A. Mark Fendrick

TL;DR: The authors determined the value of a QALY as implied by the value-of-life literature and compared this value with arbitrary thresholds for cost-effectiveness that have come into common use and far exceed the "rules of thumb" that are frequently used to determine whether an intervention produces an acceptable increase in health benefits in exchange for incremental expenditures.

TL;DR: Largely because of the high attack rate, non-influenza-related VRTI imposes a greater economic burden than many other clinical conditions.

TL;DR: The quantity and associated economic cost of informal caregiving for the elderly with dementia are substantial and increase sharply as cognitive impairment worsens, which represents a national annual cost of more than $18 billion.

TL;DR: A brief, simple 12-item questionnaire demonstrated validity and reliability and seemed to be responsive to change for reflux and dyspeptic symptoms and was highly predictive of the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease.