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Raafat Seifeldin
Researcher at Astellas Pharma
Publications - 8
Citations - 231
Raafat Seifeldin is an academic researcher from Astellas Pharma. The author has contributed to research in topics: Solifenacin & Overactive bladder. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications receiving 215 citations.
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The economic impact of aspergillosis: analysis of hospital expenditures across patient subgroups.
TL;DR: Aspergillosis affects a wide range of patient groups and has a negative economic impact across many DRGs, and improved prevention, diagnosis, and patient management strategies can help mitigate these effects on hospital financial performance.
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Efficacy of solifenacin in patients previously treated with tolterodine extended release 4 mg: Results of a 12-week, multicenter, open-label, flexible-dose study
Michael B. Chancellor,Norman Zinner,Kristene Whitmore,Kathleen C. Kobashi,Jeffrey A. Snyder,Paul Siami,Mickey M. Karram,Christine Laramée,James P. Capo,Raafat Seifeldin,Sergio Forero-Schwanhaeuser,Indrani Nandy +11 more
TL;DR: Among these patients with residual urgency after treatment with tolterodine ER 4 mg, solifenacin was associated with significant improvements in urgency and other diary-documented symptoms of overactive bladder.
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of antifungal prophylaxis in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
TL;DR: In this analysis of data from a clinical study in adults and children undergoing HSCT, micafungin prophylaxis was associated with reduced hospital costs, and resultant total patient costs, compared with fluconazole prophYLaxis.
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Impact of solifenacin on resource utilization, work productivity and health utility in overactive bladder patients switching from tolterodine ER
TL;DR: Overall, solifenacin 5/10 mg/day improved work productivity, activity participation, and reduced medical care use in OAB patients who continued to have urgency symptoms with tolterodine ER 4’smg and wished to switch to sol ifenac in 12 weeks.
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Estimating the prevalence and economic burden of overactive bladder among Medicare beneficiaries prior to Medicare Part D coverage
Miriam G. Cisternas,Aimee J. Foreman,Thomas S. Marshall,M. Chris Runken,Kathleen C. Kobashi,Raafat Seifeldin +5 more
TL;DR: The treated prevalence of individuals seeking treatment for OAB in the elderly Medicare population is comparable to some common chronic conditions in that population, and OAB-attributable CMS expenditures are considerable, however, due to study limitations this is a conservative estimate of the direct cost of OABIn the elderly population.