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Situating care in mainstream health economics: an ethical dilemma? [PDF]

, 2014
Standard health economics concentrates on the provision of care by medical professionals. Yet ‘care’ receives scant analysis; it is portrayed as a spillover effect or externality in the form of interdependent utility functions.
Davis, John B., McMaster, Robert
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Sanitary Logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: One Problem, One Legislation but Different Criteria and Different Treatments

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bark beetles are small insects that inhabit the bark of trees. When their population increases excessively, they can weaken the trees and cause their death. In México, federal regulations obligate forest landowners to carry out sanitary logging to control bark beetle outbreaks in adherence to official procedures.
Erika Gómez‐Pineda, Jovanka Špirić, Diego R. Pérez‐Salicrup, M. Isabel Ramírez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Unionization on Employment, Product Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence From Nursing Homes [PDF]

This paper studies the effects of nursing home unionization on numerous labor, establishment, and consumer outcomes using a regression discontinuity design.
Aaron J. Sojourner, David C. Grabowski, Michelle M. Chen, Robert J. Town   +3 more
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Integrating Emerging Areas of Nursing Science into PhD Programs [PDF]

, 2015
The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science aims to “facilitate and recognize life-long nursing science career development” as an important part of its mission.
Conley, Yvette P., Dunbar-Jacob, Jacqueline, Heitkemper, Margaret M., Henly, Susan J., McCarthy, Ann Marie, McCarthy, Donna O., Moore, Shirley M., Redeker, Nancy S., Stone, Patricia W., Titler, Marita, Wyman, Jean F.   +10 more
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Application of Principal Component Analysis and Probabilistic Neural Networks in Ferralsols Recovery Evaluation Through Planting of Mabea Fistulifera and Eucalyptus Urograndis

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an innovative assessment model for analyzing the evolution of degraded soils subjected to different reclamation strategies. The proposal combines statistical and artificial intelligence tools to jointly integrate multiple physical and chemical soil properties, allowing for a more synthetic view of the processes.
Melissa Alexandre Santos, Borja Velázquez‐Martí, Jorge João Delfim, Laura Silva Nantes, Jose Augusto Liberato de Souza, Gabriel Augusto da Silva Lunardelli, Dayara Vivian Alvares, Carolina dos Santos Batista Bonini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helping patients make better decisions: how to apply behavioral economics in clinical practice

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2014
Maureen Reni Courtney,1 Christy Spivey,2 Kathy M Daniel1 1College of Nursing, 2College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA  Abstract: Clinicians are committed to effectively educating patients and helping them to make
Courtney MR, Spivey C, Daniel KM
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Boston University Bulletin. School of Management; Graduate Programs, 1980-1981 [PDF]

, 1980
Each year Boston University publishes a bulletin for all undergraduate programs and separate bulletins for each School and College, Summer Term, and Overseas Programs. Requests for the undergraduat e bulle tin should be addressed to the Admissions Office
Boston University School of Management
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Economic Cost of Current and Alternative Models of Multidisciplinary Care of Juvenile‐Onset Huntington's Disease

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Multidisciplinary care has been advocated for Juvenile‐onset Huntington's Disease but there has been no detailed analysis of this. Objectives To evaluate the current economic costs of providing health care for patients with Juvenile‐onset Huntington's disease (JoHD) and to model the effects and economic costs of providing a ...
Tracey A. Young, Penny A. Curtis, Jill Thompson, Aileen K. Ho, Helen Santini, Oliver W. Quarrell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional.
A Craft, Audit Scotland, C Feudtner, C Knapp, Ciarán Humphreys, D Bainbridge, Department of Health, Department of Health Western Australia, F Finlay, Gareth R Davies, J Noyes, J Noyes, Jane Noyes, K Lowson, K McNamara-Goodger, L Brook, L Fraser, Llinos Haf Spencer, Lucie Hobson, M Doug, Mary Devins, Mary Lewis, NPC, Public Health Wales, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Richard Hain, Richard P Hastings, Scottish Children and Young People's Palliative Care Executive Group (SCYPPEx), T Hughes-Hallet, Together for Short Lives, V Sugar, Vasiliki Totsika, Virginia Bennett, World Health Organisation   +37 more
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The Role of Surveillance in the Association Between the Nurse Work Environment and Patient Safety Culture

Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nursing surveillance has been identified as a core clinical process through which organizational conditions may influence patient safety; however, its explanatory role in the relationship between the nurse work environment and patient safety culture is not well established. This study examined whether nursing surveillance practices account for
Kathryn A. Connell, Hyunmin Yu, Domenique Villani, Matthew D. McHugh, Clint Douglas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source