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Results for: 2006

About the Self-Monitoring in Diabetes Consensus Development Conference

November 14, 2006

14 – 16 November 2006 Edmonton, Alberta In November 2006 the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) hosted the Consensus Development Conference on Self-Monitoring in Diabetes, looking specifically at the cost of testing, whether people with diabetes use test strips to monitor their blood sugar levels and, if so, whether they act on the information generated from these tests. The Consensus…

Self-Monitoring in Diabetes: Key Documents

November 14, 2006

Consensus Statement Consensus Statement on Self-monitoring in Diabetes (257 KB) Download Consensus Statement  Media Releases 16 November 2006 – Media Release – Consensus reached on self-monitoring in diabetes (33 KB) Download Media Release  8 November 2006 – Media Release – High priced materials may not be needed by all Diabetics (39 KB) Download Media Release  Other Papers Consensus…

Self-Monitoring in Diabetes

November 14, 2006

Consensus Statement on Self-monitoring in Diabetes

November 14, 2006

The objective of this statement was to develop a consensus statement on the benefits and costs of testing supplies for self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes, to inform patients, health policy and practice.

Mental Health Economic Statistics In Your Pocket (2006)

November 04, 2006

This Mental Health Economic Statistics booklet brings together information that demonstrates the burden of mental illness and where Canada’s mental health system ranks among other developed countries. Mental Health Economic Statistics provides important consolidated information on key indicators that depict the state of our mental health system. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta…

Using HTA to Identify Research Gaps

September 01, 2006

| Ann Scott, Carmen Moga, Christa Harstall

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #24. Health technology assessments (HTAs) routinely identify questions or research ‘gaps’ that are not adequately addressed by the primary research. The unique situation of having an HTA unit housed within a provincial research funding organization provided an ideal setting for linking research…

Image-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy (IGVB) Economic Analysis

June 11, 2006

| Arto Ohinmaa, Egon Jonsson, Philip Jacobs

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-02. The purpose of this report is to examine the economic implications for the province if a supplement to the fee schedule were allowed for vacuum-assisted biopsies. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents produced in and prior to 2006 have different formats; the format…

Costing of Alternative Interventions for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

June 05, 2006

| Philip Jacobs, Arto Ohinmaa, Scott Klarenbach, Anderson Chuck, Raj Padwal, Janice Varney, Doug Lier

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-01. The purpose of this report is to examine the economic issues associated with LGB. The following analyses were conducted: a systematic review of the economic literature on obesity-related interventions, with special attention to the differences between gastric bypass and gastric banding; an estimate of the Alberta population…

A Guide to Health Technology Assessment in the Palliser Health Region

June 01, 2006

| Laurel Stretch, Edith Amend

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #20. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of properties, effects and/or other impacts of health care technology. Its primary purpose is to provide objective information to support health care decisions and policy making at the local, regional, national and international levels. NOTE:…

The Alberta Ambassador Program: delivering Health Technology Assessment results to rural practitioners.

March 31, 2006

| Saifee Rashiq, Pamela Barton, Christa Harstall, Don Schopflocher, Paul Taenzer

  Background: The purpose of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is to make the best possible summary of the evidence regarding specific health interventions in order to influence health care and policy decisions. The need for decision makers to find relevant HTA data when it is needed is a barrier to its usefulness. These barriers are highest in rural areas and amongst isolated…

Health Care Utilization and Direct Health Care Costs of Diabetes in Urban and Rural Saskatchewan

March 17, 2006

| Sheri Pohar, Sumit Majumdar, Philip Jacobs, Jeffrey Johnson

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-04. The purpose of this analysis was to compare health care utilization as well as costs and mortality of individuals with diabetes in the province of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2001, according to residential location. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents produced in…

Strategies to Reduce Emergency Department Overcrowding

February 01, 2006

| Bing Guo, Christa Harstall

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #38. This report aims to identify strategies that have been evaluated and reported in the literature and to assess their effectiveness in reducing emergency department overcrowding. Information Specialists: Seana Collins, Liz Dennett NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved…

An Exploratory Review of Evaluations of Health Technology Assessment Agencies

February 01, 2006

| Margaret Wanke, Don Juzwishin, Richard Thornley, Liza Chan

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #16. The objectives of this review were: To propose a generic evaluation framework for HTA agencies to strengthen their evaluation capacity. To conduct a review of HTA agencies to understand what aspects of HTA agencies have been evaluated, approaches/methods used, outcomes of hte evaluations and to understand…

IHE in your pocket (2006)

February 01, 2006

This is the first edition of IHE In Your Pocket. This chart book is designed to be an easy reference guide to indicators of Canadian health care economic performance. Economic is broadly defined to include both means (personal and formal resources) and ends (health outcomes). The chart book is intended to provide the user with a concise, accessible, and reasonably comprehensive…

Gastric Electrical Stimulation (EnterraTM Therapy system) for the Treatment of Gastroparesis

January 01, 2006

| Carmen Moga, Christa Harstall

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #37. The aim of this paper is to present the current evidence on the efficacy/effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of gastric electrical stimulation (EnterraTM Therapy System) used for the treatment of patients with severe gastroparesis (GP). Information Specialist: Liz Dennett NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage…

A Reference Guide for Learning from Incidents in Radiation Treatment

January 01, 2006

| David Cooke, Meina Dubetz, Rahim Heshmati, Sandra Iftody, Erin McKimmon, Jodi Powers, Robert Lee, Peter Dunscombe

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #22. We present a model process that will assist health care organizations in developing and implementing a formal management system for learning from incidens. Developed specifically for the Radiation Treatment (RT) Program at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, a major cancer treatment centre in Calgary, Alberta,…

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