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Effectiveness of cost-effectiveness [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 2012
In their economic modelling, Barret & Byford[1][1] postulate that the intervention group will have a reoffending rate of 3% v . 5% in the non-intervention group, but give no evidence of this being the correct figure or even the justification for this being a reasonable estimate.
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The Double Effect Effect

open access: yesCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2011
The “doctrine of double effect” has a pleasing ring to it. It is regarded by some as the cornerstone of any sound approach to end-of-life issues and by others as religious mumbo jumbo. Discussions about “the doctrine” often generate more heat than light. They are often conducted at cross-purposes and laced with footnotes from Leviticus.
Foster, C   +3 more
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Empowering decision makers in Latin America: potential impact of three interventions for tobacco control

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The burden of disease attributable to tobacco use in Latin America is very high. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential impact of implementing cigarette plain packaging (PP), 100% smoke-free environments (SFE) and complete ...
Andrea Alcaraz   +7 more
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Cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis of intermediate surgical risk in Singapore

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Objective The objective was to assess the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with severe aortic stenosis with intermediate surgical risk in Singapore. Methods A de novo Markov model with three health states –
Rachel Su-En See-Toh   +8 more
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EFFECTIVE INTERACTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE INTERACTIONS [PDF]

open access: yesHadron Physics 2000, 2001
The subject of effective interactions is introduced and applications in both quantum mechanics and quantum field theory are presented. In particular the use of chiral perturbation theory as an effective low energy description of QCD is developed and it is argued that such methods rally are effective in both the meson and baryonic sectors.
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Sugar sweetened beverages attributable disease burden and the potential impact of policy interventions: a systematic review of epidemiological and decision models

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Around 184,000 deaths per year could be attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) consumption worldwide. Epidemiological and decision models are important tools to estimate disease burden.
Andrea Alcaraz   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conditional Cash Transfer to Improve TB Outcomes: Necessary but Not Sufficient; Comment on “Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India” [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major public health problem in many regions of the world. TB control can only be achieved through a comprehensive and inclusive response which takes into account both upstream and downstream coordinated interventions ...
Fernando Rubinstein   +1 more
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Student Satisfaction with Online Learning: Is it a Psychological Contract?

open access: yesOnline Learning, 2015
The authors explore the possible relationship between student satisfaction with online learning and the theory of psychological contracts. The study incorporates latent trait models using the image analysis procedure and computation of Anderson and Rubin
Charles Dziuban   +5 more
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Study protocol: maintaining preventive care during public health emergencies through effective coordination

open access: yesImplementation Science Communications, 2023
Background Screening lies at the heart of preventive care. However, COVID-19 dramatically disrupted routine screening efforts, resulting in excess mortality not directly attributable to COVID-19.
Sylvia J. Hysong   +7 more
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Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) 7: supporting staff in evidence-based decision-making, implementation and evaluation in a local healthcare setting

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background This is the seventh in a series of papers reporting Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting.
Claire Harris   +9 more
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