Obesity has substantially increased in recent decades and is now one of the major global
health problems. The large obesity-related health burden negatively impacts many relevant …

Abstract Background The EQ-5D is one of the most frequently used, generic, preference-
based instruments for measuring the health utilities of patients in economic evaluations. It is …

Background Economic evaluations of health interventions pose a particular challenge for
reporting because substantial information must be conveyed to allow scrutiny of study …

Background Policymakers in high-, low-, and middle-income countries alike face
challenging choices about resource allocation in health. Economic evaluation can be useful …

Objective With the increasing prevalence of diabetes, annual screening for diabetic
retinopathy (DR) by expert human grading of retinal images is challenging. Automated DR …

The debate over whether to provide food-assistance and the form that this assistance should
take has a long history in economics. Despite the ongoing debate, little rigorous evidence …

Background Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death
in Korea. According to a report of published by Statistics Korea in 2014, cerebrovascular …

Like most of the world, low-and middle-income countries have faced a growing demand for
new health technologies and higher budget constraints. It is necessary to have technical …

Information on the costs and benefits of eHealth interventions is needed, not only to
document value for money and to support decision making in the field, but also to form the …

Background Prehabilitation may reduce postoperative complications, but sustainability of its
health benefits and impact on costs needs further evaluation. Our aim was to assess the …