Economic Evaluation of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Tanan Bejrananda, Win Khaing, Sajesh K. Veettil, Therdpong Thongseiratch, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

“…Background and objective: Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a surgical option for localized prostate cancer. …”
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Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study by Tony Reiman, Robin Urquhart, Lindsay McLaren, Cameron MacLellan, Paul Kershaw, Ronald D Kneebone, Daniel J Dutton

“…We aim to determine the association between the ratio and both age-standardised cancer incidence and mortality.Methods Using linear regressions with provincial and yearly fixed effects, we measured associations between the ratio and incidence of the four most common cancers in Canada (ie, lung and bronchus, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer), and mortality from any cancer, from 1992 to 2017 (incidence) and 2000 to 2019 (mortality).Results A one-cent increase in social spending for each dollar spent on medical services was significantly associated with a decrease in colorectal (−0.2%), breast (−0.1%), and prostate cancer (−0.6%). …”
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The Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness Between Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Provocative Discography in the Identification of Chronic Low Back Pain Surgery Candidates by Wilson L, Beall DP, Eastlack RK, Berven S, Lotz JC

“…Diagnostic costs ($1950 for PD; $1450 for MRS), saved $500 per MRS patient. …”
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The Analysis of the Indebtedness of Slovak Agricultural Enterprises in Years 2003 and 2009 and Multi-criteria Analysis of Slovak Agricultural Enterprises in Years 2003 and 2009 by Jana Prevužňáková, Katarína Zemková

“…These prices were supported by a weak U.S. dollar. In the paper the difference in management of the two legal forms was confirmed. …”
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Intrinsic constraint on T c for unconventional superconductivity by Qiong Qin, Yi-feng Yang

“…This is shown by our systematic simulations on the pairing instability of some effective models for two-dimensional superconductivity. For a square lattice model with nearest-neighbour pairing, we find a plaquette state formed of weakly-connected 2 × 2 blocks for sufficiently large pairing interaction. …”
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Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) Therapy with an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor or Docetaxel in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Furnback W, Wu E, Koh CYC, Nino de Rivera Guzman JF, Kruhl C, Kotecha R, Wang BC

“…Wesley Furnback,1 Elizabeth Wu,1 Cloe Ying Chee Koh,2 Jorge Fernando Nino de Rivera Guzman,2 Christian Kruhl,3 Rupesh Kotecha,4 Bruce CM Wang3 1Real Chemistry, New York, NY, USA; 2Novocure, Inc, Portsmouth, NH, USA; 3Novocure GmbH, Root, Switzerland; 4Department of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, USACorrespondence: Bruce CM Wang, Novocure GmbH, Neuhofstrasse 21, Baar, 6340, Switzerland, Email bcwang@novocure.comPurpose: Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality. …”
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Economics and cost effectiveness of a rain garden for flood-resistant urban design by D. Rinchumphu, N. Suriyanon, N. Phichetkunbodee, S. Munlikawong, C. Wanitchayapaisit, S. Sitthikankun

“…Knowing the amount of sand can determine the cost per infiltration rate.FINDINGS: The results showed that the most efficient design was a rain garden with a soil:sand ratio of 1:4, which increased the infiltration rate per cost by 2.00 millimeters per hour per United States Dollar per square meter. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Canadian Perspective by Yaariv Khaykin, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo, Atul Verma, Lauren Chun, Shelby Olesovsky, Matthew R. Reynolds

“…**Background:** Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects approximately 350,000 Canadians and has an estimated annual economic burden exceeding $800 million dollars. Anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy and catheter ablation (CA) are the two common treatments for paroxysmal AF. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Hypochlorous Acid Preserved Wound Cleanser versus Saline Irrigation in Conjunction with Ultrasonic Debridement for Complex Wounds by Peter J. Mallow, John M. Hiebert, Martin C. Robson

“…The primary outcome was the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), a measure of the additional cost per benefit. …”
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The Impact of Sanctions’ Reduction and the Financial Strength of Companies on the Development of Garment Exports, Considering the Mediation Role of Direct and Indirect Exports. by Farshad Alidaei, Mostafa Hashemi Tilehnouei, hossein vazifedoost

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Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: Exploring costs and factors associated with acute care. by Tea Rosic, Glenda Babe, Myanca Rodrigues, Brittany B Dennis, Richard Perez, Claire de Oliveira, Andrew Worster, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…Mean one-year mental healthcare costs, calculated in 2022 Canadian dollars, were estimated. We fit a two-part zero-inflated negative binomial model to explore the association between factors of interest and healthcare costs.…”
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A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Early Cost-effective Assessment from the Total Posterior Spine Sys... by Jared D. Ament, Amir Vokshoor, Yaser Badr, Todd Lanman, Kee D. Kim, J. Patrick Johnson

“…The primary outcome was cost-effectiveness, expressed as the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. Secondary outcomes were health-related utility, presented as quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and cost, calculated in US dollars. …”
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Economic evaluation of pan-genotypic generic direct-acting antiviral regimens for treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Iran: a cost-effectiveness study by Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mohammad Tasavon Gholamhoseini, Heidar Sharafi, Helena HL Borba, Asma Sabermahani, Behzad Hajarizadeh

“…We calculated quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) using a health system perspective. Costs were converted to US dollars using purchasing power parity exchange rate ($PPP). …”
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Geochemical signatures and nanomechanical properties of echinoid tests from nearshore habitats of Florida: environmental and physiological controls on echinoid biomineralization by Przemysław Gorzelak, Luis Torres Jr., Dorota Kołbuk, Tobias B. Grun, Michał Kowalewski

“…Live specimens of sand dollars and sea biscuits (Mellita tenuis, Encope spp., Leodia sexiesperforata, and Clypeaster subdepressus) were collected from three different salinity regimes: (1) a coastal region of Cedar Key influenced by freshwater input from Suwannee River, with low and fluctuating salinity; (2) St. …”
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Socioeconomic indicators related to the global burden of breast cancer in women in 2020: an analysis of WHO data by Tingting XU, Ruoyu YANG, Jingjing LI, Yiying FANG

“…The mean values of the 10 selected indicators representing national socioeconomic development were as follows: 2 138.06 ± 7 465.03 million for total female population, 26.58 ± 17.12 μg/m3 for mean annual urban particulate matter concentration; 63.97 ± 57.32 per 10 000 population for density of physicians, 4.01 ± 4.11 per 10 000 population for density of pharmacists, 4.11 ± 4.32 US dollars for net official development assistance received by the medical research and basic health sector per capita, 63.65 ± 20.31 for average of 13 International Health Regulations Core Capacity Scores, 10. 41 ± 5.17% for the percentage of government health expenditure, 68.00 ± 28.65% for the percentage of the population using safely managed sanitation services, 66.05 ± 95.28 million US dollars in official development assistance (ODA) provided through government-coordinated expenditure plans specifically for water and sanitation, and 0.587 ± 0.190 for the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (HDI). …”
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The impact of preoperative venous thromboembolism on patients undergoing TURBT: Perioperative outcomes and healthcare costs from US insurance claims data by Anas S. Tresh, Francesco Del Giudice, Shufeng Li, Satvir Basran, Ettore De Berardinis, Dalila Carino, Valerio Santarelli, Bernardo Rocco, Maria Chiara Shighinolfi, Roman Mayr, Matteo Ferro, Riccardo Autorino, Gabriele Bignante, Felice Crocetto, Biagio Barone, Renate Pichler, José Daniel Subiela, Jorge Caño Velasco, Marco Moschini, Andrea Mari, Andrea Gallioli, Francesco Soria, Simone Albisinni, Wojciech Krajewski, Jan Łaszkiewicz, Łukasz Nowak, Tomasz Szydełko, Benjamin Challacombe, Rajesh Nair, Benjamin I. Chung

“…A history of preoperative VTE predicted higher rates of any complication (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.28, 95% CI 1.14–1.43) and also higher rates of infectious and haemorrhagic complications. …”
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Community-based HPV self-collection versus visual inspection with acetic acid in Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis of the ASPIRE trial by Joel Singer, Angeli Rawat, Heather Armstrong, Josaphat Byamugisha, Gina S Ogilvie, Alex K Mezei, Heather N Pedersen, Stephen Sy, Catherine Regan, Sheona M Mitchell-Foster, Musa Sekikubo, Jane J Kim, Nicole G Campos

“…The model was used to assess the cost-effectiveness of each arm of ASPIRE, as well as an HPV screen-and-treat strategy (‘HPV-ST’) involving community-based self-collected HPV testing followed by treatment for all HPV-positive women at the clinic.Outcome measures The primary outcomes were reductions in cervical cancer risk and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs), expressed in dollars per year of life saved (YLS).Results HPV-ST was the most effective and cost-effective screening strategy, reducing the lifetime absolute risk of cervical cancer from 4.2% (range: 3.8%–4.7%) to 3.5% (range: 3.2%–4%), 2.8% (range: 2.4%–3.1%) and 2.4% (range: 2.1%–2.7%) with ICERs of US$130 (US$110–US$150) per YLS, US$240 (US$210–US$280) per YLS, and US$470 (US$410–US$550) per YLS when performed one, three and five times per lifetime, respectively. …”
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