Priority Setting when Admitting Patients to the ICU During the COVID-19 CrisisOne of the challenges faced by hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic are potential resource shortages in intensive care units. In times of scarcity, patient prioritization based on non-medical considerations might be necessary. In the course "Stakeholder Preference Elicitation and Decision Support" four students, Stephanie Schouten, Merle Gijsbers, Wietske Trompert and Iris Keizer took it upon themselves to look at the public perspective on the relevance of non-medical considerations in priority setting when admitting patients to the ICU in times of crisis. In the course, they developed a health preference instrument using discrete choice experiments. The six characteristics of the patient that were included were patient age, profession, whether or not the patient was a guardian to other people, risk-conscious behavior on a societal level (wearing masks, limiting contacts with others), health-conscious behavior (living healthy), and expected ICU length of stay.Read more
New study use of biomarker tests for lung cancer patientsBiomarker testing is used to select the optimal treatment for patients with metastatic cancer. Elsevier has communicated a press release on March 15 about a new study on the use of biomarker tests for lung cancer patients, led by professor Maarten IJzerman, Health Technology and Services Research. The corresponding article has been published open access in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. In that study, researchers find significant variation in the use and timing of biomarker tests for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.Read more
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