ISPOR 8th Annual European Congress
6-8 November 2005, Palazzo Degli Affari, Florence, Italy

POSTER PRESENTATIONS - SESSION II

Monday, 7 November 2005, 8:00-20:00

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

PCV1

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF CLOPIDOGREL IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES WITHOUT ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION IN HUNGARY
Borsos K1, Nagy B2, Spiesser J3, Gabriel S3, Blaskó G1
1sanofi-aventis, Budapest, Hungary; 2 University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary; 3 Sanofi-Aventis, Bagneux, France

 

PCV2

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTENSIVE TREATMENT WITH 80 MG ATORVASTATIN VS 40 MG PRAVASTATIN IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION BASED ON THE PROVE-IT (PRAVASTATIN OR ATORVASTATIN EVALUATION AND INFECTION THERAPY).
F Bobadilla J1, García M2
1Pfizer SA, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain; 2 Euroclin Institute, Madrid, Spain

 

PCV3

 

A PHARMACO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF AGGRESSIVE CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN BELGIUM: A SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM ASSESSMENT
Annemans L1, Van Campenhout H2, Matthys K2, Casciano RN3, Budts W4
1IMS Health, Brussels, Belgium; 2 Pfizer, Brussels, Belgium; 3 Analytica International, Loerrach, Germany; 4 UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

 

PCV4

 

HOW MUCH IS THE ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN-HOSPITAL THERAPY: A PILOT STUDY ON THERAPY
Adameová A1, Foltán V1, Kasper J2, Michalíková A3, Borecký P3
1Comenius University-Faculty of Pharmacy, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; 2 Comenius University-Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; 3 Sanofi-Aventis, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

PCV5

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUG ELUTING STENTS FOR STABLE ANGINA
Kristiansen IS
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

 

PCV6

 

IMPACT OF STATIN THERAPY INTENSITY ON ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY FOLLOWING CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALIZATION IN A MANAGED CARE POPULATION
Fintel DJ1, Joyce A2, Mackell JA3, Graff J3, Kuntze CE3
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; 2 PharMetrics, Inc, Stamford, CT, USA; 3 Pfizer, Inc, New York, NY, USA

 

PCV7

 

COSTS OF DIAGNOSIS OF ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGTH VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE IN POLAND
Glinka M, Kowalik E, Wlodarska EK, Wozniak O, Hoffman P
Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

 

PCV8

 

COST OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY IN POLAND
Kowalik E, Glinka M, Wlodarska EK, Wozniak O, Hoffman P
Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

 

PCV9

 

THE EFFECT OF ANTICOAGULATION FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION – COMPARING EFFICACY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Dewilde S1, Sorensen SV2, Brown R3, Monz B4
1The MEDTAP Institute at UBC, Brussels, Belgium; 2 The MEDTAP Institute at UBC, Bethesda, MD, USA; 3 MedTap Institute at UBC, London, United Kingdom; 4 Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany

 

PCV10

 

DRIVERS OF UNDERUSE OF VITAMIN K ANTAGONISTS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN FRANCE: THE ENSEFAL STUDY
Guenoun M1, Le Jeunne P2, Lamarque H3
1Clinique Bouchard, Marseille, France; 2 BKL-Thales, Boulogne Billancourt, France; 3 AstraZeneca France, Rueil-Malmaison, France

 

PCV11

 

ANTICOAGULATION IN PATIENTS WITH NON-VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: AN EVALUATION OF STABILITY AND EARLY FACTORS THAT PREDICT LONGER-TERM STABILITY ON WARFARIN IN A LARGE UK POPULATION
Currie CJ1, McEwan P2, Emmas C3, Peters JR4
1Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; 2 Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom; 3 AstraZeneca-UK, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom; 4 University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

 

PCV12

 

MANAGEMENT PATTERNS AND COSTS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A LARGE COMMERCIALLY INSURED U.S. POPULATION
Fidan D1, Ollendorf D2, Leguet P1, Gabriel S1, Boccuzzi S2
1Sanofi-Aventis, Bagneux Cedex, France; 2 PharMetrics, Inc, Watertown, MA, USA

 

PCV13

 

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COSTS OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTMIAS
Diotallevi P1, Occhetta E2, Martinelli V3, Zaccone G4, Ponzi P5, Scivales A5, Caprari F5
1Ospedale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigi, Alessandria, Italy; 2 Ospedale Maggiore della Caritŕ, Novara, Italy; 3 Ospedale SS.Antonio e Margherita, Tortona (AL), Italy; 4 Ospedale S. Giacomo, Novi Ligure (AL), Italy; 5 Fondazione Medtronic Italia, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy

 

PCV14

 

THE COST OF ANTICOAGULATION MONITORING SERVICES IN THE UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Arya R1, Green ES2, Rose P3, Dolan G4, Wimperis JZ5, Tait RC6, Plumb J7, Emmas C7
1Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 2 Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; 3 University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom; 4 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Notts, United Kingdom; 5 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; 6 Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom; 7 AstraZeneca UK, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

 

PCV15

 

SURVEY OF CURRENT ANTICOAGULANT MONITORING SERVICES IN THE UK – A GENERAL PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE
Emmas C, Plumb J
AstraZeneca UK, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

 

PCV16

 

KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR STROKE PREVENTION OF PATIENTS WITH NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AFIB) IN GERMANY
Burkowitz J1, Brüggenjürgen B2
1Alpha Care GmbH, Celle, Germany; 2 Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Berlin, Germany

 

PCV17

 

VKA TREATMENT RELATED COSTS IN FRANCE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION : COST DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT (ISAM)
Drouet L1, Duru G2, Mahe I1, Bergmann JF1, Bal dit Sollier C1, Hollowel J3, Gauchoux R4, Woessner M5, Lamarque H5
1Hôpital Lariboisičre, Paris, France; 2 Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France; 3 AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Mölndal, Sweden; 4 Naxis, Lyon, France; 5 Laboratoires AstraZeneca, Paris, France

 

PCV18

 

WHEN SHOULD PATIENTS BE SWITCHED FROM VKA TO NEW TREATMENT: DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT TESTING OF A SELF-REPORTED QUESTIONNAIRE TO TARGET PATIENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT MOST
Arnould B1, Benmedjahed K2, Alessi MC3, Cohen A4, Guenoun M5, Mismetti P6, Compagnon A7
1Mapi Values, Lyon, Rhone, France; 2 Mapi Values, Lyon, France; 3 La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France; 4 Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France; 5 Centre médical des spécialistes, Plan de Cuques, France; 6 Bellevue Hospital, Saint Etienne, France; 7 Astra Zeneca, Rueil Malmaison, France

 

PCV19

 

A LITERATURE REVIEW OF PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (PRO) USED IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Staniek V1, Minjoulat-Rey MC2, Gabriel S2, Emery MP1, Arnould B3, Prost L3, Bouin O4
1Mapi Research Trust, Lyon, Rhone, France; 2 SANOFI-AVENTIS, Bagneux Cedex, Ile-De-France, France; 3 Mapi Values, Lyon, Rhone, France; 4 SANOFI-AVENTIS, Bagneux, Ile-De-France, France

 

PCV20

 

PHARMACOTHERAPY AND OUTCOMES AMONG VETERANS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (2000-2002)
Johnson ML, Henderson L, Hasche J, Yu HJ, Petersen N, Espadas D, Moffett M, Deswal A
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

 

PCV21

 

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF BISOPROLOL TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE
Menditto E1, De Portu S2, Cammarota S3, Scalone L4, Mantovani L2
1university of naples, naples, naples, Italy; 2 University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 3 University of Naples, Naples, Naples, Italy; 4 Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy

 

PCV22

 

CASE-BASED-COSTING VS. MARKOV-MODELLING – A COMPARISON OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS-ANALYSES FOR CANDESARTAN IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Voelkl M, Pirk O, Juenger V
Fricke & Pirk GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany

 

PCV23

 

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF VALSARTAN IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN THE HUNGARIAN HEALTH CARE SETTING
Kósa J1, Reed SD2, Radeva J2
1Novartis Hungary, Budapest, Pest, Hungary; 2 Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA

 

PCV24

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ALDOSTERONE BLOCKADE WITH EPLERENONE IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (EPHESUS) IN THE FRENCH CONTEXT
De Pouvourville GA1, Beillat M2
1INSERM, Le Kremlin Bicętre, France; 2 Pfizer, Paris, France

 

PCV25

 

THE ADD-ON TREATMENT WITH METOPROLOL SUCCINATE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (CHF) LEADS TO COST SAVINGS IN THE GERMAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM – A MODEL APPROACH
Hass B, Fricke FU, Kotowa W
Fricke & Pirk GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany

 

PCV26

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CANDESARTAN IN GERMANY FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Voelkl M, Pirk O, Juenger V
Fricke & Pirk GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany

 

PCV27

 

COSTS AND OUTCOMES AFTER FIRST HEART FAILURE HOSPITAL ADMISSION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES
Morsanutto A1, Mantovani L2, Ros B3, De Portu S2, Spazzapan D3, Tosolini F3
1University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 2 University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 3 Direzione Regionale della Sanitŕ e delle Politiche Sociali, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy

 

PCV28

 

IMPACT OF MODIFIED SYSTEM OF OBJECTIFIED JUDGMENT ANALYSIS (SOJA) METHODOLOGY ON PRESCRIBING COSTS OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS (ACEIS)
Alabbadi I1, McElnay J1, Crealey G1, Scott M2, Mairs J2
1Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; 2 United Hospitals Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom

 

PCV29

 

USE OF CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: A REVIEW OF CLINICAL DATA USING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
Cottrell S1, Richardson R1, Lewis S1, Yankah E1, Chambers M2
1M-TAG, A division of IMS Health Economics and Outcomes Research, London, United Kingdom; 2 GE Healthcare, Amersham, United Kingdom

 

PCV30

 

CLOPIDOGREL LOADING DOSE AND CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Wang C1, He J1, Bae JP2, McCollam PL2, Griffin BT1
1Solucient, Inc, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA; 2 Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 

PCV31

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Richardson R1, Cottrell S1, Aristides M1, Chambers M2
1M-TAG, A division of IMS Health Economics and Outcomes Research, London, United Kingdom; 2 GE Healthcare, Amersham, United Kingdom

 

PCV32

 

LONG-TERM COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOPIDOGREL IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES BASED ON CURE AND PCI-CURE IN POLAND
Pietrasik AL1, Niewada M2, Budaj A3, Kochman J1, Horszczaruk G1, Gabriel S4, Spiesser J5, Yuan Y6
1Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 2 Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 3 Postgraduate Medical School, Grochowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland; 4 sanofi-aventis, Bagneux, France; 5 Sanofi-Synthelabo Recherche, Bagneux, France; 6 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Plainsboro, NJ, USA

 

PCV33

 

A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN IN THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Lamotte M1, Annemans L1, Evers T2, Kubin M2
1IMS Health, Brussels, Belgium; 2 Bayer Healthcare AG, Wuppertal, Germany

 

PCV34

 

WITHDRAWN

 

PCV35

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: FRENCH DRG ANALYSIS
Erard C1, Lamarsalle L2, Cotte C2, Beillat M3, Solesse de Gendre A3
1Clinique Bouchard, Marseille, France; 2 IMS Health - GYD Institut, LYON, France; 3 Pfizer, Paris, France

 

PCV36

 

USE OF ABCIXIMAB IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) IN FRANCE
Fillon F1, Macé J2, Chemali N1, De Kervasdoué J2
1Lilly, Suresnes Cedex, France; 2 Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France

 

PCV37

 

USE OF TIME-STAMPED HOSPITAL DATA TO EXAMINE CARE PATTERNS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Wang C1, He J1, McCollam PL2, Bae JP2, Griffin BT1
1Solucient, Inc, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA; 2 Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 

PCV38

 

THIENOPYRIDINE THERAPY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS RESIDING IN GERMANY
Lage M1, McCollam PL2, Bae JP2
1HealthMetrics Outcomes Research, LLC, Groton, CT, USA; 2 Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 

PCV39

 

THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER CORONARY STENT IMPLANTATION
Brüggenjürgen B1, Mcbride D2, Willich S1
1Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Berlin, Germany; 2 Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité, Berlin, Germany

 

PCV40

 

HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE: A STUDY USING EQ-5D QUESTIONNAIRE
De Portu S1, Monzini M2, Galietti M3, Mantovani LG2
1University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 2 Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy; 3 University of Milan, Milan, Italy

 

PCV41

 

PORTUGUESE ACTIVE POPULATION HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE RESULTS USING THE SF-6D
Ferreira LN1, Ferreira PL2
1University of Algarve, Faro, Algarve, Portugal; 2 University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

 

PCV42

 

RECENT TREND IN MANAGEMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND GOAL ATTAINMENT
Goettsch WG
PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

PCV43

 

IMPACT OF NEW EUROPEAN (ESC 2003) GUIDELINES ON TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN DAILY PRACTICE
Goettsch WG
PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

PCV44

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ROSUVASTATIN IN THE PREVENTION OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IN PORTUGAL
Gouveia-Pinto C1, Carrageta M2, Silva-Miguel L3
1Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestăo, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; 2 Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal; 3 Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy – CISEP, Lisbon, Portugal

 

PCV45

 

THE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF SWITCHING TO DUAL INHIBITION CHOLESTEROL LOWERING THEARPY IN FINLAND
Sintonen H1, Alemao E2, Jousilahti P1, Davies G3, Kujala V4, Yin D2, Cook J3
1University of Helsinki, Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, Finland; 2 Merck and Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA; 3 Merck and Co, Blue Bell, PA, USA; 4 MSD Finland, Keilaranta, Espoo, Finland

 

PCV46

 

COST- ANALYSIS OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA TREATMENTS WITHIN THE SLOVAK PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET
Tesar T1, Foltan V1, Tomek D2, Visnansky M1
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; 2 Health Insurance fund Apollo, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

PCV47

 

ROSUVASTATIN 40 MG VERSUS ATORVASTATIN 80 MG IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE POLARIS STUDY
Miller PS1, Leiter LA2, Davies A3, Sosef F4
1AstraZeneca UK, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; 2 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 3 Medtap International, London, United Kingdom; 4 Astrazeneca Uk, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

 

PCV48

 

ASSESSMENT OF MAXIMUM LDL-C REDUCTION AND GOAL ATTAINMENT BY SWITCHING PATIENTS TO DUAL INHIBITION THERAPY (EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN) IN SPAIN
Davies G1, Nocea G2, Alemao E3, Yin D3, Cook J1
1Merck and Co, Blue Bell, PA, USA; 2 Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Madrid, Spain; 3 Merck and Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

 

PCV49

 

BELGIAN EVALUATION OF SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF HIGH RISK PATIENTS BASED ON WAIST AND AGE (BEST)
De Backer G1, Brohet C2, Sheen AJ3, Van Gaal L4, Vandenhoven G5, Vissers E5, Schockaert B5
1Ghent University, Ghent, BC, Belgium; 2 University of st-Luc, Brussels, Belgium; 3 University of Liege, Liege, Belgium; 4 University Hospital Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium; 5 Astrazeneca, Brussels, Belgium

 

PCV50

 

A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS ON PRESCRIBED STATINES IN A BOLOGNA HEALTH AUTHORITY FROM 2000 TO 2003
Roli G1, Cavrini G1, Pandolfi P2
1University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Italy; 2 Health Authority of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Italy

 

PCV51

 

PROJECTED LDL-C REDUCTION AND GOAL ATTAINMENT BY SWITCHING PATIENTS TO DUAL INHIBITION THERAPY (EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN 10/20 MG) IN SPAIN
Nocea G1, Davies G2, Caloto MT1, Alemao E3, Yin D3, Cook J2
1Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Madrid, Spain; 2 Merck and Co, Blue Bell, PA, USA; 3 Merck and Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

 

PCV52

 

IMPACT OF COMPLIANCE AND PERSISTENCE OF TREATMENT WITH VALSARTAN ON HYPERTENSION CLINICAL OUTCOMES
Halpern MT1, Khan Z2, Daley W3, Stewart WF4, Vincze G2
1Exponent, Alexandria, VA, USA; 2 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; 3 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, East Hanover, NJ, USA; 4 Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA

 

PCV53

 

PATIENT PROFILE AND STATINS EFFECTIVENESS IN USUAL CARE
Sicras Mainar A1, F Bobadilla J2, Rosales MJ3
1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Badalona, Spain; 2 Pfizer SA, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain; 3 Pfizer SA, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

 

PCV54

 

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK CONTROL IN HYPERTENSION AND/OR DYSLIPIDEMIA IN PRIMARY CARE
Sicras Mainar A1, F Bobadilla J2, Aristegui R3
1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Badalona, Spain; 2 Pfizer SA, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain; 3 Pfizer SA, Alcobendas (Madrid), Spain

 

PCV55

 

EVALUATION OF COSTS RELATED TO HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION IN POLAND
Hermanowski T1, Jaworski R2, Czech M2, Pachocki R2
1Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; 2 Servier Poland, Warsaw, Poland

 

PCV56

 

EVALUATION OF COSTS RELATED TO HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CONCOMITANT DISEASES IN POLAND
Hermanowski T1, Jaworski R2, Czech M2, Pachocki R2
1Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; 2 Servier Poland, Warsaw, Poland

 

PCV57

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF NEBIVOLOL VERSUS ATENOLOL AND ACE INHIBITOR MONOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE HYPERTENSION
Lippert B1, Brüggenjürgen B2, Willich S2
1MERG, Medical Economics Research Group, Munich, Germany; 2 Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Berlin, Germany

 

PCV58

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF INDAPAMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE HYPERTENSION
Stafylas PC1, Sarafidis PA1, Lasaridis AN1, Aletras VH2
1AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; 2 University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

PCV59

 

PHARMACO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF VALSARTAN/HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (HCTZ) VERSUS CANDESARTAN/ HCTZ AND VERSUS TELMISARTAN/HCTZ IN THE TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN MEXICO
Carlos FDJ1, Guzmán JA1, D'ector DM1, Castillejos C2, Fon F2
1RAC Salud Consultores, S.A. DE C.V, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico; 2 Novartis, México, México, DF, Mexico

 

PCV60

 

COST-MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS OF TREATMENT OF MILD-TO-MODERATE HYPERTENSION IN UNITED STATES
Stafylas PC, Sarafidis PA, Lasaridis AN, Zouka MD
AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

PCV61

 

THE FRENCH CV@GOAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING HBP MANAGEMENT BY PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS: ASSESSMENT OF ITS IMPACT ON PATIENT'S KNOWLEDGE AND PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP
Jasso Mosqueda J1, Poncelet P2, Giacomino A3, Magar Y4, Chicoye A1, Solesse de Gendre A5, Lefebvre S5, Beillat M5
1Aremis consultants, Neuilly sur seine, France; 2 Polyclinique de Henin-Beaumont, Henin-Beaumont, France; 3 MG, Savigny en Veron, France; 4 Edusanté, Vanves, France; 5 PFIZER, Paris, France

 

PCV62

 

LIPID PROFILE IN HYPERTENSIVES WITH AND WITHOUT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: HAS THE HDL COLESTEROL BEEN FORGOTTEN?
Sicras Mainar A1, F Bobadilla J2, García M3
1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Badalona, Spain; 2 Pfizer SA, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain; 3 Euroclin Institute, Madrid, Spain

 

PCV63

 

CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG USE IN NIS REGION
Kodela BC, Aleksic GS, Milicevic GA, Jovanovic D, Velickovic-Radovanovic R
City Pharmacy Department of Nis, Nis, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

 

PCV64

 

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION WITHIN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Tesar T1, Foltan V1, Tomek D2, Visnansky M1
1Comenius University, Pharmaceutical faculty, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; 2 Health Insurance Fund Apollo, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

PCV65

 

PHARMACOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF 160MG VALSARTAN VERSUS LOSARTAN AND TELMISARTAN IN THE TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN THE MEXICAN HEALTH SECTOR
Guzmán JA1, Carlos F1, Dector D1, Camacho A1, Fon F2, Castillejos C2
1RAC Salud Consultores, S.A. DE C.V, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico; 2 Novartis, México, DF, Mexico

 

PCV66

 

PATIENTS ON ARBS (AND VALSARTAN AS A REPRESENTATIVE) EXPERIENCE HIGHER PERSISTENCE AND COMPLIANCE (ADHERENCE) WITH THERAPY COMPARED TO OTHER ANTIHYPERTENSIVE CLASSES IN A GERMAN SICKNESS FUND POPULATION
Höer A1, Gothe H1, Khan Z2, Häussler B1
1IGES, Berlin, Germany; 2 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

 

PCV67

 

FACTORS DETERMINING COMPLIANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE
Sicras Mainar A1, F Bobadilla J2, Rejas J3
1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales, Badalona, Spain; 2 Pfizer SA, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain

 

PCV68

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RAISING HDL-C WITH PROLONGED-RELEASE NICOTINIC ACID (NIASPAN®) IN STATIN-TREATED PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT DYSLIPIDEMIA IN AUSTRIAN, SWEDISH AND NORWEGIAN SETTINGS
Roze S1, Valentine WJ1, Palmer AJ1, Minshall ME2, Liens D3, Renaudin C3
1CORE - Center for Outcomes Research, Binningen, Basel, Switzerland; 2 CORE - USA, LLC, Fishers, IN, USA; 3 Merck Santé, Lyon, France

 

PCV69

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ADD-ON THERAPY WITH PROLONGED-RELEASE NICOTINIC ACID (NIASPAN®) IN STATIN-TREATED PATIENTS WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA AND PERSISTENTLY LOW HDL-C IN THE UK AND GERMANY
Roze S1, Valentine WJ1, Minshall ME2, Palmer AJ1, Liens D3, Renaudin C3
1CORE - Center for Outcomes Research, Binningen, Basel, Switzerland; 2 CORE - USA, LLC, Fishers, IN, USA; 3 Merck Santé, Lyon, France

 

PCV70

 

WITHDRAWN

 

PCV71

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ROSUVASTATIN COMPARED WITH GENERIC SIMVASTATIN IN THE UK NHS
Miller PS1, Davies A2, Marotti M3
1AstraZeneca UK, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; 2 Medtap International, London, United Kingdom; 3 Astrazeneca UK, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

 

PCV72

 

UTILIZATION PATTERNS OF ASPIRIN AMONG NSAID TREATED SUBJECTS WITH VARYING CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROFILES IN A HEALTH BENEFITS POPULATION
Vanderpoel DR1, Stacy JN1, Hussein MA1, Bakst AW2
1Humana, Louisville, KY, USA; 2 TAP Pharmaceuticals, Lake Forest, IL, USA

 

PCV73

 

USE OF PROPENSITY SCORE METHODOLOGY IN CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICE TRIALS: U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES
Muni N, Yue L
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, USA

 

PCV74

 

A BUDGET IMPACT MODEL FOR EPLERENONE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Tabberer M1, Duerden M2
1Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey, United Kingdom; 2 Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

 

PCV75

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EPTIFIBATIDE IN NSTEMI PATIENTS IN POLAND
Dewilde S1, Opolski G2, Brown R3
1The MEDTAP Institute at UBC, Brussels, Belgium; 2 Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland; 3 MedTap Institute at UBC, London, United Kingdom

 

PCV76

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID COMPARED TO CLOPIDOGREL IN THE SECONDARY PREVENTION OF PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION
Pińol C
Q.F. Bayer, S.A, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 

PCV77

 

COST AND OUTCOMES AFTER FIRST ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HOSPITAL ADMISSION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES
Morsanutto A1, Mantovani L2, Ros B3, De Portu S2, Spazzapan D3, Tosolini F3
1University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 2 University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 3 Direzione Regionale della Sanitŕ e delle Politiche Sociali, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy

 

PCV78

 

THE DIRECT COSTS OF SELECTED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN AUSTRIA
Fritz C1, Habacher W1, Jeitler K1, Seereiner S1, Gfrerer R2, Peter B1, Pieber T1
1Joanneum Research, Graz, Styria, Austria; 2 Human.technology Styria, Graz, Styria, Austria

 

PCV79

 

POSTMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CARDIAC REHABILITATION IN LOW RISK PATIENTS. RESULTS WITH A COORDINATED PROGRAM OF CARDIOLOGICAL AND PRIMARY CARE
Lafuente de Otto V1, Bravo Navas J2, Montiel Á2, Gómez-Doblas J2, Collantes R2, González B2, Martínez M2
1Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Malaga, Spain; 2 Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. Centro de Salud de Carranque, Málaga, Malaga, Spain

 

PCV80

 

COST ESTIMATION IN PATIENTS WITH AN ATHEROTROMBOTIC EVENT
Guzmán JA1, Carlos F1, Dector D1, Guijarro M1, Ortega J2, Galván A3, Gaxiola E4
1RAC Salud Consultores, S.A. DE C.V, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico; 2 Hospital Angeles Pedregal, México, DF, Mexico; 3 Sanofi-Aventis México, México, DF, Mexico; 4 Instituto Cardiovascular de Guadalajara S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

 

PCV81

 

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION OF LONG-TERM HEALTH BENEFITS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLANTING DUAL CHAMBER VS. SINGLE CHAMBER VENTRICULAR PACEMAKERS IN ITALY
Ward AJ, Caro JJ, Deniz HB
Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA

 

PCV82

 

COST-UTILITY OF CILOSTAZOL FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION IN SCOTLAND
Ratcliffe A
Abacus International, Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

 

PCV83

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ENDOVASCULAR VERSUS CONVENTIONAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR AT ONE YEAR; RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Buskens E1, Prinssen M1, Blankensteijn JD of behalf of the DREAM trial group .2
1University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2 Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

 

PCV84

 

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURISM: ANALYSIS OF OPERATING COSTS. ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT VERSUS TRADITIONAL SURGERY
Palmieri B1, Ponzi P2, Scivales A2, Puttini M1, Caprari F2
1Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Niguarda Cŕ Granda, Milan, Italy; 2 Medtronic Italia, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy

 

PCV85

 

CLINICAL OUTCOME AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT BYPASS MATERIALS IN VASCULAR SURGERY
Eidt D1, Roll S2, Vauth C1, Greiner W3, Willich SN2, Von der Schulenburg J1
1University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; 2 Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany; 3 Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

 

PCV86

 

THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF EXPERIENCING MAJOR COMPLICATIONS DURING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Long KH, McMurtry EK, Bailey KR, Naessens JM, Jacobson KM, Rihal CS
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

 

PCV87

 

VITAE THROMBOSIS STUDY: THE PREVALENCE AND BURDEN OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE (VTE) IN EUROPE
Cohen AT, on behalf of the VTE Impact Assessment Group in Europe (VITAE) X
Guy's, King's and St. Thomas's School of Medicine, London, Greater London, United Kingdom

 

PCV88

 

TREATMENT PATTERN, RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND COSTS OF INPATIENT THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN POLAND
Orlewska E1, Lis J2
1Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, Warsaw, Poland; 2 Sanofi-aventis Poland, Warsaw, Poland

 

PCV89

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EXTENDED FOUR-WEEK FONDAPARINUX PROPHYLAXIS REGIMEN FOR THE PREVENTION OF THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Bischof M1, Sendi P1, Leuppi J2
1Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, Basel, Switzerland; 2 Pneumology, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

 

PCV90

 

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF FONDAPARINUX COMPARED WITH ENOXAPARIN FOR EXTENDED PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HIP FRACTURE SURGERY USING DUTCH ESTIMATES OF COSTS
Van Hout B
Pharmerit BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

PCV91

 

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTENDED PROPHYLAXIS WITH FONDAPARINUX TO PREVENT VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HIP FRACTURE SURGERY USING UK AND DUTCH ESTIMATES OF COSTS
Van Hout B
Pharmerit BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

PCV92

 

HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) IN PATIENTS RECEIVING VITAMIN K ANTAGONISTS (VKA): A STUDY USING EQ-5D QUESTIONNAIRE
Monzini M1, Carpenedo M2, Moia M2, Mantovani LG1
1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy; 2 IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan, milan, Italy

 

   

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ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

PED1

 

USING EQ-5D TO DERIVE UTILITIES FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE-ASSESSMENT OF GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY IN ADULTS (QOL-AGHDA).
Koltowska-Haggstrom M1, Jonsson B2, Isacson D3, Bingefors K3
1Pfizer Health AB, Stockholm, Sweden; 2 Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala, Sweden; 3 Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala, Sweden

 

PED2

 

LONG-TERM QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OUTCOMES IN THE TREATMENT OF ADULTS WITH GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY (GHD) – A 5 YEAR STUDY.
Mattsson A1, Koltowska-Haggstrom M1, Johannsson G2, Monson JP3, Kind P4
1Pfizer Health AB, Stockholm, Sweden; 2 Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg's University, Gothenburg, Sweden; 3 William Harvey Research Institute, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; 4 Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

 

PED3

 

A PROSPECTIVE REAL-LIFE STUDY OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ACROMEGALY
Badia X1, Webb S2, Caron P3, Colao A4, Carvalho D5, Kadioglu P6, Reincke M7, Pokrajac-Simeunovic A8, Tsagarakis S9, Johnson I10, Caglio S11, Vincenzi B12
1Health Outcomes Research Europe, Barcelona, Spain; 2 Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3 Centre Hospitalier de Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France; 4 Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 5 Hospital S. Joao, Porto, Portugal; 6 Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey; 7 Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany; 8 Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; 9 Polikliniki Hospital, Athens, Greece; 10 Evidence Research Unit, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; 11 Novartis Pharma SpA, Saronno, Italy; 12 Novartis Farma S.p.A, Saronno, Italy

 

PED4

 

SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (PRO) AND NORMALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION (HCU) DURING GROWTH HORMONE (GH) REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN HYPOPITUITARY ADULTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
Koltowska-Haggstrom M1, Dorrestijn J2, Pompen M2, Monteban H2, Mattsson A1, Koppeschaar HPF3
1Pfizer Health AB, Stockholm, Sweden; 2 Pfizer BV, Capelle a/d Ijssel, Netherlands; 3 Academic Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

   

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GI DISORDERS

PGI1

 

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF RABEPRAZOLE IN PATIENTS WITH GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN REAL-WORLD CLINICAL PRACTICE
Haiderali A1, Ferrazzi S1, Fallone C2, Cohen LB3, Thorp S1, Bartle W3
1Janssen-Ortho, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2 McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3 Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

PGI2

 

COST EFFECTIVENESS AND BUDGET IMPACT OF LAMIVUDINE ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS TYPE B PATIENTS IN TAIWAN
Shau WY1, Tsai IC2, Scuffham PA3, Dziekan KX4
1GlaxoSmithKline, Singapore, Singapore; 2 GlaxoSmithKline, Taipei, Taiwan; 3 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 4 GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford, Middlesex, United Kingdom

 

PGI3

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI TESTING FOR PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT DYSPEPSIA IN THE UK
Brown GL, Davies S, Phillips CJ
University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom

 

PGI4

 

TREATMENT OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER WITH SILYMARIN, A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS, BASED ON GERMAN DATA
Heinen-Kammerer T, Motzkat K, Rychlik R
Institute of Empirical Health Economics, Burscheid, Germany

 

PGI5

 

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2B (12KD) PLUS RIBAVIRIN VS. INTERFERON ALFA-2B PLUS RIBAVIRIN FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS C (CHC) IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY - BRAZIL
Fonseca MC, Araujo GTB
Axia.Bio Consulting, Săo Paulo, Brazil

 

PGI6

 

ESOMEPRAZOLE IS COST-EFFECTIVE COMPARED WITH PANTOPRAZOLE IN THE ACUTE AND MAINTENANCE TREATMENT OF REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS IN FINLAND
Wahlqvist P1, Fernström M2, Määttä P2, Björholt I3
1AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; 2 AstraZeneca Oy, Espoo, Finland; 3 Göteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

 

PGI7

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2A (40KD) (PEGASYS®) COMPARED TO LAMIVUDINE AS FIRST LINE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS B (CHB) IN THE UK
Veenstra DL1, Sullivan SD1, Dusheiko GM2, Jacobs M2, Lewis GJ3, Patel KK4
1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 2 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, London, United Kingdom; 3 Roche Products ltd, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; 4 Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, USA

 

PGI8

 

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ADACOLUMN® APHERESIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE CROHN'S DISEASE (CD)/ULCERATIVE COLITIS (UC)
Persson U1, Borg S1, Hjelmgren J1, Ljung T2, Riis L3, Řstergaard Thomsen O3, Munkholm P3
1IHE, The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden; 2 Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 3 Danish Crohn's Colitis Database, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

PGI9

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ESOMEPRAZOLE VERSUS GENERIC OMEPRAZOLE IN THE ACUTE TREATMENT OF REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS IN SWEDEN
Wahlqvist P1, Sörngĺrd H2
1AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; 2 AstraZeneca, Södertälje, Sweden

 

PGI10

 

WITHDRAWN

 

PGI11

 

IBD: INDIRECT COSTS OF ILLNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN GERMANY
Stark R1, Reitmeir P1, König HH2, Leidl R1
1GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg (bei München), Germany; 2 University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

 

PGI12

 

THE COSTS OF ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE – A BOTTOM-UP ANALYSIS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA
Hessel FP1, Mitzner S2, Wasem J1
1University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, NRW, Germany; 2 University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

 

PGI13

 

THE IMPACT OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE ON WORK PRODUCTIVITY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Wahlqvist P1, Reilly M2, Barkun A3
1AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; 2 Margaret Reilly Associates, Inc, New York, NY, USA; 3 McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada

 

PGI14

 

WORK ABSENTEEISM IN IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS): MEASURING DAYS VS HOURS MISSED
Reilly M1, McBurney C2, Bracco A2
1Margaret Reilly Associates, Inc, New York, NY, USA; 2 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

 

PGI15

 

MEDICAL RESOURCE USE AND DIRECT MEDICAL COST OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION (HCVI) IN BRAZIL
Fonseca MC, Araujo GTB
Axia.Bio Consulting, Săo Paulo, Brazil

 

PGI16

 

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) – PREVALENCE, MANAGEMENT AND COST IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
Kilgert K1, Lippert B1, Sterzel A2, Berger K1
1MERG, Medical Economics Research Group, Munich, Germany; 2 ALTANA Pharma AG, Konstanz, Germany

 

PGI17

 

ARTIFICIAL LIVER SUPPORT SYSTEMS – A MEDICAL AND HEALTH ECONOMIC HTA-REPORT
Hessel FP1, Grabein K1, Schnell-Inderst P1, Siebert U2, Wasem J1
1University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, NRW, Germany; 2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

 

PGI18

 

META-ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE TREATMENT COMPARISONS REPORTED AT MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP TIMES
Lu G1, Ades AE1, Sutton AJS2, Cooper NJ2, Briggs AH3
1University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; 2 University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; 3 University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

 

PGI19

 

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) COST OF CARE: ROLE OF NAĎVE AND RELAPSED SYMPTOMS IN GENERAL PRACTICE
Cammarota S1, Mantovani L1, Bruzzese D2, De Portu S1, Menditto E1, Cuomo R2
1University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 2 University of Naples, Naples, Naples, Italy

 

PGI20

 

ECONOMIC VALUATION MODELING FOR ASSESSING BIOTECHNOLOGY/PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES
Shane LG1, Cox F1, Vernon J2
1Pfizer Inc, New York City, NY, USA; 2 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

 

PGI21

 

BURDEN OF ILLNESS OF IBS PATIENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
Ten Berg MJ1, Goettsch WG1, Van den Boom G2, Smout AJPM3, Herings RMC1
1PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2 Novartis Pharma B.V, Arnhem, Netherlands; 3 University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

PGI22

 

BURDEN OF ILLNESS IS HIGHEST IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PAIN SYMPTOMS
Ten Berg MJ1, Goettsch WG1, Siiskonen SJ1, Van den Boom G2, Smout AJPM3, Herings RMC1
1PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2 Novartis Pharma B.V, Arnhem, Netherlands; 3 University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

PGI23

 

ESOMEPRAZOLE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH UNINVESTIGATED NON-GERD DYSPEPSIA LEADS TO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTIVITY WHILE AT WORK AND IN DAILY ACTIVITIES – RESULTS FROM A RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY
Wahlqvist P1, Bergenheim K1, Persson T2, Brun J3, Flook N4, Lauritsen K5, Vakil N6, Veldhuyzen van Zanten S7, Talley NJ8
1AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden; 2 AstraZeneca, Lund, Sweden; 3 AstraZeneca, Södertälje, Sweden; 4 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 5 Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 6 University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee, WI, USA; 7 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 8 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

 

   

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HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

PHM1

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF REGULAR CONTINUOUS PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HAEMOPHILIA A
Monzini M1, Gringeri A2, Ravera S1, Mantovani LG1
1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy; 2 Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Milan, Italy

 

PHM2

 

THE COST OF CARE OF HEMOPHILIC PATIENTS WITHOUT INHIBITORS: THE COCHE STUDY
Mantovani LG1, Scalone L1, Mannucci PM2, Anastasia M1, De Silvio S1, Di Stasi F1, Gringeri A2
1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 2 Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Milan, Italy

 

PHM3

 

COSTS OF HAEMOPHILIA ASSISTANCE IN ROMANIA
Mihailov MD1, Serban M2, Schramm W3, Lippert B4, Arghirescu S5
1University of Medicine, Timisoara, Timis, Romania; 2 University of Medicine, Timisoara, Romania; 3 Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Munich, Germany; 4 MERG, Medical Economics Research Group, Munich, Germany; 5 University of Medicine "Victor Babes" Timisoara, Romania, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

 

PHM4

 

UK COST COMPARISON OF BUCY2 CONDITIONING IN ALLOGENEIC HSCT: ORAL VERSUS IV BUSULFAN (BUSILVEX®)
Groves LJ1, Hill S2, Nichol A2, Myon E3, Orchard KH1
1Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, England; 2 Pierre Fabre Ltd, Winchester, Hampshire, England; 3 Pierre Fabre SA, Boulogne Billancourt, France

 

PHM5

 

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH HAEMOPHILIA WITH THE NEWLY DEVELOPED HAEMOPHILIA-SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT HAEM-A-QOL
Von Mackensen S1, Scalone L2, Ravera S2, Mantovani L2, Gringeri A3
1Institute for Medical Psychology, Hamburg, Germany; 2 Center of Pharmacoeconomy, Milan, Italy; 3 Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Milan, Italy

 

PHM6

 

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH HAEMOPHILIA A SWITCHED TO PROPHYLACTIC REPLACEMENT TREATMENT
Ravera S1, Monzini M1, Gringeri A2, Mantovani LG1
1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy; 2 Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Milan, Italy

 

PHM7

 

DISEASE STATE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES: A REVIEW OF INSTRUMENTS, DISEASE BURDEN, AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR OUTCOMES
Szende A1, Wang M2, Husbands C3, Schaefer C3, Goss TF3
1Covance Health Economics and Outcomes Services, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 2 Celgene Corporation, Sumit, NJ, USA; 3 Covance Health Economics and Outcomes Services, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

 

PHM8

 

THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CHELATION THERAPY (CT) ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OF PATIENTS WITH IRON OVERLOAD (IO)
Abetz L1, Jones P2, Baladi JF2
1Mapi Values, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom; 2 Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, PA, USA

 

PHM9

 

HOW PATIENTS WITH HAEMOPHILIA ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR TREATMENT
Von Mackensen S1, Scalone L2, Mantovani L2, Gringeri A3
1Institute for Medical Psychology, Hamburg, Germany; 2 Center of Pharmacoeconomy, Milan, Italy; 3 Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Milan, Italy

 

   

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NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

PNL1

 

EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF THE PROBABILISTIC MARKOV MODEL ESTIMATING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF MEMANTINE VERSUS STANDARD CARE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE FROM A UK PERSPECTIVE
Guilhaume C1, Rive B2, Francois C1, Livingston G3, Katona C4
1Lundbeck SA, Paris, France; 2 Altipharm SA, Paris, France; 3 University College London, London, United Kingdom; 4 University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

 

PNL2

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ADDING MEMANTINE TREATMENT TO PATIENTS RECEIVING STABILISED DOSES OF DONEPEZIL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Guilhaume C1, Rive B2, Cochran J1
1Lundbeck SA, Paris, France; 2 Altipharm SA, Paris, France

 

PNL3

 

RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTIDEMENTIA MEDICATION PERSISTENCE PATTERNS AT 3 YEARS IN SPANISH ALZHEIMER DISEASE PATIENTS TREATED WITH DONEPEZIL, RIVASTIGMINE, GALANTAMINE AND MEMANTINE.
Sicras A1, Vergara J2, León T3, Febrer L4, Rejas J3
1Badalona Servicios Asistenciales,SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain; 2 Health Center, Benahadux, Almería, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain; 4 SALUTIS RESEARCH, S.L, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 

PNL4

 

THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BURDEN OF PAEDIATRIC EPILEPSY IN IRELAND: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
McGinn M1, Najam Y2, Deiratany S2, Grant D3, Sawyer W3, Reeves P3, Hughes J4, Webb D1, McMenamin J1
1Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland; 2 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Dublin County, Ireland; 3 Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd, London, United Kingdom; 4 GlaxoSmithKline Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

 

PNL5

 

A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF A CHILD'S EPILEPSY ON THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR FAMILY
Deiratany S1, Najam Y1, Grant D2, Sawyer W2, Hughes J3, McMenamin J4, Webb D4, Reeves P2
1Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Dublin County, Ireland; 2 Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd, London, United Kingdom; 3 GlaxoSmithKline Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; 4 Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland

 

PNL6

 

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINE IN THE UK
Quilici S1, Cure S1, Martin M1, Odeyemi IA2
1Innovus Research (UK) Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom; 2 Allergan Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom

 

PNL7

 

IS THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MIGRAINE WITH TRIPTANS EFFICIENT FROM A SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE?
Gracia-Naya M1, Díaz S2, Latorre A1, Rejas J3
1Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; 2 Euriclin Institute, Madrid, Madrid, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain

 

PNL8

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF BETAHISTINE VS CINNARIZINE FOR VERTIGO
Avksentieva M, Vorobyov P, Leontiev S, Soura M, Morozova S, Yakhno N, Bojko A
Moscow medical academy, Moscow, Russia

 

PNL9

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE POLIO IMMUNIZATION POLICIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Griffiths UK1, Botham L2, Schoub BD3
1Muusmann Research and Consulting, Kolding, Denmark; 2 Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa; 3 National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa

 

PNL10

 

THE COSTS OF INFORMAL CARE IN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN SPAIN
Oliva J1, Osuna R2, Lobo F1, Cabańa M1, León T3, Rejas J3
1University Carlos III of Madrid, Getafe, Madrid, Spain; 2 UNED, Madrid, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

 

PNL11

 

A REVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC EVIDENCE FOR BOTULINUM TOXINS IN SPASTICITY ASSOCIATED WITH STROKE AND CEREBRAL PALSY
Richard LJ1, Odeyemi IA2, Ward AB3
1Heron Group, Letchworth Garden City, Herts, United Kingdom; 2 Allergan Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom; 3 North Staffordshire Rehabilitation Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

 

PNL12

 

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF DRUG TREATMENT PATTERNS AMONGST UK PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS WITH RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME (RLS) BETWEEN 1ST APRIL 2004 AND 31ST MARCH 2005
Das Gupta R1, Chaudhuri K2
1Boehringer Ingelheim, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom; 2 King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

 

PNL13

 

IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE REGISTRY (ISPR) A MEDICAL DEVICE AND PATIENT REGISTRY
Stoker V, Weaver T, Hargens L
Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA

 

PNL14

 

USE OF THE SELF-ADMINISTERED NEUROPATHY TOTAL SYMPTOM SCORE – 6 (NTSS-6 SA) IN AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY
Mear I1, Grataloup G1, Nadjar A1, Seignobos E2, Trudeau E2, Bastyr E3
1Mapi Research Institute, Lyon, Rhone, France; 2 Mapi Values, Lyon, Rhone, France; 3 ELI LILLY, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 

PNL15

 

PREFERENCE FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE INTERVENTIONS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES IN TETRAPLEGIA: THE IMPACT OF TREATMENT CHARACTERISTICS
IJzerman MJ1, Snoek GJ1, van Til JA1, Krabbe PF2
1University of Twente/Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands; 2 Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

 

PNL16

 

THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF PARKINSONISM IN ITALY
Colombo GL1, Antonini A2, Guerra PU3, Dondi M4
1SAVE, Milano, Italy; 2 Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy; 3 Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy; 4 Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

 

PNL17

 

A COST-UTILITY MODEL COMPARING AZILECT® (RASAGILINE) WITH STANDARD CARE AND ENTACAPONE IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSONIAN PATIENTS WITH MOTOR FLUCTUATIONS UNDER LEVODOPA IN FINLAND
Hudry J1, Rinne J2, Keränen T3, Eckert L1, Cochran J1, François C1
1H. Lundbeck A/S, Paris, France; 2 University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 3 Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

 

PNL18

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTINUOUS DUODENAL DELIVERY OF LEVODOPA (DUODOPA®) IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Kristiansen IS1, Bingefors K2, Isacson D2
1University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 2 Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala, Sweden

 

PNL19

 

META-ANALYSIS OF CASE SERIES TO PROVIDE INPUTS FOR A DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Caro JJ1, Caro I2, Ishak KJ2, Proskorovsky I2
1Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA; 2 Caro Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada

 

PNL20

 

DISEASE SEVERITY AND HEALTH CARE COSTS OF RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN PORTUGAL
Mateus C, Pereira J
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

 

PNL21

 

THE COST OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IN EUROPE
Berg J1, Kobelt G2, Lindgren P1, Fredrikson S3, Jönsson B4
1Stockholm Health Economics, Stockholm, Sweden; 2 European Health Economics, Speracedes, France; 3 Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 4 Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

 

PNL22

 

THE SYMPTOMATIC, FUNCTIONAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. REPORT ON A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVE
Doward LC1, McKenna SP2, Meads DM2, Kavyasiddhi D2, Hampson NE2, Mayo KW3
1Galen Research, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2 Galen Research, Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 3 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Basel, Switzerland

 

   

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OSTEOPOROSIS

POS1

 

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF IBANDRONATE FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS
Schnitzer TJ1, Stephenson JJ2, Chen YT3, Sen SS4, Long S2, Abbott T2
1Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; 2 Thomson Medstat, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 3 Merck & Co., Inc, West Point, PA, USA; 4 Merck & Co., Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

 

POS2

 

CLINICAL EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY FOR THE TREATMENT OF VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Taylor RS1, Rebecca J T1, Frtizell P2
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2 Falun Hospital, Falun, Sweden

 

POS3

 

RISK FOR OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES IS REDUCED IN PERSISTENT BISPHOSPHONATE USERS
Goettsch WG1, Penning-van Beest FJ1, Erkens JE1, Lynch NO2, Novak A3, Herings RMC1
1PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2 GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford, Middlesex, United Kingdom; 3 Roche Nederland B.V, Woerden, Netherlands

 

POS4

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PREVENTION OF GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS WITH ALENDRONATE OR ALFACALCIDOL. THE STOP-STUDY: A RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL
De Nijs R., Buskens E, Jacobs JW, Bijlsma JWJ on behalf of the STOP study group .
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

POS5

 

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RISENDRONATE COMPARED TO ALENDRONATE IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH ESTABLISHED OSTEOPOROSIS: A POLISH ANALYSIS
Orlewska E1, Lis J2, Gierczynski J3
1Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, Warsaw, Poland; 2 Sanofi-aventis Poland, Warsaw, Poland; 3 sanofi-aventis group, Warsaw, Poland

 

POS6

 

IMPACT OF BISPHOSPHONATES ON OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES, PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE AND TREATMENT COSTS: THE CASE OF GERMANY
Kruse HP1, Kurth A2, Moehrke W3, Lyssy A4, Pasquale M5, Grima D6
1Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; 2 University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 3 Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany; 4 Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Schwalbach a. Ts, Germany; 5 Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, OH, USA; 6 Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Oakville, ON, Canada

 

POS7

 

EVALUATION OF DISTRIBUTION OF HIP REPLACEMENT IN HUNGARY ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AND AGE GROUPS
Sebestyen A1, Boncz I2, David T2, Vermes C3
1National Health Insurance Fund Administration (OEP), Pécs, Hungary; 2 National Health Insurance Fund Administration (OEP), Budapest, Hungary; 3 University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

 

POS8

 

CONTENT VALIDATION OF OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT PREFERENCE QUESTIONNAIRE
Flood E1, Hebborn A2, Beusterien K1
1The MEDTAP Institute at UBC, Bethesda, MD, USA; 2 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland

 

POS9

 

EXTENDING THE BURDEN OF DISEASE PROTOCOL: DERIVING DISABILITY WEIGHTS FOR RISK FACTOR DISEASES - THE CASE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS
Janssen M, Birnie E, Bonsel G
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

 

POS10

 

PERSISTENCE OF DRUG TREATMENT WITH ALENDRONATE AND RISEDRONATE IN PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS
Moehrke W1, Lyssy A1, Wick B2, Gerd M2
1Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Schwalbach, Germany; 2 Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Schwalbach a. Ts, Germany

 

POS11

 

AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF THE IMPACT OF DOSING FREQUENCY ON COMPLIANCE AND PERSISTENCE WITH BISPHOSPHONATE THERAPY, AMONG POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN THE US, UK AND GERMANY
Cramer JA1, Lynch NO2, Walker M3, Cowell W3, Suppapanya N4, Rigney U2, Hammerschmidt T5
1Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA; 2 GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford, Middlesex, United Kingdom; 3 Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; 4 GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USA; 5 GlaxoSmithKline, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

 

POS12

 

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OSTEOPOROSIS AND AN INADEQUATE RESPONSE TO ANTI-OSTEOPOROSIS MEDICATION: BASELINE RESULTS OF THE FRENCH COHORT FROM THE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS (OSSO)
Fardellone P1, Liu-Leage S2, Alfonsi A2, Tcherny-Lessenot S2
1CHRU Amiens, Amiens, France; 2 Lilly France, Suresnes, France

 

POS13

 

UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING TIBIA FRACTURE ON QUALITY OF LIFE ; CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND NEW DISEASE SPECIFIC HR-QOL MEASURE
Brod M1, Lammert M2
1The BROD GROUP, Mill Valley, CA, USA; 2 Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark

 

POS14

 

ELICITING AND QUANTIFYING PATIENT PREFERENCES FOR DOSING FREQUENCY
Walker M1, Carr AJ2, Cowell W1
1Roche Products Ltd, London, London, United Kingdom; 2 Clinimatrix Limited, London, London, United Kingdom

 

   

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PAIN

PPN1

 

COGNITIVE FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROPATHIC PAIN
Povedano M1, Gascón J1, Gálvez R2, Ruíz M3, Rejas J3
1Principes de Espańa Hospital, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 2 Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

 

PPN2

 

THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF STRONG, CONTROLLED-RELEASE OPIOIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC NON-MALIGNANT PAIN: A PROBABILISTIC DECISION-MODEL
Hawkins N1, Sculpher M1, Morris J2
1Unversity of York, York, United Kingdom; 2 Napp Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, United Kingdom

 

PPN3

 

BURDEN OF ILLNESS OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN PRIMARY CARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Makinson GT, Koncz TA
Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, United Kingdom

 

PPN4

 

DIFFERENTIAL COSTS OF NEUROPHATIC PAIN (NEP) MEDICAL MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO AETIOLOGY: RESULTS OF THE REC STUDY
Rodríguez M1, Garcia A2, Rejas J3
1University Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain; 2 Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

 

PPN5

 

A MODEL-BASED COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF LYRICATM(PREGABALIN) VERSUS CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN
Annemans L1, Caekelbergh K1, Hans G2, Marbaix S3
1IMS Health, Brussels, Belgium; 2 University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 3 Pfizer, Brussels, Belgium

 

PPN6

 

A UK PHARMACOECONOMIC MODEL OF PARENTERAL PARECOXIB VERSUS OPIOID ANALGESIA FOLLOWING MAJOR SURGERY
Miller JD1, Russell MW1, Neumann PJ2, Menzin J1, Boye ME3, Rublee DA4
1Boston Health Economics, Inc, Waltham, MA, USA; 2 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; 3 Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 4 Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA

 

PPN7

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE COMBINATION TRAMADOL PLUS PARACETAMOL VERSUS CODEINE PLUS PARACETAMOL FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN THERAPY IN THE NETHERLANDS
Nuijten MJ1, Poulsen Nautrup B2
1Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2 Gruenenthal GmbH, Aachen, Germany

 

PPN8

 

THE MOS-SHORT-FORM-12 (SF-12) AS A MEASURE OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN (NEP) PATIENTS: RELIABILITY, CONCURRENT AND DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY.
Rejas J1, Masramon X2, Ruíz M3
1Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas/Madrid, Spain; 2 Euroclin Institute, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

 

PPN9

 

HEALTH STATUS AS MEASURED BY PATIENT UTILITY DETERMINATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH PAIN: RESULTS FROM A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY.
Pérez C1, Gálvez R2, Insausti J3, Martínez-Valero C2, Ruíz M4, González P4, Díaz S5, Rejas J4
1La Princesa Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain; 2 Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Granada, Spain; 3 Severo Ochoa Hospital, Leganés, Madrid, Spain; 4 Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain; 5 Euriclin Institute, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

 

PPN10

 

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE MOS-SLEEP SCALE IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN (NEP) SYNDROMES.
Rejas J1, Ribera MV2, Ruíz M1, Masramon X3
1Pfizer Spain, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain; 2 Hospital Vall d´Hebrón, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3 Euroclin Institute, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 

   

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SKIN

PSN1

 

USING THE GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATABASE TO ESTIMATE THE INCIDENCE, PREVALENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF HYPERHIDROSIS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Brown B1, Odeyemi IA2, Christova L1, Aristides M1, Tilden D1
1M-TAG, a division of IMS Health Economics and Outcomes Research, London, United Kingdom; 2 Allergan Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom

 

PSN2

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS: ALDARATM (IMIQUIMOD) CREAM, 5% IN THE TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA IN NORWAY
Sverre JM1, Kristensen F1, Hamel-Gariépy L2, Albrektsen T3
1PharmEcon AS, Asker, Norway; 2 Laboratoires 3M Santé, Cergy-Pontoise, France; 3 3M Pharma, Skjetten, Norway

 

PSN3

 

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PIMECROLIMUS, A NEW TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS IN HUNGARY
Kósa J
Novartis Hungary, Budapest, Pest, Hungary

 

PSN4

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS MODEL OF ALDARATM (IMIQUIMOD) CREAM, 5% IN SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA IN THE NETHERLANDS
De Cock E1, Nuijten M2, Hollestein A3, Hamel-Gariépy L4
1The Medtap Institute, London, United Kingdom; 2 Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3 3M Pharma, Zoeterwoude, Netherlands; 4 Laboratoires 3M Santé, Cergy-Pontoise, France

 

PSN5

 

WITHDRAWN

 

PSN6

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF BRIVUDINE COMPARED TO ACICLOVIR FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPES ZOSTER IN GERMANY
Kaltwasser MT1, Nannicini A2, Tofani L2
1Berlin-Chemie (Menarini Group), Berlin, Germany; 2 A. Menarini, Florence, Italy

 

PSN7

 

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL GENITAL WARTS (EGW) IN FRANCE
Vainchtock A1, Aractingi S2, Monsonego J3, Sultan S4, Vernay C5, Duru G6, Decuypere L7, Flahault A8, Lamarsalle L1, Hamel-Gariépy L7
1IMS Health - GYD institut, Lyon, France; 2 Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France; 3 Institut Alfred Fournier, Paris, France; 4 Hôpital des Diaconesses, Paris, France; 5 DAV - Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Marseilles, France; 6 Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France; 7 Laboratoires 3M Santé, Cergy-Pontoise, France; 8 INSERM - Unité 707, Paris, France

 

PSN8

 

EXAMINATION OF ADHERENCE TO PHARMACOTHERAPY TREATMENT GUIDELINES IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS IN THE UNITED STATES
Kulkarni A1, Horn E2, Balkrishnan R1, Feldman S3
1Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA; 2 National Psoriasis Foundation, Portland, OR, USA; 3 Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

 

PSN9

 

PATTERNS OF TOPICAL ACNE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION USE: ANALYSIS OF A LARGE-SCALE RETROSPECTIVE CLAIMS DATABASE
Hankin C1, Patel BV2, Leslie S2, Gyang E1
1BioMedEcon, LLC, Moss Beach, CA, USA; 2 MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA

 

PSN10

 

THE RISE OF THE GENERIC DRUG MARKET: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASES
Bhosle M1, Balkrishnan R1, Feldman S2
1Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA; 2 Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

 

PSN11

 

PREDICTORS OF HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES AND COSTS RELATED TO MEDICATION USE IN PATIENTS WITH ACNE IN THE UNITED STATES
Balkrishnan R1, Kulkarni A1, Feldman S2
1Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA; 2 Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

 

PSN12

 

NAIL PSORIASIS: ELABORATION OF A SCALE FOR FUNCTIONAL DISCOMFORT
Taieb C1, Corvest M2, Voisard J3, Marionneau N1, Myon E1
1Pierre Fabre, Boulogne-Billancourt, France; 2 APLCP, Vannes, France; 3 Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, Lavaur, France

 

PSN13

 

REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF THE IMPACT OF PSORIASIS QUESTIONNAIRE: CLASSICAL TEST THEORY VS RASCH ANALYSIS
Nijsten T1, Unaeze J2, Stern RS3
1University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium; 2 Harvard medical school, Boston, MA, USA; 3 Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical school, Boston, MA, USA

 

PSN14

 

CHANGES IN FUNCTIONAL ABILITY AS MEASURED BY DLQI IS CONSISTENT WITH CLINICAL RESPONSE IN MODERATE TO SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH ADALIMUMAB
Melilli LE1, Shikiar R2, Thompson C3
1Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA; 2 MEDTAP Institute at United Biosource Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA; 3 MEDTAP Institute at United Biosource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA

 

PSN15

 

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT AS MEASURED BY EQ-5D IS CONSISTENT WITH CLINICAL RESPONSE IN MODERATE TO SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH ADALIMUMAB
Melilli LE1, Shikiar R2, Thompson C3
1Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA; 2 MEDTAP Institute at United Biosource Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA; 3 MEDTAP Institute at United Biosource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA

 

PSN16

 

NAIL PSORIASIS: IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Taieb C1, Corvest M2, Voisard J3, Marionneau N1, Myon E1
1Pierre Fabre, Boulogne-Billancourt, France; 2 APLCP, Vannes, France; 3 Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, Lavaur, France

 

PSN17

 

VALIDATION OF THE ITALIAN VERSION OF THE INFANTS' DERMATITIS QUALITY OF LIFE & FAMILY DERMATITIS INDEXES
Baranzoni N1, Scalone L2, Rigoni L3, Mantovani LG2, Giannetti A1
1Divisione Clinica Dermatologica, Modena, Italy; 2 Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 3 Fujisawa Srl, Milan, Italy

 

PSN18

 

ATOPIC DERMATITIS: IMPACT ON SEXUALITY
Taieb C, Marionneau N, Myon E
Pierre Fabre, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

 

PSN19

 

QUALITY OF LIFE OF PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH ATOPIC ECZEMA AND THEIR FAMILIES
Scalone L1, Gelmetti C2, De Portu S3, Monzini M1, Colonna C2, De Silvio S1, Mantovani LG1
1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy; 2 Department of Internal Medicine and Dermatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 3 University of Naples, Naples, Italy

 

PSN20

 

VALIDATION OF THE ITALIAN VERSION OF THE DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX
Baranzoni N1, Scalone L2, Rigoni L3, Mantovani LG2, Giannetti A1
1Divisione Clinica Dermatologica, Modena, Italy; 2 Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 3 Fujisawa Srl, Milan, Italy

 

PSN21

 

IMPACT OF CORTICOSTEROID-SPARING EFFECT OF AN EMOLLIENT MILK ON FAMILY'S QUALITY OF LIFE OF INFANTS AFFECTED BY ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Myon E1, Durosier V2, Sibaud V2, Marionneau N1, Taďeb C1
1Pierre Fabre, Boulogne-Billancourt, France; 2 Ducray - Aderma, Lavaur, France

 

PSN22

 

SENSITIVE SKIN: IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Misery L1, Myon E2, Marionneau N2, Taieb C2
1CHU Brest, Brest, France; 2 Pierre Fabre, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

 

PSN23

 

FACTORS INFLUENCING QUALITY OF LIFE IN ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Hampson NE1, Meads DM1, McKenna SP1, Doward LC1, Turk F2
1Galen Research, Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

 

PSN24

 

ATOPIC DERMATITIS: A CONJOINT ANALYSIS PILOT STUDY
Monzini M1, Gelmetti C2, De Portu S3, Scalone L1, De Silvio S4, Colonna C2, Mantovani L5
1Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy; 2 Department of Internal Medicine and Dermatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 3 University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 4 Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 5 Center of Pharmacoeconomy, Milan, Italy

 

PSN25

 

ADULTS WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS: QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACT
Taieb C, Marionneau N, Myon E
Pierre Fabre, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

 

   

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STROKE

PST1

 

PREDICTORS OF STROKE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: RESULTS FROM A LARGE COMMERCIALLY INSURED US POPULATION
Ollendorf D1, Fidan D2, Leguet P2, Gabriel S2, Boccuzzi SJ1
1PharMetrics, Inc, Watertown, MA, USA; 2 Sanofi-Aventis, Bagneux Cedex, France

 

PST2

 

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LOSARTAN IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND LVH: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR THE NETHERLANDS BASED ON THE LIFE-STUDY.
Boersma C1, Carides GW2, Burke TA3, Postma MJ1
1University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; 2 Merck Research Labs, Blue Bell, PA, USA; 3 Merck & Co., Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

 

PST3

 

CLOPIDOGREL VERSUS ASPIRIN IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH RECENT ISCHEMIC STROKE OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK: COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS IN ITALY.
Rudelli G1, Roze S2, Palmer AJ2, Hakimi Z3, Spiesser J3, Carita P3, Gabriel S3
1sanofi-aventis, Milano, Italy; 2 CORE - Center for Outcomes Research, Binningen, Basel, Switzerland; 3 sanofi-aventis, Bagneux, France

 

PST4

 

COST-CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS FOR THE HANDMASTER IN THE NETHERLANDS
Nuijten M1, Engelfriet P2
1Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2 Academic Medical Center, amsterdam, Netherlands

 

PST5

 

COST AND OUTCOMES AFTER FIRST STOKE HOSPITAL ADMISSION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES
Morsanutto A1, Mantovani L2, Ros B3, De Portu S2, Spazzapan D3, Tosolini F3
1University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 2 University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 3 Direzione Regionale della Sanitŕ e delle Politiche Sociali, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy

 

PST6

 

FACTORS RELATED TO LONGER HOSPITAL STAY AFTER FIRST-EVER ISCHEMIC STROKE
Tseng MC1, Chang KC2
1National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

 

PST7

 

DO PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECEIVE APPROPRIATE STROKE PREVENTION THERAPY IN PRACTICE?
Liovas AM1, Folia C2
1AstraZeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada; 2 Agro Health Associates, Mississauga, ON, Canada

 

PST8

 

WARFARIN PATIENT SEGMENTS: GENERAL PRACTITIONERS VERSUS SPECIALISTS
Liovas AM
AstraZeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada

 

PST9

 

MANDARIN VERSION OF STROKE IMPACT SCALE: ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION
Chang KC1, Tseng MC2, Hung JW1, Lin TK1, Tan TY1, Chen CH1
1Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan; 2 National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

 

PST10

 

THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND A PROSPECTIVE, OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF ISCHEMIC STROKE
Seung SJ1, Mittmann N2, Sharma M3, Fisher A4, Cousineau D3, Liovas AM5
1HOPE Research Centre, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2 HOPE Research Centre, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3 The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 4 The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 5 AstraZeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada

 

PST11

 

THE USE OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION METHODS IN HEALTH CARE. DOES METHOD USED INFLUENCE OUTCOME?
Van Til JA1, Dolan JG2, Stiggelbout AM3, IJzerman MJ1
1University of Twente / Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands; 2 Unity Health System, Rochester, NY, USA; 3 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

 

PST12

 

THE USE OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION METHODS IN HEALTH CARE. WHICH METHOD IS MOST SUITABLE FOR HEALTHY AND COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED POPULATION?
Van Til JA1, Stiggelbout AM2, Dolan JG3, IJzerman MJ4
1University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands; 2 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; 3 Unity Health System, Rochester, NY, USA; 4 University of Twente / Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

 

PST13

 

EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EARLY REHABILITATION STRATEGY WITH HOME FOLLOW-UP FOR PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC VASCULAR CEREBRAL DISEASE IN MEXICO
Torres-Arreola LDP1, Flores-Hernández S2, Constantino-Casas P2
1Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico, D.F, Mexico; 2 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F, Mexico

 

   

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