Background The placement of drug-eluting stents decreases the frequency of repeat
revascularization procedures in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in …

In Canada, 74,255 deaths (33% of all deaths) in 2003 were due to cardiovascular disease (CVD).
As one of the most costly diseases, CVD represents a major economic burden on …

Background: Bariatric surgery has been shown to significantly reduce cardiovascular risk
factors. However, whether surgery can reduce major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), …

Background: Health utility data often show an apparent truncation effect, where a proportion
of individuals achieve the upper bound of 1. The Tobit model and censored least absolute …

Objectives The objective of the study is to present the Grading of Recommendations
Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) conceptual approach to the assessment of …

Objective Our aim was to cross-culturally validate Chinese Western Ontario and McMaster
Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) scheduled …

Emerging minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of patients with benign prostatic
obstruction may have advantages over transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). We …

Background: Health technology assessments (HTA) generally, and economic evaluations (EE)
more specifically, have become an integral part of health care decision making around …

Background: Geographic transferability of economic evaluation data from one country to
another has the potential to make a more efficient use of national and international evaluation …

Background Recent studies are lacking reports on mortality after non-hip fractures in adults
aged > 65. Methods This retrospective, matched-cohort study used de-identified health …