Background Overweight and obese persons are at risk of a number of medical conditions
which can lead to further morbidity and mortality. The primary objective of this study is to …

This study is to update the estimates of the economic burden of illness because of overweight
and obesity in Canada by incorporating the increase in prevalence of overweight and …

The objective of this study is to review current measurement issues and valuation methods
such as “human capital” and “friction cost” for estimating productivity loss due to illness. Since …

Background: The 5-level version of the EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) was recently developed. A number
of preference-based scoring systems are being developed for several countries around …

Objective To estimate the lost investment of domestically educated doctors migrating from
sub-Saharan African countries to Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United …

In this study we explored a novel application of the discrete choice experiment (DCE) that
resembles the time trade off (TTO) task to estimate values on the health utility scale for the EQ-…

Introduction The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire is a well
validated instrument to measure impairments in work and activities. However, its validation …

Objective Although evidence suggests that shared decision-making (SDM) can improve patient
outcomes, uptake to date has been sparse. The purpose of this review was to determine …

Background The EQ-5D is a preference based instrument which provides a description of a
respondent's health status, and an empirically derived value for that health state often from a …

Background New antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for HIV could improve clinical
outcomes for patients. To inform global guidelines, we aimed to assess the comparative …