Setting Prescribing Budgets In General Practice
(Capitation based prescribing budgets will not work) (Effective prescribing at practice level should be identified and rewarded) General practice prescribing costs have risen rapidly in recent years and there are wide variations between practices in rates and costs of prescribing. I...AIDS Prevention: Does It Work? Paper Suggests New Way To Assess Prevention Programs
...olicymakers who must maketactical choices and plan budgets to slow the spread of the AIDS virus. The Challenge The study addresses a conundrum facing researchers: Since it is impossible toknow how many cases of HIV would have occurred in the absence of concertedprevention efforts, how does one count what d...Low-Tech Treatment Proves A Life-Saver In Research Breakthrough
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...roscience. "Researchers and educators with modest budgets will now have access to recent fMRI data." For the fMRI Data Center, see: http://www.fmridc.org/...West meets East - WHO tuberculosis treatment
...sible are understandably reluctant to shrink their budgets voluntarily. Likewise, professional authority is intimately allied to hospital capacity. Insecure, vulnerable clinicians are, not surprisingly, wary of change and generally reluctant to embrace modifications to work patterns that potentially threaten...Whitewater death inspires students to create safer helmet
...Each team of two or three students, working within budgets of up to $10,000, had to design a device, purchase or fabricate the parts, and assemble the final product. Corporations, government agencies and nonprofit groups provided the assignments and funding. The course is traditionally a well-received hands-...Students invent voice-activated grasping tool for disabled man
...Each team of two or three students, working within budgets of up to $10,000, had to design a device, purchase or fabricate the parts, and assemble the final product. Corporations, government agencies and nonprofit groups provided the assignments and funding. The course is traditionally a well-received hands-...The rising cost of living with HIV
...o be considered. They warn that with finite health budgets and increasingly expensive programs, refinements are needed to generate more complete estimates of the cost-effectiveness of health services....Nutrition education helps stretch meager food budgets
...education can help families cope with limited food budgets may come as a surprise to economists, says Jamie D...n extension support specialist, evaluated the food budgets of 16,146 participants in a multiethnic, low-income population over three years. The participants we......KGaA and said that "especially in times when tight budgets are common, such generous support is crucial for non profit societies like ESMO to be able to meet their responsibilities." Full details of the ESMO Foundation's activities will be revealed during the 29th ESMO Congress in Vienna....