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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Economic Evaluation of Combination Therapy Versus Monotherapy for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Hong Kong.

David Bin-Chia Wu, Chi Hang Yee, Chi-Fai Ng, Shaun Wen Huey Lee, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Yu-Shan Chang, Kenneth Kwing Chin Lee

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

David Bin-Chia WuSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
Chi Hang YeeDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Chi-Fai NgDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Shaun Wen Huey LeeSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
Nathorn ChaiyakunaprukSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
Yu-Shan ChangCollege of Commerce, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Kenneth Kwing Chin LeeSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
Monash University Malaysia · MYChinese University of Hong Kong · CNTamkang University · TWUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

benign prostatitc hypertrophycombination therapycost effectivenessdutasterideeconomic

Identifiers

PMID30386234
PMCPMC6198045
OpenAlexW2897202579

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Registered trials

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