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1. Full Text Umbilical hernias: the cost of waiting
by Strosberg, David S and Strosberg, David S and Pittman, Matthew and Pittman, Matthew and Mikami, Dean and Mikami, Dean
Surgical Endoscopy, ISSN 0930-2794, 2/2017, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 901 - 906
Umbilical hernias are well described in the literature, but its impact on health care is less understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the... 
Non-operative management | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Gynecology | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Abdominal Surgery | Umbilical hernia | Herniorrhaphy | Cost analysis | Proctology | UNITED-STATES | SURGERY | REPAIR | Nonoperative management | Health Resources - utilization | Health Services - economics | Herniorrhaphy - methods | United States | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data | Male | Absenteeism | Sick Leave - economics | Health Services - utilization | Young Adult | Laparoscopy - methods | Watchful Waiting - methods | Hernia, Umbilical - therapy | Adult | Female | Herniorrhaphy - economics | Costs and Cost Analysis | Hernia, Umbilical - economics | Watchful Waiting - economics | Health Resources - economics | Health Care Costs | Adolescent | Hernia | Analysis | Management science
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2. Full Text Cost-effectiveness of watchful waiting in acute Otitis media
by Sun, Di and McCarthy, T.J and Liberman, Danica B
Pediatrics, ISSN 0031-4005, 04/2017, Volume 139, Issue 4, p. e20163086
BACKGROUND: American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for acute otitis media (AOM) allow for children meeting certain criteria to undergo watchful waiting... 
TRIAL | PLACEBO | METAANALYSIS | PEDIATRICS | ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION | HEALTH | INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA | AMOXICILLIN | TRENDS | CHILDREN | Quality-Adjusted Life Years | Acute Disease | Watchful Waiting - economics | United States | Humans | Child, Preschool | Male | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Otitis Media - therapy | Watchful Waiting - methods | Otitis Media - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Female | Retrospective Studies | Child | Psychological aspects | Care and treatment | Usage | Economic aspects | Practice guidelines (Medicine) | Otitis media | Watchful waiting (Medical care) | Children | Health aspects
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3. Full Text Watchful waiting versus elective repair for asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic paraesophageal hernias: A cost-effectiveness analysis
by Morrow, Ellen H and Chen, Jennwood and Patel, Ravi and Bellows, Brandon and Nirula, Raminder and Glasgow, Robert and Nelson, Richard E
The American Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0002-9610, 10/2018, Volume 216, Issue 4, pp. 760 - 763
To evaluate the decision of watchful waiting (WW) versus elective laparoscopic hernia repair (ELHR) for minimally symptomatic paraesophageal hernias (PEH) with... 
MORTALITY | SURGERY | EMERGENCY | MANAGEMENT | OUTCOMES | MORBIDITY | Postoperative Complications - economics | Markov Chains | Watchful Waiting - economics | Medicare | United States | Humans | Decision Support Techniques | Elective Surgical Procedures - economics | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Hernia, Hiatal - therapy | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data | Quality of Life | Herniorrhaphy - economics | Retrospective Studies | Hernia, Hiatal - diagnosis | Hernia, Hiatal - economics | Hernia, Hiatal - mortality | Decision-making | Hernia | Markov processes | Cost benefit analysis | Analysis | Health care | Mortality | Probability | Markov chains | Laparoscopy | Decision analysis | Patients | Morbidity | Quality of life | Studies | Variables | Government programs | Surgery | Hernias | Gangrene | Software | Cost analysis | Repair | Age
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4. Full Text Addressing overtreatment of screen detected DCIS; the LORIS trial
by Francis, Adele and Thomas, Jeremy and Fallowfield, Lesley and Wallis, Matthew and Bartlett, John M.S and Brookes, Cassandra and Roberts, Tracy and Pirrie, Sarah and Gaunt, Claire and Young, Jennie and Billingham, Lucinda and Dodwell, David and Hanby, Andrew and Pinder, Sarah E and Evans, Andrew and Reed, Malcolm and Jenkins, Valerie and Matthews, Lucy and Wilcox, Maggie and Fairbrother, Patricia and Bowden, Sarah and Rea, Daniel
European Journal of Cancer, ISSN 0959-8049, 2015, Volume 51, Issue 16, pp. 2296 - 2303
Abstract Overdiagnosis, and thus overtreatment, are inevitable consequences of most screening programmes; identification of ways of minimising the impact of... 
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine | Clinical trial | Breast cancer | Low grade DCIS | Breast screening | DCIS | Over treatment | DIAGNOSIS | METAANALYSIS | BIOPSY | RISK | CARCINOMA IN-SITU | INFORMED-CONSENT | ONCOLOGY | TERM-FOLLOW-UP | INVASIVE BREAST-CANCER | EXPRESSION | LONG | Early Detection of Cancer - economics | Breast Neoplasms - surgery | Predictive Value of Tests | Watchful Waiting - economics | Breast Neoplasms - economics | Humans | Clinical Protocols | Medical Overuse - economics | United Kingdom | Mammography | Mastectomy - economics | Patient Selection | Breast Neoplasms - therapy | Health Care Costs | Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating - pathology | Neoplasm Grading | Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating - therapy | Biopsy | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Female | Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis | Research Design | Diagnosis | Cancer
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5. Full Text Comparison of the costs of active surveillance and immediate surgery in the management of low-risk papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid
by Oda, Hitomi and Miyauchi, Akira and Ito, Yasuhiro and Sasai, Hisanori and Masuoka, Hiroo and Yabuta, Tomonori and Fukushima, Mitsuhiro and Higashiyama, Takuya and Kihara, Minoru and Kobayashi, Kaoru and Miya, Akihiro
Endocrine Journal, ISSN 0918-8959, 2017, Volume 64, Issue 1, pp. 59 - 64
The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing rapidly in many countries, resulting in rising societal costs of the care of thyroid cancer. We reported that the... 
Active surveillance | Papillary microcarcinoma | Medical economics | Cost | Surgery | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | OVERDIAGNOSIS | KOREA | CANCER | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - economics | Watchful Waiting - economics | Carcinoma, Papillary - therapy | Humans | Japan | Thyroidectomy - methods | Models, Economic | Tumor Burden | Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery | Thyroid Neoplasms - economics | Thyroid Neoplasms - therapy | Health Care Costs | Watchful Waiting - methods | Thyroidectomy - economics | Carcinoma, Papillary - economics | Salvage Therapy - economics | Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology
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6. Full Text Utilizing time‐driven activity‐based costing to understand the short‐ and long‐term costs of treating localized, low‐risk prostate cancer
by Laviana, Aaron A and Ilg, Annette M and Veruttipong, Darlene and Tan, Hung‐Jui and Burke, Michael A and Niedzwiecki, Douglas R and Kupelian, Patrick A and King, Chris R and Steinberg, Michael L and Kundavaram, Chandan R and Kamrava, Mitchell and Kaplan, Alan L and Moriarity, Andrew K and Hsu, William and Margolis, Daniel J. A and Hu, Jim C and Saigal, Christopher S
Cancer, ISSN 0008-543X, 02/2016, Volume 122, Issue 3, pp. 447 - 455
BACKGROUND Given the costs of delivering care for men with prostate cancer remain poorly described, this article reports the results of time‐driven... 
radical prostatectomy | prostate neoplasms | value‐based purchasing | radiotherapy | brachytherapy | cost analysis | active surveillance | value-based purchasing | SURGERY | SURVIVAL | MANAGEMENT | BIOPSY | ULTRASOUND FUSION | CARE | ONCOLOGY | HEALTH | OUTCOMES | ASSOCIATION | Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology | Prostatectomy - methods | Watchful Waiting - economics | Radiosurgery - economics | Risk Assessment | United States | Brachytherapy - economics | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Feasibility Studies | Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy | Health Care Costs | Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - economics | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Aged, 80 and over | Aged | Prostatectomy - economics | Population Surveillance | Care and treatment | Usage | Radioisotope brachytherapy | Analysis | Diagnosis | Radiotherapy | Prostate cancer | Medical care, Cost of
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7. Full Text Immediate Adenoidectomy vs Initial Watchful Waiting Strategy in Children With Recurrent Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: An Economic Evaluation
by Boonacker, Chantal W. B and van den Aardweg, Maaike T. A and Broos, Pieter H and Hoes, Arno W and Schilder, Anne G. M and Rovers, Maroeska M
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, ISSN 2168-6181, 02/2013, Volume 139, Issue 2, pp. 129 - 133
OBJECTIVE To compare the costs associated with 2 clinical strategies in children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs): immediate... 
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY | COSTS | Drug Costs | Recurrence | Watchful Waiting - economics | Humans | Netherlands - epidemiology | Child, Preschool | Infant | Adenoidectomy - economics | Sick Leave - economics | Middle Ear Ventilation | Respiratory Tract Infections - therapy | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Office Visits - economics | Child | Hospitalization - economics | Respiratory tract infections | Economic aspects | Care and treatment | Research | Health aspects | Adenoidectomy
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8. Full Text Observation versus initial treatment for men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis
by Hayes, Julia H and Ollendorf, Daniel A and Pearson, Steven D and Barry, Michael J and Kantoff, Philip W and Lee, Pablo A and McMahon, Pamela M
Annals of Internal Medicine, ISSN 0003-4819, 06/2013, Volume 158, Issue 12, pp. 853 - 860
Background: Observation is underutilized among men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer. Objective: To assess the costs and benefits of observation versus... 
MORTALITY | CONTROLLED-TRIAL | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | MANAGEMENT | THERAPY | ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE | BIOPSY | GRADE | RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY | OUTCOMES | RADIATION | Quality-Adjusted Life Years | Biopsy - economics | Watchful Waiting - economics | Brachytherapy - economics | Humans | Risk Factors | Decision Support Techniques | Male | Disease Progression | Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood | Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality | Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy | Health Care Costs | Neoplasm Grading | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Sensitivity and Specificity | Aged | Digital Rectal Examination - economics | Neoplasm Staging | Prostatectomy - economics | Usage | Care and treatment | Radioisotope brachytherapy | Nuclear radiation | Cost benefit analysis | Prostate cancer | Health aspects | Risk factors
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9. Full Text Active surveillance for prostate cancer compared with immediate treatment: An economic analysis
by Keegan, Kirk A and Dall'Era, Marc A and Durbin-Johnson, Blythe and Evans, Christopher P
Cancer, ISSN 0008-543X, 07/2012, Volume 118, Issue 14, pp. 3512 - 3518
BACKGROUND: The costs associated with a contemporary active surveillance strategy compared with immediate treatment for prostate cancer are not well... 
economics | prostate cancer | cost | Markov model | active surveillance | DECISION-ANALYSIS | MANAGEMENT | ONCOLOGY | EXPERIENCE | UPDATE | Health Care Costs | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Watchful Waiting - economics | Biopsy | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Humans | Sensitivity and Specificity | Male | Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy | Economic aspects | Care and treatment | Diagnosis | Research | Prostate cancer | Medical care, Cost of
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10. Full Text Active Surveillance for Low Risk Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Confirmatory and Resource Consumption Study from the BIAS Project
by Hurle, Rodolfo and Lazzeri, Massimo and Vanni, Elena and Lughezzani, Giovanni and Buffi, NicolòMaria and Casale, Paolo and Saita, Alberto and Morenghi, Emanuela and Forni, Giovanni and Cardone, Pasquale and Lista, Giuliana and Colombo, Piergiuseppe and Peschechera, Roberto and Pasini, Luisa and Zandegiacomo, Silvia and Benetti, Alessio and Maffei, Davide and Vavassori, Ivano and Guazzoni, Giorgio
The Journal of Urology, ISSN 0022-5347, 02/2018, Volume 199, Issue 2, pp. 401 - 406
We investigated predictive factors of failure and performed a resource consumption analysis in patients who underwent active surveillance for nonmuscle... 
urinary bladder neoplasms | risk | neoplasm invasiveness | cost-benefit analysis | watchful waiting | MANAGEMENT | 7 EORTC | TUMORS | TUR | RECURRENT | TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | PROGRESSION | Facilities and Services Utilization - economics | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - economics | Prospective Studies | Watchful Waiting - economics | Follow-Up Studies | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - economics | Neoplasm Invasiveness | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - diagnosis | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Cystectomy - economics | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Female | Italy | Aged | Facilities and Services Utilization - statistics & numerical data | Neoplasm Staging
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11. Full Text An economic analysis of immediate delivery and expectant monitoring in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation (HYPITAT-II)
by Baaren, G.J. van and Broekhuijsen, K and Pampus, M.G. van and Ganzevoort, W and Sikkema, J.M and Woiski, M.D and Oudijk, M.A and Bloemenkamp, K and Scheepers, H and Bremer, H.A and Rijnders, R and Loon, A.J. van and Perquin, D and Sporken, J and Papatsonis, D and Huizen, M.E. van and Vredevoogd, C.B and Brons, J and Kaplan, M and Kaam, A.H. van and Groen, H and Porath, M and Berg, P.P. van den and Mol, B and Franssen, M and Langenveld, J and HYPITAT-II Study Grp and HYPITAT-II Study Group and the HYPITAT‐II Study Group
Bjog : an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ISSN 1470-0328, 2017, Volume 124, Issue 3, pp. 453 - 461
OBJECTIVE: To assess the economic consequences of immediate delivery compared with expectant monitoring in women with preterm non-severe hypertensive disorders... 
immediate delivery | preterm | expectant monitoring | Economic evaluation | hypertensive disorders | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | PREECLAMPSIA | INDUCTION | TERM | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | TRIAL | ECLAMPSIA | LABOR | Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - therapy | Labor, Induced - economics | Watchful Waiting - economics | Humans | Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - epidemiology | Gestational Age | Pregnancy | Netherlands | Watchful Waiting - methods | Labor, Induced - methods | Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - etiology | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data | Female | Infant, Newborn | Pregnancy Outcome | Hypertension | Acute respiratory distress syndrome | Hospitals | Pregnant women | Cost benefit analysis | Medical care, Cost of | Health care expenditures | Health economics | Pregnancy complications | Childbirth & labor
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12. A cost-effectiveness comparison between early surgery and non-surgical approach for incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
by Lang, Brian Hung-Hin and Wong, Carlos K. H
European Journal of Endocrinology, ISSN 0804-4643, 09/2015, Volume 173, Issue 3, pp. 367 - 375
Background: The issue of whether all incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) should be managed by early surgery (ES) has been questioned and there... 
INCREASING INCIDENCE | MANAGEMENT | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | HEALTH | CARCINOMA | CANCER | ASSOCIATION | CENTRAL NECK DISSECTION | PREGNANCY | Quality-Adjusted Life Years | Markov Chains | Watchful Waiting - economics | Carcinoma, Papillary - therapy | Humans | Incidental Findings | Thyroidectomy - methods | Thyroid Neoplasms - economics | Thyroid Neoplasms - therapy | Watchful Waiting - methods | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Thyroidectomy - economics | Adult | Female | Carcinoma, Papillary - economics
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13. Full Text Two-year effects and cost-effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training in mild pelvic organ prolapse: a randomised controlled trial in primary care
by Panman, Chantal M.C.R and Wiegersma, M and Kollen, B J and Berger, M Y and Lisman-Van Leeuwen, Y and Vermeulen, K M and Dekker, J H
BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ISSN 1471-0528, 02/2017, Volume 124, Issue 3, pp. 511 - 520
OBJECTIVE: To compare effects and cost-effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and watchful waiting in women with pelvic organ prolapse. DESIGN:... 
STANDARDIZATION | TERMINOLOGY | DISORDERS | pelvic organ prolapse | long-term effectiveness | CONTINENCE SOCIETY | WOMEN | primary care | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | DYSFUNCTION | Cost-effectiveness | pelvic floor muscle training | watchful waiting | PERCEPTIONS | long‐term effectiveness | Cost‐effectiveness | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | Exercise Therapy - methods | Watchful Waiting - economics | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Pelvic Organ Prolapse - therapy | Treatment Outcome | Netherlands | Watchful Waiting - methods | Pelvic Floor - physiopathology | Cost-Benefit Analysis | General Practice | Quality of Life | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Aged | Primary Health Care | Exercise Therapy - economics | Family medicine | Sexual disorders | Medical economics | Analysis | Prolapse | Cost analysis | Primary care | Gynecology | Clinical outcomes
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14. Full Text Imaging surveillance in patients after a benign fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid: Associated cost and incidence of subsequent cancer
by Becker-Weidman, David J. S and Malhotra, Neil and Reilly, David F and Selvam, Naveen and Parker, Laurence and Nazarian, Levon N
American Journal of Roentgenology, ISSN 0361-803X, 02/2017, Volume 208, Issue 2, pp. 358 - 361
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to determine patterns and cost of imaging tumor surveillance in patients after a benign fine-needle aspiration (FNA)... 
Health care costs | Thyroid cancer | Thyroid cancer incidence | Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) | Thyroid | fine-needle aspiration (FNA) | MANAGEMENT | PALPATION | FOLLOW-UP | thyroid cancer | thyroid cancer incidence | TIME | health care costs | NODULES | thyroid | DISEASE | ULTRASONOGRAPHY | CARCINOMA | RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING | Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - economics | Humans | Middle Aged | Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology | Male | Watchful Waiting - statistics & numerical data | Incidence | Young Adult | Watchful Waiting - methods | Biopsy, Fine-Needle - economics | Sensitivity and Specificity | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Pennsylvania - epidemiology | Population Surveillance - methods | Cost-Benefit Analysis - economics | Reproducibility of Results | Watchful Waiting - economics | Risk Factors | Biopsy, Fine-Needle - utilization | Thyroid Neoplasms - economics | Ultrasonography - utilization | Ultrasonography - economics | Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data | Adolescent | Aged | Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology
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15. Full Text A multi-centre open-label randomised non inferiority trial comparing watchful waiting to antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media without perforation in low-risk urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (the WATCH trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
by Abbott, P and Gunasekera, H and Leach, AJ and Askew, D and Walsh, R and Kong, K and Girosi, F and Bond, C and Morris, P and Lujic, S and Hu, W and Usherwood, T and Tyson, S and Spurling, G and Douglas, M and Schubert, K and Chapman, S and Siddiqui, N and Murray, R and Rabbitt, K and Porykali, B and Woodall, C and Newman, T and Reath, J
TRIALS, ISSN 1745-6215, 03/2016, Volume 17, Issue 1, p. 119
Background: Treatment guidelines recommend watchful waiting for children older than 2 years with acute otitis media (AOM) without perforation, unless they are... 
MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL | DIAGNOSIS | PLACEBO | WESTERN-AUSTRALIA | MANAGEMENT | METAANALYSIS | Antimicrobial agents | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Indigenous population | NONINFERIORITY | PRIMARY-CARE | EAR DISEASE | Acute otitis media | Randomised controlled trial | Otitis media | Children | Drug Costs | Age Factors | Humans | Clinical Protocols | Child, Preschool | Male | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Time Factors | Female | Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects | Child | Oceanic Ancestry Group | Otitis Media - ethnology | Anti-Bacterial Agents - economics | Acute Disease | Watchful Waiting - economics | Risk Assessment | Risk Factors | Treatment Outcome | Urban Health | Otitis Media - therapy | Otitis Media - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Otitis Media - diagnosis | Adolescent | Intention to Treat Analysis | Research Design | Complications and side effects | Usage | Patient outcomes | Clinical trials | Australian aborigines | Research | Drug therapy | Health aspects
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16. Full Text The cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation for Barrett's esophagus with low-grade dysplasia: results from a randomized controlled trial (SURF trial)
by Phoa, K. Nadine, MD, PhD and Rosmolen, Wilda D., BSc and Weusten, Bas L.A.M., MD, PhD and Bisschops, Raf, MD, PhD and Schoon, Erik J and Das, Shefali, BSc and Ragunath, Krish, MD, PhD and Fullarton, G., MD, PhD and DiPietro, Massimiliano, MD, PhD and Ravi, Narayanasamy, MD and Tijssen, Jan G.P., PhD and Dijkgraaf, Marcel G.W., PhD and Bergman, Jacques J.G.H.M., MD, PhD and SURF Investigators and SURF investigators
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, ISSN 0016-5107, 2017, Volume 86, Issue 1, pp. 120 - 129.e2
Background and Aims The Surveillance versus Radiofrequency Ablation (SURF) trial randomized 136 patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) containing low-grade... 
Gastroenterology and Hepatology | ENDOSCOPIC SURVEILLANCE | COHORT | MANAGEMENT | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | ADENOCARCINOMA | NEOPLASIA | Barrett Esophagus - economics | Prospective Studies | Watchful Waiting - economics | Humans | Middle Aged | Esophageal Neoplasms - prevention & control | Male | Catheter Ablation - economics | Disease Progression | Esophagoscopy - economics | Adenocarcinoma - prevention & control | Barrett Esophagus - pathology | Radio Waves - therapeutic use | Barrett Esophagus - therapy | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data | Female | Dysplasia | Ablation (Surgery) | Analysis | Oncology, Experimental | Clinical trials | Digestive system diseases | Research | Cost benefit analysis | Cardiology | Cancer | Health care industry
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17. Full Text Cost-Utility of Stepped Care Targeting Psychological Distress in Patients With Head and Neck or Lung Cancer
by Jansen, Femke and Krebber, Anna M H and Coupé, Veerle M H and Cuijpers, Pim and de Bree, Remco and Becker-Commissaris, Annemarie and Smit, Egbert F and van Straten, Annemieke and Eeckhout, Guus M and Beekman, Aartjan T F and Leemans, C René and Verdonck-de Leeuw, Irma M
Journal of Clinical Oncology, ISSN 0732-183X, 01/2017, Volume 35, Issue 3, pp. 314 - 324
Purpose A stepped care (SC) program in which an effective yet least resource-intensive treatment is delivered to patients first and followed, when necessary,... 
Randomized Controlled Trial | Journal Article | SURVIVAL | COLLABORATIVE CARE | ECONOMIC-EVALUATION | ONCOLOGY | LOW-INCOME | ANXIETY | PSYCHOTHERAPY | MAJOR DEPRESSION | PREVENT DEPRESSION | INTERVENTION | LIFE | Drug Costs | Head and Neck Neoplasms - economics | Prospective Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Self Care - economics | Cost of Illness | Male | Absenteeism | Models, Economic | Stress, Psychological - psychology | Sick Leave - economics | Stress, Psychological - diagnosis | Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use | Psychotherapy - economics | Netherlands | Time Factors | Efficiency | Psychotherapy - methods | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Quality-Adjusted Life Years | Stress, Psychological - therapy | Stress, Psychological - economics | Watchful Waiting - economics | Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy | Problem Solving | Psychotropic Drugs - economics | Treatment Outcome | Cognitive Therapy - economics | Health Care Costs | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Head and Neck Neoplasms - psychology | Quality of Life | Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnosis | Aged
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