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Scientific Highlights

Health-related quality of life in subjects with and without Type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of five population-based surveys in Germany; Download
Regional deprivation in Bavaria: linking a new deprivation index to mortality and cancer incidence on municipality level; Download
Smoking and health-related quality of life in English general population: implications for economic evaluations; Download
The effect of COPD on healthcare utilization and medical costs – with focus on early stages of disease; Download

Family Members Bear Main Burden of Care for Dementia Patients Living at Home; Download
Measuring health from the patient’s perspective: A value set for the EQ-5D based on experienced health states; Download
Relative Weight Related Direct Costs of Healthcare Use by Children; Download
The role of health technology assessment in coverage decisions on newborn screening; Download

Health-related quality of life in patients with severe COPD hospitalized for acute exacerbations IGM; Download
Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of the EQ-5D in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Germany; Download
An economic view upon outpatient cardiac rehabilitation; Download

Effects of Ownership on Hospital Efficiency in Germany; Download
First approaches to the monetary impact of environmental health disturbances in Germany; Download
Value of information analysis quantifies the potential benefit of further applied research about clopidogrel in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes; Download
Cost-effectiveness analysis of novel genetic screening programs: results from a modelling study on hereditary hemochromatosis; Download

Time trends in type 2 diabetes patients’ disease management and outcomes; Download
The importance of specialist treatment, treatment satisfaction and diabetes education for the compliance of subjects with type 2 diabetes. Results from a population-based survey; Download

Social inequalities in glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes; Download
Change in smoking-attributable morbidity, mortality and costs in Germany between 1993 and 2003; Download
Obese adults’ utilization of general practitioners: Currently, more opportunities for curative than preventive care; Download

EQ-5D a reasonable preference-based index of quality-of-life of patients after acute cardiac event; Download
Higher cost sharing in health insurance reduces moral hazard AND increases risk selection; Download
Prolonged recruitment in health surveys only slightly increases representativeness - at increasing marginal costs; Download
Severe obesity increases health care cost and productivity loss; Download