Sentence examples for databases on cost from inspiring English sources
For example, the costs of injuries that are associated with the most severe mortality, morbidity and hospitalisation have been established using data from hospital databases on cost of hospital admission, cost of ambulance transport, emergency department and medical service utilisation.
Examples from developed countries include analyses performed in United Kingdom [ 1], Australia [ 2] and in Oregon State in the USA [ 3] while a large database on cost-effectiveness analyses from all over the world is maintained by an American university [ 4].
The programme cost estimates constitute an important part of WHO-CHOICE database on costs and effects of multiple interventions in various regions in the world exploring the question of whether resources are being used to achieve the maximum possible level of population health.
The WHO-CHOICE project also assembles regional databases on the costs, and impact on population health.
13 14 The project is designed to provide regularly updated databases on the costs and the effects of a full range of promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative health interventions.
WHO-CHOICE has assembled sub-regional databases on the cost-effectiveness of an extensive range of interventions for leading causes of disease burden, including analysis of the interactions inherent in many combined interventions.
Two Spanish studies used the Spanish database on medical costs (SOIKOS), patient's reports and the Spanish Vademecum to estimate unit costs [13, 14].
The unitary costs detailed in Table 4 were obtained from the literature and from a Spanish database on health costs [42].
Organisations, such as the APBioNet, can maintain such databases on a low-cost system using cloud computing for a long period.
While the model incorporates a very extensive database on unit costs, much larger than has previously been available, it is always preferable to include more data points.
It is of particular note that the model incorporates a more extensive database on unit costs by hospital level and ownership than has previously been available.
