Abstract Objectives This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of introducing universal maternal pertussis immunisation under the national vaccine programme in Thailand. Methods We conducted a cost-utility analysis from a societal perspective to compare maternal vaccination with (1) T

Background: Osteoporosis, a reduction in bone strength, is one of the most significant factors contributing to fractures, particularly in postmenopausal women. It affects not only patients’ life expectancy and quality of life, but also household expenditure on healthcare costs. Various screening methods to identify the risk of developing osteopo

Objective: This study aims to assess the cost-utility of providing either trivalent live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) or trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) to school-aged children to prevent seasonal influenza. Methods: A deterministic age-structured dynamic transmission model was constructed and used to evaluate economic conse

An increase in the number of cancer patients with anemia has been observed in Thailand due to an increase of cancer patients and the use of chemotherapy for treatment of cancers that cause bone marrow suppression. Although blood transfusion is an effective way of increasing the hemoglobin level in anemic patients, several limitations do exist with

Patients who are using warfarin, an oral anticoagulant with narrow therapeutic index, needs to be followed up regularly. The index that has been used to monitor the result of using the medicine is International Normalized Ratio (INR). The gold standard of the method to measure INR is to measure using a specific device in the laboratory. However, th

Boonying Siribumrungwong1, Pinit Noorit2, Chumpon Wilasrusmee3, Pattara Leelahavarong4, Ammarin Thakkinstian5 and Yot Teerawattananon4 Abstract Objectives: To conduct economic evaluations of radiofrequency ablation, ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy and surgery for great saphenous vein ab

Background: In Thailand, there has been no economic evaluation study of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer patients after resection. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the cost-utility of all chemotherapy regimens currently used in Thailand compared with the adjuvant 5-fluorouracil

The objective of this study is to estimate the cost-utility analysis of the cholinesterase inhibitors (i.e., donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine) compared with no drug treatment in patients with mild to moderate alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Thailand based on the societal and governmental perspectives and to estimate the budget impact of the ch

Cost-utility analysis of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: Protection at what price in the Thai context? Wantanee Kulpenga, b, , , , Pattara Leelahavaronga, , Waranya Rattanavipaponga, , Vorasith Sornsrivichaib, , Henry C. Baggettc, , Aronrag Meeyaia, d, , , Warunee Punpaniche, ,