Background: The cost-effectiveness of Canada's only supervised injection facility has not
been rigorously evaluated. We estimated the impact of the facility on survival, rates of HIV and …

Background The costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of screening for human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) in health care settings during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (…

Protein-coding genes account for only a small part of the human genome; in fact, the vast
majority of transcripts are comprised of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) including long ncRNAs (…

Objective To investigate if published studies tend to report favourable cost effectiveness ratios
(below $20 000, $50 000, and $100 000 per quality adjusted life year (QALY) gained) and …

State-transition modeling (STM) is an intuitive, flexible, and transparent approach of
computer-based decision-analytic modeling, including both Markov model cohort simulation as well …

Background: The costs and side effects of several antiandrogen therapies for advanced
prostate cancer differ substantially. We estimated the cost-effectiveness of antiandrogen …

In health economics, contingent valuation is a method that elicits an individual’s monetary
valuations of health programmes or health states. This article reviews the theory and conduct …

Recently, the use of multi-crystalline silicon solar cells (MCSSCs) has been increasing
worldwide. This work proposes a novel MCSSC pattern for achieving a more accurate emulation …

Background Community stakeholders express a range of opinions about supervised
injection facilities (SIFs). We sought to identify reasons for ambivalence about SIFs amongst …

Background Adherence to prescribed regimens is required to derive maximal benefit from
many highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens in people living with HIV/AIDS. …