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Background Information about effects of treatments based on unsystematic reviews of research evidence may be misleading. However, finding trustworthy information about the effects of treatments based on systematic reviews, which is accessible to patients
Andrew D. Oxman, Elizabeth J. Paulsen
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Background People of all ages are flooded with health claims about treatment effects (benefits and harms of treatments). Many of these are not reliable, and many people lack skills to assess their reliability. Primary school is the ideal time to begin to
Allen Nsangi +13 more
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The taxation of discrete investment choices [PDF]
Traditional analysis of the taxation of income from capital has focused on the impact of tax on marginal investment decisions; the principal impact of tax on investment is through the cost of capital, and is generally measured by an effective marginal ...
Devereux, M.P., Griffith, R.
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We just estimated twenty million fiscal multipliers [PDF]
We analyse the role played by data and specification choices as determinants of the size ofthe fiscal multipliers obtained using structural vector autoregressive models.
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus, Čapek, Jan
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Envelope Theorems for Non-Smooth and Non-Concave Optimization [PDF]
We study general dynamic programming problems with continuous and discrete choices and general constraints. The value functions may have kinks arising (1) at indifference points between discrete choices and (2) at constraint boundaries.
Clausen, Andrew, Strub, Carlo
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Meeting multiple, often competing objectives when seeking to sustainably intensify their agricultural operations is a constant challenge for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Barbara Adolph +16 more
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A broad range of on-line behaviors are mediated by interfaces in which people make choices among sets of options. A rich and growing line of work in the behavioral sciences indicate that human choices follow not only from the utility of alternatives, but
Kleinberg, Jon +2 more
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Giving patients choices during involuntary admission : a new intervention [PDF]
Background: People who receive involuntary treatment are some of the most vulnerable in psychiatric services. They are more likely to have poorer social and clinical outcomes and to be disillusioned with and disengaged from care.
Burn, Erin +3 more
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Background Claims about what we need to do to improve our health are everywhere. Most interventions simply tell people what to do, and do not empower them to critically assess health information. Our objective was to design mass media resources to enable
Daniel Semakula +11 more
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Can payment by results ensure equitable access to contraceptive services? a qualitative case study
Background The Leave No One Behind (LNOB) agenda compels sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) implementers to focus on the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and inequalities. One strategy to address these is Payment by Results
Victoria Boydell +8 more
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