2GlaxoSmithKline Spa, Verona, Veneto, Italy, 3University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy

   

PIN18

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF OSELTAMIVIR FOR INFLUENZA IN JAPAN: MODELING IN THE VIRUS EMERGING RESISTANT TO THE DRUG

 

Nagase H1, Kamae M2, Moriwaki K3, Yanagisawa S4, Kamae I5

 

1Kobe University school of medicine, Kobe, Hyogo-ken, Japan, 2Tufts-NEMC, U.S.A, Boston, MA, USA, 3Kobe University graduate school of medicine, Kobe, Hyogo-ken, Japan, 4Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo-ken, Japan, 5Keio University graduate school of health management, Fujisawa, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

   

PIN19

A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF A PROPHYLACTIC CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE IN GERMANY: RESULTS FROM A HEALTH ECONOMIC MODEL

 

Hammerschmidt T1, Siebert U2, Schwarz TF3, Schneider A4, Rogoza RM5, Ferko N6, Welte R1

 

1GlaxoSmithKline, Munich, Germany, 2UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i. T, Austria, 3Stiftung Juliusspital, Würzburg, Germany, 4Charité, Berlin, Germany, 5i3 Innovus, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 6Innovus Research Inc, Burlington, ON, Canada

   

PIN20

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF BRIVUDINE COMPARED WITH ACICLOVIR FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPES ZOSTER IN SPAIN

 

Darba J1, Restovic G2

 

1Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2BCN Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Barcelona, Spain

   

PIN21

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION FOR HEALTHY ADULTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

 

Meijboom MJ1, Hak E2, Jansen AG2, Sanders EA3, Buskens E4

 

1Pharmerit BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 3Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 4University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

   

PIN22

A MULTINATIONAL PHARMACOECONOMIC EVALUATION OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMMUNITY CONFERRED BY THE SEVEN-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (PCV7)

 

Strutton DR1, Casciano R2, Stern L2, Doyle J2, Berenson K2

 

1Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA, USA, 2Analytica International, New York, NY, USA

   

PIN23

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUADRIVALENT (6,11,16,18 TYPES) HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE TO THE EXISTING BELGIAN CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME

 

Annemans L1, Remy V2, Largeron N2

 

1Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2Sanofi Pasteur MSD, Lyon, France

   

PIN24

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF A QUADRIVALENT HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE (6,11,16,18) IN NORWAY

 

Dasbach E1, Elbasha E1, Insinga R1, Nygard J2

 

1Merck & Co., Inc., UG1C-60, North Wales, PA, USA, 2Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway

   

PIN25

A COST- EFFECTIVENESS STUDY OF A UNIVERSAL VACCINATION PROGRAM WITH THE 7-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE (PCV-7) IN SWEDEN

 

Bergman ASC1, Hjelmgren J1, Wisloff TF2, Kristiansen IS3, Persson U1

 

1The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, IHE, Lund, Sweden, 2Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services, Oslo, Norway, 3University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

   

PIN26

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF A QUADRIVALENT HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE IN HUNGARY

 

Dasbach E1, Elbasha E1, Insinga R1, Nagy L2

 

1Merck & Co., Inc, North Wales, PA, USA, 2MSD Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

   

PIN27

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION FOR 50-64 YEAR-OLDS IN AUSTRALIA

 

Harsley SR1, Kelly HA2, MacIntyre R3, Newall AT4, Scuffham PA5

 

1CSL Biotherapies, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 2Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory and University of Melbourne, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Westmead, NSW, Australia, 4School of Public Health, The University of Sydney and National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, NSW, Australia, 5Griffith University, Meadowbrook, QLD, Australia

   

PIN28

A COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS COMPARING DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTIC REGIMENS USED IN TREATING PNEUMONIA IN HONG KONG

 

Lee KK, Chau MW, Fan BS, Wan MH, Lee VWY

 

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

   

PIN29

AZITHROMYCIN PLUS CEFTRIAXONE VERSUS LEVOFLOXACIN IN THE TREATMENT OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN SPAIN. A COST-MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS

 

Barberá J1, Martí B2, García M3, Escudero López-Cepero E3

 

1Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2Pfizer, Outcomes Research, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, 3Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PIN30

MULTI-CENTRE STUDY ON THE COSTS AND OUTCOMES OF ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENTS IN ITALY FOR COMPLICATED SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS (CSSTI)

 

Tarricone R1, Aguzzi G1, Capone A2, Caravaggi CM3, Esposito S4, Franzetti F5, Muzzi A6, Ricci L7, Bassetti M8

 

1Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2IRCCS Spallanzani, Roma, Italy, 3Abbiategrasso Hospital, Legnano, Italy, 4Gesù and Maria Hospital, Napoli, Italy, 5Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy, 6IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, 7San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy, 8San Martino University Hospital, Genova, Italy

   

PIN31

TREATMENT PATTERNS AND OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS WITH SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN BELGIUM

 

Akhras K1, Spaepen E2, Merchant S3, Annemans L4

 

1Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Services, L.L.C, Raritan, NJ, USA, 2IMS Health, Brussels, BRUSSELS, Belgium, 3Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Services, Raritan, NJ, USA, 4Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

   

PIN32

OUTCOMES AND COSTS OF HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PSEUDOMONAS OR METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN A SAMPLE OF BELGIAN HOSPITALS

 

Merchant S1, Akhras K1, Spaepen E2, Annemans L3

 

1Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Services, L.L.C, Raritan, NJ, USA, 2IMS Health, Brussels, Belgium, 3Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

   

PIN33

THE COST OF ZOSTER AND POST-HERPETIC NEURALGIA TREATMENT IN FRANCE

 

Loock J1, Le Pen C2, Baptiste C3, Bloch K3, Valentin E3, Bruxelle J4, Berrut G5, Gallais JL6, Stahl JP7

 

1Aremis Consultants, Neuillly-sur-Seine, France, 2University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France, 3Sanofi Pasteur MSD, Lyon, France, 4Tarnier Hospital, Paris, France, 5CHU Angers, Angers, France, 6Société Française de Médecine Générale, Paris, France, 7CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France

   

PIN34

PREDICTORS OF COSTS FOR SKIN AND SKIN STRUCTURE INFECTIONS DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS USING A MANAGED-CARE PERSPECTIVE

 

Marton JP1, Jackel J2, Carson RT1, Rothermel CD1, Menzin J2

 

1Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA, 2Boston Health Economics, Inc, Waltham, MA, USA

   

PIN35

MODELING THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF SUPPRESSING VIRAL REPLICATION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ENTECAVIR IN SPAIN

 

Brosa M1, Buti M2, Staginnus U3, Yuan Y4, Iloeje U5, Zammit D6

 

1Oblikue Consulting, Barcelona, Spain, 2Hospital General Universitario Valle de Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain, 3Bristol-Myers Squibb, Madrid, Spain, 4Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA, 5Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT, USA, 6Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine l'Alleud, Belgium

   

PIN36

COST-UTILITY OF PEGINTERFERON-ALFA-2A (40 KD) IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B WITH AND WITHOUT THE “E” ANTIGEN IN BRAZIL

 

Sette H1, Parana R2, Pessoa M3, Crespo D4, Barros F5, Saggia MG6, Santos EA6, Simoes R6

 

1Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil, 3Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 4Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, PA, Brazil, 5Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil, 6Roche Brazil, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

   

PIN37

COST-UTILITY OF ALFAPEGINTERFERON-2A (40 KD) IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS IN THE PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN BRAZIL

 

Crespo D1, Parana R2, Sette H3, Cheinquer H4, Barros F5, Saggia MG6, Santos EA6, Simoes R6

 

1Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, PA, Brazil, 2Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil, 3Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 4Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 5Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil, 6Roche Brazil, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

   

PIN38

AFFORDABILITY OF ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS IN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA

 

Udezi WA1, Usifoh CO1, Eze UI2

 

1University of Benin, Benin, Edo, Nigeria, 2Olabisi Onabanjo University, Shagamu, Ogun, Nigeria

   

PIN39

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF A UNIVERSAL CHILDHOOD PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINATION STRATEGY IN IRELAND

 

Tilson L, Usher C, Barry M

 

National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, Dublin, Ireland

   

PIN40

AN AUDIT OF HLA-B*5701 SCREENING METHODS AND COSTS IN THE UK

 

Jackson F1, Thorborn DE2, Maroudas PA1

 

1GlaxoSmithKline UK, Uxbridge, UK, 2GlaxoSmithKline Pharma Europe, Brentford, UK

   

PIN41

USE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASE TO ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA

 

Durand-Zaleski IS1, Vainchtock A2, Bogillot O3

 

1APHP Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, France, 2HEVA, Lyon, France, 3Amgen, Neuilly sur Seine, France

   

PIN42

EVALUATING THE CLINICAL EFFECTS AND THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPHYLACTIC CERVICAL CANCER VACCINATION WITHIN AN ORGANISED POPULATION-BASED SCREENING SETTING - CASE FINLAND

 

Torvinen S1, Nieminen P2, Demarteau N3, Bergius S1, Hahl J1

 

1GlaxoSmithKline Oy, Espoo, Finland, 2University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, 3IMS HEOR, Brussels, Belgium

   

PIN43

ADAPTATION OF A HEALTH ECONOMIC MODEL OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HPV INFECTION AND CERVICAL CANCER IN A WELL FUNCTIONING POPULATION-BASED SCREENING SYSTEM - A MODEL CALIBRATION TO FINLAND

 

Torvinen S1, Nieminen P2, Demarteau N3, Bergius S1, Hahl J1

 

1GlaxoSmithKline Oy, Espoo, Finland, 2University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, 3IMS HEOR, Brussels, Belgium

   

PIN44

INCORPORATING PROBABILISTIC ATTRIBUTES IN A STATED-CHOICE RISK-BENEFIT SURVEY

 

Mohamed AF1, Hauber AB1, Johnson FR1, Watson ME2, Hernandez JE2

 

1RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

   

PIN45

HOW TO IMPROVE THE EXTERNAL VALIDITY AND EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS

 

Postma MJ1, Welte R2

 

1University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany

   

PIN46

A CROSS-SECTIONAL VALIDATION OF THE MINI-HIV QUESTIONNAIRE

 

Pedrol E1, Ortega E2, Sanz J3, Suárez-Lozano I4, Perulero N5, García Pulgar MS6, Escayola R6

 

1H.Fundación Asilo de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, 2H.General de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 3H. Príncipe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 4H. Infanta Elena, Huelva, Spain, 5IMS Health, Barcelona, Spain, 6Roche Farma S.A, Madrid, Spain

   

PIN47

DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC VALIDATION OF THE VACCINEES' PERCEPTION OF INJECTION (VAPI) QUESTIONNAIRE TO ASSESS SUBJECTS' ACCEPTANCE OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION

 

Chevat C1, Viala M2, Dias C2, Doucet C1, Nguyen VH1

 

1Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon, France, 2Mapi Values France, Lyon, France

METHOD & CONCEPTS

PMC1

COMPARISON OF EMR DATA TO US NATIONAL DATA
 

Oderda GM1, Brixner D2, Lieberman M3

 

1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2The University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 3GE Medical Systems, Hillsboro, OR, USA

   

PMC2

A BAYESIAN ADAPTIVE DESIGN FOR EVALUATION OF THE GAP BETWEEN EFFICACY AND ERROR-ADJUSTED EFFECTIVENESS

 

Moriwaki K1, Kamae I2, Yanagisawa S1, Nagase H3

 

1Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 2Keio University Graduate School of Health Management, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, 3Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

   

PMC3

FORMAL OBJECTIVE BAYESIAN METHODS IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES

 

Armero C1, García-Donato G2, López-Quílez A3

 

1UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, 2Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Albacete, Spain, 3Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

   

PMC4

PROBABILISTIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSES IN HEALTH ECONOMIC MODELING STUDIES: A QUALITY ASSESSMENT

 

Getsios D1, Ishak KJ2, Finnegan S3, Caro JJ3, Sullivan SD4, McEwan P5

 

1Caro Research Institute, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Caro Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA, 4University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 5Cardiff Research Consortium, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

   

PMC5

USE OF A DIAGNOSIS-BASED RISK ADJUSTMENT MODEL TO ESTIMATE COSTS OF INDIGENT CARE IN A COMMUNITY AT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES

 

Leslie RC1, Shepherd MD1, Simmons SC2

 

1University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, 2Indigent Care Collaboration, Austin, TX, USA

   

PMC6

THE OPERATIVE INTERVAL OF AN INCREMENTAL COST-EFFECTIVENESS RATIO: A NEW BENCHMARK FOR ASSESSING THE BOUNDARIES ON THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER CURVE

 

Kamae I1, Moriwaki K2, Yanagisawa S2, Kamae M3

 

1Keio University Graduate School of Health Management, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, 2Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 3Tufts-NEMC, U.S.A, Boston, MA, USA

   

PMC7

THE USE OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION MODELLING IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

 

Pitman RJ

 

Oxford Outcomes Ltd, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK

   

PMC8

THE USE OF ADMNISTRATIVE DATABASE IN ITALY: INSIGHTS FROM THE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA CASE

 

Pitrelli A1, Olivieri D2, Patarnello F1, Frizzo V1, Scudellari F2

 

1GlaxoSmithKline spa, Verona, Veneto, Italy, 2University of Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy

   

PMC9

WITHDRAWN

 

 

 

 
   

PMC10

SPATIAL INTERPOLATION

 

Van der Steen A, Heeg B, De Charro F, Van Hout BA

 

Pharmerit Europe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

   

PMC11

DEALING WITH COMPETING CAUSES OF DEATH, ILLNESS AND COSTS: THE DISEASE ELIMINATION LIFE TABLE ANALYSIS (DELTA) MODEL

 

Van der Steen A, Verheggen BG, Heeg B, Van Hout BA

 

Pharmerit Europe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

   

PMC12

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SERVICES: AN INFUSION STAGE MODEL IN A MULTI-SITE STUDY OF U.S. PHYSICIAN OFFICES

 

Baker JJ1, Pierce CA2

 

1The Resource Group, Pickton, TX, USA, 2The Resource Group, Richfield, OH, USA

   

PMC13

NONLINEAR SMOOTHING TO ASSESS PROBABILITIES OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT INFECTIONS IN THE COMUNITAT VALENCIANA (SPAIN)

 

Armero C1, Albert R1, López-Quílez A1, Muñoz I2, Vanaclocha H2

 

1Universitat de València, València, Spain, 2Generalitat Valenciana, València, Spain

   

PMC14

ORDINAL OR CARDINAL? THE VAS STRIKES BACK

 

Chuang LH, Kind P

 

University of York, York, UK

   

PMC15

CONVERGENT, DISCRIMINANT, CONCURRENT VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE EQ-5D(CHILD): RESULTS

 

Scalone L1, Cavrini G2, Broccoli S2, Borghetti F1, Pacelli B3, Matteucci MC2, Tomasetto C2, Selleri P2

 

1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, 2University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 3Health Authority of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

   

PMC16

SF-6D REFERENCE VALUES FOR SPANISH GENERAL POPULATION

 

Morís J1, Rebollo P2, Alonso J3, Cuervo J2, Zardain PC2, Ferrer M3, Vilagut G3

 

1Malaga University and BAP Health Outcomes, Málaga, Spain, 2BAP Health Outcomes Research, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, 3Institut Municipal d'nvestigació Mèdica, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

   

PMC17

ACCOUNTING FOR INITIAL HEALTH STATUS IN MEASURING THE BENEFITS OF HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES

 

Taylor MJ

 

University of York, York, UK

   

PMC18

THE ROLE OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS, ENDPOINT MODELS, AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS WHEN MAKING TREATMENT BENEFIT CLAIMS TO THE FDA

 

Wild D1, Donatti C1, Hareendran A2

 

1Oxford Outcomes Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2Pfizer, Ltd, Sandwich, UK

   

PMC19

USE OF THE RELIABLE CHANGE INDEX TO EVALUATE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN HEART TRANSPLANTS

 

Ortega T1, Valdés C1, Diaz Molina B1, Iscar M1, Ortega F1, Spanish Research Network on Transplantation C2

 

1Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, 2Spanish Research Network on Transplantation, Madrid, Spain

   

PMC20

UTILITY WEIGHTED COMPARED TO UNWEIGHTED EQ-5D AND HUI3 SUMMARY SCORES: IMPLICATIONS FOR STATISTICAL INFERENCE

 

Wilke CT1, Pickard AS2, Lee TA3, Walton SM1, Moock J4, Kohlmann T4

 

1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 2College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 3Hines VA Hospital and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, 4University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

   

PMC21

INFLUENCE OF “SOCIAL” AND “SCHOOL” LIFE DIMENSIONS ON CHILDREN'S QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSED WITH EQ-5D (CHILD)

 

Matteucci MC1, Tomasetto C1, Selleri P1, Broccoli S1, Borghetti F2, Pacelli B3, Cavrini G1, Scalone L4

 

1University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 2Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, 3Health Authority of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 4Centre of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy

   

PMC22

THE TURKISH WEIGHTING OF THE EUROQOL

 

Oksuz E1, Malhan S1, Tulunay FC2

 

1Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2Ankara Uuniversity Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

   

PMC23

VALIDITY OF THE SPANISH SF-6D TARIFFS AND EQ-5D COMPARING THE UTILITY VALUES OBTAINED IN FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PATIENTS

 

Ruiz MA1, Rejas J2, Pardo A1, Valdés C3, Ortega T3, Soto J2

 

1Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

   

PMC24

THE SELF-INJECTION ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE© (SIAQ©): DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT VALIDATION

 

Keininger D1, Coteur G2

 

1UC B S.A, Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium, 2SGS Life Sciences, Mechelen, Belgium

   

PMC25

USING DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT MODELLING TO ASSESS PREFERENCES FOR HEALTH CARE CHARACTERISTICS

 

Taylor MJ1, Cisse S2

 

1University of York, York, UK, 2York Health Economics Consortium, York, UK

   

PMC26

UTILITY INDEX CALCULATION: SIMULATION STUDY CONSIDERING THE HEALTH STATUS AFTER AN INTERVENTION

 

Morís J1, Rebollo P2, Cuervo J2, Zardain PC2

 

1Malaga University and BAP Health Outcomes, Málaga, Spain, 2BAP Health Outcomes Research, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

   

PMC27

VALIDATION OF THE CAT-HEALTH SYSTEM: THE FIRST COMPUTER-ADAPTIVE TESTING SYSTEM IN SPAIN FOR EVALUATING THE HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF ILL OR HEALTHY GENERAL POPULATION SUBJECTS

 

Rebollo P1, García-Cueto E2, Cuervo J1, Zardain PC1, Martínez I1, Muñiz J2

 

1BAP Health Outcomes Research, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, 2Oviedo University, Oviedo, Spain

   

PMC28

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEARCH STRATEGIES FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

 

Boler A, Buckley F, Proudfoot C

 

Heron Evidence Development Ltd, Letchworth, UK

   

PMC29

ESTIMATING THE BUDGET IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LIST OF HEALTH BENEFITS IN ISRAEL: STAKEHOLDERS' INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTING A RISK-SHARING MECHANISM

 

Hammerman A, Greenberg D

 

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

   

PMC30

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION TRAINING

 

Hunting B, Moller J

 

Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA

   

PMC31

EVALUATION OF THE PERSPECTIVE AND TYPE OF STUDIES IN ANIMAL HEALTH ECONOMICS

 

Poulsen Nautrup B1, Poulsen Nautrup C2

 

1EAH, Juelich, Northrhine Westf, Germany, 2Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

   

PMC32

U.S. PHYSICIANS: A METHOD TO REPORT QUALITY MEASURES FOR CMS PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE BONUS COMPENSATION

 

Pierce CA1, Baker JJ2

 

1The Resource Group, Richfield, OH, USA, 2The Resource Group, Pickton, TX, USA

   

PMC33

GUIDELINES FOR ENSURING DEGREES OF VALIDITY IN HEALTH ECONOMIC MODELS

 

Ray JA1, Ducournau P1, Gyldmark M1, Briggs A2

 

1F. Hoffmann - La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, 2University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

   

PMC34

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF DISCRETE EVENTS SIMULATION STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION

 

Monleon T1, Rodriguez-Barrios JM2, Serrano D2

 

1University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2Medtronic Ibérica SA, Madrid, Spain

 

 

MUSCULAR-SKELETAL DISORDERS

PMS1

DIRECT HEALTH COSTS OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS (PCS) UNDER ROUTINE MEDICAL PRACTICE: A COST OF ILLNESS STUDY USING A CLAIM DATABASE IN SPAIN

 

Sicras A1, Rejas J2, Navarro R1, Blanca M3, Morcillo A4, Larios R4, Velasco S1, Villarroya C4

 

1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Barcelona, Spain, 2Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 3Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 4Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain

   

PMS2

PATIENT-REPORTED-OUTCOMES (PRO) AS A DRIVEN OF DIRECT HEALTH COSTS IN SUBJECTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA: A LONGITUDINAL RETROSPECTIVE PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS (PCS) CLAIM DATABASE ANALYSIS

 

Sicras A1, Rejas J2, Navarro R3, Blanca M4, Villarroya C5, Velasco S6, Larios R5, Morcillo A5

 

1Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Barcelona, Spain, 2Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 3Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Barcelona, Spain, 4Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 5Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain, 6Badalona Serveis Asistencials, Barcelona, Spain

 

 

OBESITY

 

POB1

IMPACT OF OBESITY UPON COSTS AND ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG USE IN THE ADULT POPULATION SEEN IN SPANISH PRIMARY CARE CENTERS

 

Sicras-Mainar A1, Rejas-Gutiérrez J2, Navarro-Artieda R3, Blanca-Tamayo M1

 

1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 2Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital Germans Trias y Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

   

POB2

REDUCING GLOBAL CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK IN OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE INDIVIDUALS WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA: PROJECTED BENEFITS OF RIMONABANT IN A REAL WORLD POPULATION

 

Getsios D1, Moller J2, McEwan P3, Danel A4, Ishak KJ5, Caro JJ2

 

1Caro Research Institute, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA, 3Cardiff Research Consortium, Cardiff, UK, 4Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France, 5Caro Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada

   

POB3

A PROBABILISTIC BAYESIAN MARKOV MODEL IN WINBUGS FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE TREATMENT WITH ORLISTAT OF ITALIAN OBESE PATIENTS
  Iannazzo S, Pradelli L
  Advanced Research Srl, Turin, Italy
   

POB4

GEMCAS MODEL - A DECISION ANALYTIC MODEL ASSESSING THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENTS FOR OBESITY AND ASSOCIATED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS

 

Aidelsburger P1, Fuchs SM1, Hessel F2, Ulle T1, Wasem J3

 

1CAREM GmbH, Sauerlach, Germany, 2Sanofi-Aventis, Berlin, Germany, 3University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

   

POB5

QUANTIFYING THE QUALITY OF ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF OBESITY INTERVENTIONS: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE LITERATURE

 

Redekop WK1, Kortram Z2

 

1Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

 

 

PAIN

PPN1

INCIDENCE OF ACUTE PAIN IN TURKEY

 

Tulunay FC1, Malhan S2

 

1Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey, 2Baskent University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey

   

PPN2

A COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS OF IV BOLUS VERSUS IV INFUSION DICLOFENAC IN POST-OPERATIVE PAIN

 

Wallerstein KRB

 

Pharma Focus, Belle Mead, NJ, USA

   

PPN3

EXPECTED COST AND COST CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OPIOID ROTATION FOR CHRONIC NON-CANCER PAIN: A SIMULATION MODEL

 

Magar RS1, Fine PG2, White RE3

 

1PPD, Morrisville, NC, USA, 2University of Utah - Pain Research Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 3Endo Pharmaceuticals, Chadds Ford, PA, USA

   

PPN4

HEALTH, NON-HEALTH RESOURCES UTILIZATION AND COSTS OF TREATING REFRACTORY PAINFUL RADICULOPATHY IN PRIMARY CARE SETTING (PCS) UNDER ROUTINE MEDICAL PRACTICE IN SPAIN

 

Saldaña MT1, Navarro A2, Pérez C3, Torrades S4, Rejas J5

 

1Primary Care Centre “Raíces”, Castrillón, Asturias, Spain, 2Primary Care Centre “Puerta del Ángel”, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital University La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 4European Biometric Institute, Barcelona, Spain, 5Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PPN5

LONGITUDINAL HEALTH AND NON-HEALTH RESOURCES UTILIZATION AND DERIVED COSTS OF TREATING REFRACTORY PAINFUL RADICULOPATHY IN PRIMARY CARE SETTING (PCS): A 12-WEEKS POST-HOC ANALYSIS OF THE PREGABALIN EFFECT UNDER ROUTINE MEDICAL PRACTICE

 

Pérez C1, Navarro A2, Saldaña MT3, Masramon X4, Rejas J5

 

1Hospital University La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 2Primary Care Centre “Puerta del Ángel”, Madrid, Spain, 3Primary Care Centre “Raíces”, Castrillón, Asturias, Spain, 4European Biometrics Institute, Barcelona, Spain, 5Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PPN6

HEALTH, NON-HEALTH RESOURCES UTILIZATION AND COSTS OF TREATING REFRACTORY PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN (NEP) IN PRIMARY CARE SETTING (PCS) UNDER ROUTINE MEDICAL PRACTICE IN SPAIN

 

Navarro A1, Saldaña MT2, Pérez C3, Masramon X4, Rejas J5

 

1Primary Care Centre “Puerta del Ángel”, Madrid, Spain, 2Primary Care Centre “Raíces”, Castrillón, Asturias, Spain, 3Hospital University La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 4European Biometrics Institute, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 5Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PPN7

RESOURCE UTILIZATION DUE TO BREAKTHROUGH PAIN: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAINFUL CONDITIONS

 

Pizzi LT1, Lee SP1, Richardson D1, Cobb N2, Leas B2, Toner R2, Pracilio V2, Ballas S2, Ashkenazi A2, Derk CT2, Wang D2, DeSousa E2

 

1Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2The Breakthrough Pain Study Group, Philadelphia, PA, USA

   

PPN8

CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENT WITH OPIOIDS: PRACTICE DOES NOT FOLLOW POLICY

 

Victor TW, Alvarez NA, Gould EM

 

Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc, Chadds Ford, PA, USA

   

PPN9

PERCEPTION OF BREAKTHROUGH PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAINFUL CONDITIONS

 

Pizzi LT1, Lee SP1, Richardson D1, Cobb N2, Leas B2, Toner R2, Pracilio V2, Ballas S2, Ashkenazi A2, Derk CT2, Wang D2, DeSousa E2

 

1Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2The Breakthrough Pain Study Group, Philadelphia, PA, USA

   

PPN10

LINGUISTIC ADAPTATION INTO SPANISH AND PSYCHOMETRIC VALIDATION OF THE NEUROPATHIC PAIN SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE: ID PAIN.

 

Gálvez R1, Pardo A2, Cerón JM3, Villasante F4, Aranguren JL5, Saldaña MT6, Navarro A7, Ruiz MA2, Díaz S8, Rejas J9

 

1University Hospital “Virgen de las Nieves”, Granada, Spain, 2Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 3Primary Care Centre “San Antonio”, Motril, Granada, Spain, 4Primary Care Centre “José Marvá”, Madrid, Spain, 5Clínica MADRID, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain, 6Primary Care Centre “Raíces”, Castrillón, Asturias, Spain, 7Primary Care Centre “Puerta del Ángel”, Madrid, Spain, 8Euroclin Institute, Madrid, Spain, 9Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain

   

PPN11

ELICITING UTILITY SCORES FOR HEALTH STATES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN

 

Lloyd A1, Meguro M1, Dewilde S2, MacLaine G3, Verdian L3

 

1United BioSource Corporation, London, UK, 2United BioSource Corporation, Brussels, Belgium, 3Eisai Europe Limited, Hatfield, Herthfordshire, UK

   

PPN12

TURKISH MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE: RELIABILITY AND VALIDATION

 

Oksuz E1, Malhan S1, Tulunay FC2

 

1Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2Ankara Uuniversity Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

 

 

SKIN

PSK1

IMPACT OF SECONDARY PROPHYLACTIC USE OF TACROLIMUS 0.1% OINTMENT ON QUALITY-OF-LIFE, TREATMENT OUTCOMES AND COSTS IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE ATOPIC DERMATITIS

 

Wollenberg A1, Sidhu M2, Odeyemi IA2, Dorsch B3, Köhne-Volland R3, Schaff M4, Ehlken B4, Berger K4

 

1Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München, Germany, 2Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd, Staines, Middlesex, UK, 3Metronomia Clinical Research GmbH, München, Germany, 4MERG - Medical Economics Research Group, München, Germany

   

PSK2

PSOBEST. EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF LONG-TERM SYSTEMIC PSORIASIS-THERAPY: PATIENT REGISTRY OF HEALTH SERVICES IN GERMANY

 

Rustenbach SJ, Schäfer IA, Radke M, Augustin M

 

University Clinics of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

   

PSK3

WITHDRAWN
   

PSK4

COST COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR (ANTI-TNF) THERAPIES IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS USING AVERAGE SALES PRICE

 

Tang B, Rahman MI, Thompson HC, Hilliard R, Naim A, Dabbous O

 

Centocor, Inc, Horsham, PA, USA

   

PSK5

MANAGEMENT AND COST OF GENITAL WARTS IN ITALY

 

Merito M1, Largeron N2, Trichard M2, Cohet C2, Boselli F3, Mateeli A4, Naldi L5, Vittori G6

 

1Informa S.r.l, Rome, Italy, 2sanofi pasteur MSD, Lyon, France, 3University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, 4University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 5CentroStudi GISED, Bergamo, Italy, 6Clinica Ginecologica, Rome, Italy

   

PSK6

IMPACT OF PSORIASIS DISEASE ON ANNUAL TOTAL HEALTHCARE COSTS AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION AMONG MEDICAID RECIPIENTS

 

Dabbous O1, Naim A1, Chalissery G2, Tang B1, Rahman MI1

 

1Centocor, Inc, Horsham, PA, USA, 2Hmetrix, Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA

   

PSK7

EVALUATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PSORIASIS SEVERITY AND HOSPITAL RESOURCE USE IN THE UK

 

Currie CJ1, Conway P2

 

1Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 2Wyeth Europa, Berkshire, UK

   

PSK8

ASSESSMENT OF INVOLVED BODY SURFACE AREA (BSA) IN PSORIASIS PATIENTS. VALIDATION OF SOFTWARE ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS BSA FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PSORIASIS

 

Espallardo O1, Badia X2, Bermudez L1, Perulero N2, Aragües M3, Bordas X4, Costa J5, Dauden E3, Filipe P5, Ginarte M6, Jimenez R7, Pereiro M6, Perez A8, Sanchez JL8, Servitje O4, Vélez A7

 

1Merck Serono, Spain, Madrid, Spain, 2IHMS Health, Barcelona, Spain, 3Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 4Hospital de Bellvitge, Madrid, Spain, 5Hospital Santa Maria, Madrid, Portugal, 6Hospital Gil Casares, Madrid, Spain, 7Hospital Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 8Hospital General de Valencia, Madrid, Spain

   

PSK9

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR TOPICAL PSORIASIS TREATMENTS: IS IT COST-BENEFICIAL FOR MANAGED CARE?

 

Balkrishnan R1, Bhosle MJ1, Joish VN2, Feldman SR3

 

1The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA, 2Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, USA, 3Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

   

PSK10

QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT-DEFINED BENEFIT IN DERMATOLOGY

 

Schaefer I, Rustenbach S, Reich C, Augustin M

 

University Clinics of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

   

PSK11

EVALUATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EQ5D UTILITY AND DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX (DLQI) SCORE IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS

 

Currie CJ1, Conway P2

 

1Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 2Wyeth Europa, Berkshire, UK

   

PSK12

PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES IN PSORIASIS

 

Garcia-Diez A1, Ferrandiz C2, Bermudez-Rey L3, Espallardo O4, Lizan L5, Badia X5

 

1Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 3Serono, Madrid, Spain, 4Merck Serono, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 5IMS Health, Barcelona, Spain

   

PSK13

PSYCHOMETRIC VALIDATION OF THE OILY SKIN SELF ASSESSMENT SCALE (OSSAS) AND THE OILY SKIN IMPACT SCALE (OSIS)

 

Arbuckle R1, Clark M2, Scott J3, Harness J4, Bonner N1, Draelos Z5, Rizer R6

 

1Mapi Values Ltd, Bollington, Cheshire, UK, 2Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 3Mapi Values Ltd, Boston, MA, USA, 4Pfizer Global R&D, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 5Wake Forest University School of Medicine, High Point, NC, USA, 6Thomas J Stephens & Associates Inc, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

SMOKING

PSM1

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF CHAMPIX® (VARENICLINE) IN SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT IN SPAIN

 

F Bobadilla J1, Brosa M2, Wilson K3, Sánchez Maestre C4

 

1Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Spain, 2Oblikue Consulting, Barcelona, SC, Spain, 3Pfizer European Brand Team, Surrey, UK, 4Pfizer Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

   

PSM2

A COST- EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF A COMMUNITY PHARMACIST BASED SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM IN THAILAND

 

Thavorn K, Chaiyakunapruk N, Nimpitakpong P

 

Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

   

PSM3

AN EVALUATION OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EXTENDED COURSE OF VARENICLINE IN PREVENTING SMOKERS WHO HAVE QUIT FROM RELAPSING

 

Knight CJ1, Howard PA1, Baker CL2

 

1Heron Evidence Development Ltd, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK, 2Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA

   

PSM4

HEALTH ECONOMIC MODEL OF SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT WITH VARENICLINE IN GERMANY

 

Rasch A1, Lenz C2, Greiner W1

 

1University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 2Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany

   

PSM5

USE OF THE INSULIN TREATMENT SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE (ITSQ) AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE QUESTIONNAIRE (ETS-Q) IN AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY

 

Petitjean C1, Christensen T2

 

1Mapi Research Institute, Lyon, Rhone, France, 2Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark

   

PSM6

REAL WORLD USAGE PATTERNS OF OVER-THE-COUNTER NICOTINE PATCHES

 

Shi CW, Ganiats T

 

UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

 

 

SURGERY

PSU1

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF STAPLED HAEMORRHOIDOPEXY (PPH) COMPARED WITH MILLIGAN-MORGAN TECHNIQUE MM IN PATIENTS IN WHOM SURGICAL INTERVENTION IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROLAPSED INTERNAL HAEMORRHOIDS IN UK

 

Griffin A1, Rupprech F2, Ribaric G2, Morlotti L2

 

1Johnson & Johnson, Bucks, UK, 2Ethicon Endo Surgery, Norderstedt, Germany

   

PSU2/ES4

THE RELATIVE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FENTANYL HCL PATIENT-ACTIVATED TRANSDERMAL SYSTEM (ITS) IN ACUTE POST-OPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT (POPM) IN GREECE

 

Yfantopoulos I1, Papanicolaou S2, Papagianopoulou V1, Van Bellinghen LA3, Annemans L4

 

1University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2Janssen-Cilag Pharmaceutical SACI, Athens, Greece, 3IMS HEOR, Brussels, Belgium, 4Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

   

PSU3

THE EFFECTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY AND NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS ON THE COST OF CARE: EVIDENCE FROM THREE SURGICAL PROCEDURES

 

Rizzo J1, Gunnarsson C2, Hochheiser L3, Moore M4

 

1Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA, 2S2 Statistical Solutions, Inc, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 3Humana, Inc, Jackson, WY, USA, 4Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc, Cincinnati, OH, USA

   

PSU4

RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF COMPLICATIONS AND RESOURCE USE IN ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT OF AAA

 

Muszbek N1, Van Sambeek MR2, Soong CV3, Thompson MM4, Gavriel S1, Hutton J5, Brasseur P6

 

1United BioSource Corporation, London, UK, 2Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK, 4St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK, 5University of York, York, UK, 6Medtronic International SA, Tolochenaz, Switzerland

   

PSU5

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES FOLLOWING INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY (IDET) OR SPINAL FUSION FOR DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN

 

Andersson GB1, Mekhail NA2, Block JE3

 

1Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA, 2Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA, 3Jon E Block PhD Inc, San Francisco, CA, USA


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