Original article
Recently published economic data show that hepatitis C therapy with direct antiviral agents (DAAs) leads to significant long-term savings in direct and indirect healthcare costs due to its curative nature. This example implies that when assessing the efficiency of innovations, it is crucial to weigh up clinical and economic short- and long-term effects in order to optimally use financial resources in the healthcare system.
02.04.2023
Longitudinal analysis of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, and chronic bowel disease
Course of the disease and use of medication in chronic inflammatory diseases in Germany
02.04.2023
“We need experimental spaces for health services research”
Professor Josef Hecken, the impartial chairman of the Federal Joint Committee and chairman of the Innovation Committee, underlined his suggestions for the further development of the innovation fund, which he presented in the cover interview of the MVF issue (06 /22) and in his lecture in the first part of the MVF specialist congress “Prioritisation Catalog for Health Care Research”. The new CEO of the DNVF, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann, and Prof. Dr. Bertram Häussler, the chairman of the board of the Berlin IGES Institute, joined forces as intellectual sparring partners to put Hecken's demands through their paces in the joint cover interview with "Monitor Healthcare Research".
04.02.2023
An analysis of the referrals of the Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) with indications/vaccines in the period from January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2022 enables a comparison of the average values of referrals by number and intensity between the pre-pandemic years 2015 to 2019 and the pandemic years 2020 and 2021.
04.02.2023
Health myths are widespread and have a long shelf life. Both laypeople and health professionals are exposed to misinformation. It therefore seems central to ask to what extent laypeople and health experts accept health myths as well as what prior health-related knowledge and information reasons underlie them.
04.02.2023
Participation of stakeholders in health services research: political expectations, benefits and practical impulses
The politically formulated expectations of active involvement, ie the participation of those involved and those affected, in health and health care research are high in Germany. However, so far there has been little participatory research and there is little transparency about whether, when and how intensively stakeholders are involved in projects, which is forced by various circumstances.
04.02.2023
The invisible people responsible: relatives in reporting on dementia
Dementia is a challenge for society as a whole, and nursing care in particular is a major task. People with dementia are often cared for at home, the professional care situation in Germany is tense - relatives are often involved in the care themselves or care for them alone, which means a high level of physical and psychological stress.
04.02.2023
Ensuring the supply of medicines through pharmaceutical wholesalers
Legal security mandate in the light of current competition policy developments
04.02.2023
“In the phase in which we are thinking about making the innovation fund permanent, critical reflection is needed on all sides.” This is what Prof. Josef Hecken, the impartial chairman of the G-BA and at the same time chairman of the innovation committee at the G-BA, said on the occasion of the first part of the MVF specialist congress “Prioritization catalog for health services research”, which took place online on December 13, 2022.
04.02.2023
Pflegekräfte bekommen mehr Zeit für Patientinnen und Patienten. Der Bestand von Krankenhäusern mit einer Fachabteilung für Geburtshilfe und die stationäre Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen werden gesichert. Die Finanzierung der Hebammen wird verbessert und die ambulante Behandlung gefördert. Die Versorgungssituation für Long-Covid-Patient:innen wird verbessert: Mit dem am 29. Dezember 2022 in Kraft getretenen Krankenhaus-Pflegeentlastungsgesetz hat […]