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Cost-effectiveness analysis of metformin and metformin-glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes at nene mallomo sidrap general hospital
No full textMetformin and metformin-glimepiride are cost-effective therapy options and are most commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of using metformin and metformin-glimepiride in patients with type 2 DM at Nene Mallomo Sidenreng Rappang General Hospital. This analytical descriptive observational research employed a retrospective cohort design. The data of type 2 DM patients, new and old patients, were obtained from the medical record unit. The target population was data of outpatients for the period January-December 2019. The parameter of the therapeutic effectiveness is the random blood sugar levels of the patients after receiving treatment. The data on cost from the hospital perspective were obtained from the administration and finance unit. Cost-effectiveness analysis employed calculations of the average cost-effectiveness ratio (ACER) and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). Meanwhile, the risk ratio (RR) employed the analytical chi-squared method to determine the relationship between the two types of therapies and their effectiveness. This study has revealed that 30 patients met the inclusion criteria; 14 patients received metformin therapy and 16 patients received metformin-glimepiride therapy. Metformin therapy is more effective (64.29%) and more costly (IDR120,736). The metformin's ACER value is 1877.99, and its ICER value is -3107.26. The cost-effectiveness analysis has revealed that metformin therapy is more cost-effective than metformin-glimepiride therapy. Meanwhile, the chi-squared analysis has discovered no relationship between the two therapies and their effectiveness. The RR value of 1.080 concludes that metformin has 1.080 as much therapeutic effectiveness as the metformin-glimepiride
KETOPROFEN ETHOSOME PERCUTANEOUS PENETRATION TESTING IN IN-VITRO WITH VARIATIONS IN FORM BASE GEL PREPARATIONS
Full text linkIt has done research on percutaneous penetration test ethosome ketoprofen in vitro by variations in dosage forms a gel base. This study aims to determine the effect of the type of base gel penetration ability ethosome ketoprofen gel in vitro to produce a good flux. Ethosome ketoprofen gel prepared in dosage forms using two different types of bases, namely using hydrophilic gel base (formula 1) and lipophilic gel base (formula 2). Percutaneous penetration test performed by using Franz diffusion cells with human skin membranes (human cadaver skin) as a diffusion membrane. Ketoprofen assay that penetrate across the skin done for 12 hours. Receptor compartment fluid consisted of phosphate buffer solution pH 7.4, footage was analyzed using UV-Vis spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 308 nm. The test results showed that ketoprofen across the membrane to the formula 1 as 9701.062 μg.cm-2 with 14.10 μg.cm-2.menit-1 speed across the membrane (r=0.995), and the formula 2 as 1209.766 mg.cm-2 with 1,727 μg.cm-2.menit-1 speed across the membrane (r=0.991). Of the two types of base gel is used, it is known that by using a hydrophilic gel base has the ability to penetrate the best drug. It can be concluded that the formulation of ketoprofen gel ethosome can be used transdermally.
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Direct medical cost of metformin and metformin-glimepiride in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Full text linkDiabetes mellitus (DM) requires long-term therapy. Selection of the right therapy was very important to provide optimal results at an affordable cost. One of the main standards of oral antidiabetic therapy prescribed for type 2 DM (T2DM) is metformin, either alone or in combination therapy. The purpose of this study was to describe the direct medical costs in type 2 DM patients between metformin and metformin-glimepiride therapy. This research was an observational and descriptive. Demographic and clinical data were taken prospectively from the complete medical records of data patients with the main diagnosis of DM who fulfilled the inclusion criteria in the period January 2019–November 2020 at RSU Nene Mallomo Sidenreng Rappang, South Sulawesi and the two Public Health Centers namely Puskesmas Galur. II and Panjatan II Kulon Progo Yogyakarta. Cost data includes total medical costs from the hospital/ healthcare perspective (cost of drugs, doctor's services and checkups, fees for checking Fasting Blood Glucose/ Gula darah Puasa (GDP) and Blood Glucose Level While/ Gula Darah Sewaktu (GDS)) and total costs from the Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS)/ payer perspective (INA-CBG's rates) were covered by insurance. The results showed that the average direct medical costs at the hospital and the two Public Health Centers respectively were metformin therapy in IDR (Indonesian Rupiah) namely IDR 120.736 and IDR 9.072,- and metformin-glimepiride therapy of IDR 126.298,- and IDR 18.634,-. It can be concluded that the average direct medical cost of metformin therapy is lower than metformin-glimepiride therapy
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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