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  1. Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News provides comprehensive coverage of the biomedical literature on health economics and outcomes research, and summarizes information selected from more than 1600 journals. The use of tradenames, identified by [‘~’] or the use of a registered (®) or trademark (™) symbol, is for product identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement.

  2. This study was financed by GlaxoSmithKline, with which two of the authors were affiliated.

  3. Costs were reported from a public heath organization perspective in Hong Kong and included those related to laboratory testing, counseling, treatment, clinic visits, and specialist visits for clients.

  4. This study was funded in part by Schering-Plough Corp., Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, with which nine of the authors were affiliated.

  5. Collaborative care management included recommendation for treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors (or memantine) unless contraindicated, patient exercise guidelines, education, legal and financial advice, caregiver coping skills, a caregiver guide, and individualized recommendations regarding behavioral symptom management.

  6. The HFDM program included a home visit by a nurse manager for HFDM education, symptom assessment, and cardiovascular examination, with subsequent regular telephone follow-up for 90 days.

  7. Costs (2003 values) included hospitalization and program costs, indirect medical education allowances, disproportionate share payments, and cost outliers.

  8. Adjusted for cost of living.

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Disease Management Update. Dis-Manage-Health-Outcomes 14, 253–258 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2165/00115677-200614040-00008

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