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An Evaluation of World Bank Investment Climate Activities

open access: yes, 2004
The Investment Climate Study is a evaluation of the Operations Evaluation Department (OED). The OED report reviews the Bank’s investment climate lending and non-lending activities during fiscal years 1993 through
Operations Evaluation Department
core   +1 more source

Keratin 19 as a prognostic marker and contributing factor of metastasis and chemoresistance in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Keratin 19 (KRT19) is overexpressed in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer with high levels of Kallikrein‐related peptidases (KLK) 4–7 and is associated with poor survival. In vivo analyses demonstrate that elevated KRT19 increases peritoneal tumour burden.
Sophia Bielesch   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders on the Italian social security pension system estimated by a Monte Carlo simulation

open access: yesReumatismo, 2015
The aim of the study is to estimate the pension costs incurred for patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MDs) and specifi cally with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Italy between 2009 and 2012.
S. Russo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping EORTC QLQ-C30 and FACT-G onto EQ-5D-5L index for patients with cancer

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Background To develop direct and indirect (response) mapping algorithms from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General ...
Yasuhiro Hagiwara   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Model for Quantitative Assessment of Newborn Screening in Japan Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

open access: yesInternational Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023
Whether or not conditions should be included in publicly funded newborn screening (NBS) programs should be discussed according to objective and transparent criteria. Certain criteria have been developed for the introduction of NBS programs in the context
Keiko Konomura   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal circulating tumor DNA profiling in patients with advanced endometrial cancer using an off‐the‐shelf targeted NGS panel

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Intratumour heterogeneity complicates precision management of advanced endometrial cancer. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) offers a minimally invasive strategy to capture tumor evolution and therapeutic resistance. Here, we compare tumor‐agnostic NGS with tumor‐informed ddPCR, outlining their relative sensitivity, concordance, and clinical implications ...
Carlos Casas‐Arozamena   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics Notes: Types of economic evaluation

open access: yesBMJ, 1999
The pursuit of efficiency in the healthcare sector requires priority to be given to those treatments which provide the greatest benefit per unit of cost. Alternative interventions often have to be compared to determine whether a change in the mix of interventions would increase efficiency. Although economic evaluations approach costs in a common format,
S, Palmer, S, Byford, J, Raftery
openaire   +3 more sources

Livelihoods in Armenia: Evaluation of new economic opportunities for small-scale farmers in Tavush and Vayots Dzor regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the livelihoods thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in April 2014 that sought to ...
Caeyers, Bet, Nairi Quinn, Natalie
core  

Economic evaluation of interventions in health care

open access: yes, 2014
Economic evaluation is rapidly becoming an invaluable tool for healthcare decision making, especially in light of current pressures on health services to reduce costs and increase expenditure on health care.
McFarland, Agi
core   +1 more source

Clinical performance of the urine‐based TERT promoter AbsoluteQ Digital PCR for non‐invasive detection of bladder cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A urine‐based digital PCR assay targeting two hotspot TERT promoter variants detected bladder cancer with high sensitivity and no false positives in this case–control cohort. The streamlined AbsoluteQ workflow outperformed Sanger sequencing and supports non‐invasive molecular testing for bladder cancer detection.
Anna Nykel   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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