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Early health economic evaluation of the future potential of next generation artificial vision systems for treating blindness in Germany
Schwander, Bjoern - In: Health Economics Review 4 (2014) 27, pp. 1-10
The next generation of artificial vision devices (AVDs), which is currently developed in pre-clinical settings, has the … potential to improve the vision of blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in a manner that they will be categorized as … visual impaired but no more as blind. This unprecedented vision improvement will result in a mentionable quality of life gain …
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Early health economic evaluation of the future potential of next generation artificial vision systems for treating blindness in Germany
Schwander, Bjoern - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 27, pp. 1-10
The next generation of artificial vision devices (AVDs), which is currently developed in pre-clinical settings, has the … potential to improve the vision of blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in a manner that they will be categorized as … visual impaired but no more as blind. This unprecedented vision improvement will result in a mentionable quality of life gain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526936
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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
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The Relationship of Age to Level of Performance and Independence Associated with Rehabilitative Interventions Provided to Older Adults Who Are Blind
Brooks, Michael; Stephens, Barry C. - In: International Journal of Social Science Studies 2 (2014) 4, pp. 28-39
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between rehabilitative interventions and older adults with visual impairments. This study employed an ex post facto, quasi-experimental design which analyzed changes that occurred based on composite pretest and posttest scores...
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Treating disability as an asset (not a limitation) : a critical examination of disability inclusion through social entrepreneurship
Mauksch, Stefanie; Dey, Pascal - In: Organization : the interdisciplinary journal of … 31 (2024) 4, pp. 624-644
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A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship Between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, Philippines and Bangladesh
Kuper, Hannah; Polack, Sarah; Eusebio, Cristina; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
The aim of this study was to examine the association between visual impairment from cataract and poverty in adults in Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during 2005–2006. Cases were persons aged 50 y or...
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper focuses on Senegal’s second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP–II). It summarizes the results of the participatory PRSP review process prior to final validation and adoption by the government. As an economic and social policy document for growth and poverty reduction...
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Optimal designs for estimating the interesting part of a dose-effect curve
Miller, Frank; Dette, Holger; Guilbaud, Olivier - 2007
We consider a dose-finding trial in phase IIB of drug development. For choosing an appropriate design for this trial the specification of two points is critical: an appropriate model for describing the dose-effect relationship and the specification of the aims of the trial (objectives), which...
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Confounding and missing data in cost-effectiveness analysis: Comparing different methods
Härkänen, Tommi; Maljanen, Timo; Lindfors, Olavi; … - In: Health Economics Review 3 (2013) 8, pp. 1-11
Introduction: Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be...
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Using Weighted Kaplan-Meier Statistics in Nonparametric Comparisons of Paired Censored Survival Outcomes
Murray, Susan - 2001
This research introduces methods for nonparametric testing of weighted integrated survival differences in the context of paired censored survival designs. The current work extends work done by Pepe and Fleming (1989, Biometrics 45 , 497–507), which considered similar test statistics directed...
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