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Cost-effectiveness of telecare for people with social care needs: the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
Henderson, Catherine; Knapp, Martin; Fernández, José-Luis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Purpose of the study: to examine the costs and cost-effectiveness of ‘second-generation’ telecare, in addition to … standard support and care that could include ‘first-generation’ forms of telecare, compared with standard support and care that … could include ‘first-generation’ forms of telecare. Design and methods: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial with …
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First impressions count: Almost double! : A study of the interaction of interviewer appearance and information effects in stated preference studies
Bateman, Ian J.; Mawby, James - 2003
A simple but novel experiment is described examining the impact of interviewer appearance upon stated willingness to pay (WTP) for an environmental good. This test consists of an interviewer wearing either formal or more casual clothing. This analysis is interacted with a cross cutting treatment...
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WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE OF FOREST TREES BY COOPERATE ORGANISATIONS
Adekunle, M.F.; Adedokun, M.O.; Adedoja, A.A. - Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN) - 2006
Payments for environmental services (PES) especially of the forests are considered a potential instrument to mitigate environment and development challenges faced in many tropical countries. The success of any PES scheme is highly dependent on reliable economic data and monetary values of the...
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Demand for Electricity Connection in Rural Areas : The Case of Kenya
Abdullah, Sabah; Jeanty, P. Wilner - Department of Economics, University of Bath - 2009
A modern form of energy, in particular electricity for household use, is an important vehicle in alleviating poverty in developing countries. However, access and costs of connecting to this service for most poor in these countries is inconceivable. Policies promoting electricity connection in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472115
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Economic Evaluation of Management of Dementia Patients - A Systematic Literature Review
Saha, Sanjib; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Toresson, Håkan; … - 2018
Objective: The objective is to systematically review the literature on economic evaluations of the interventions for the management of dementia and Alzheimer patients in home, hospital or institutional care. Methods: A systematic search of published economic evaluation studies in English was...
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Complements or substitutes? : associations between volumes of care provided in the community and hospitals
Lau, Yiu-Shing; Malisauskaite, Gintare; Brookes, Nadia; … - In: The European journal of health economics 22 (2021) 8, pp. 1167-1181
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Enabling women to address their priority health concerns : the role of community-based systems of social protection
Moneti, Francesca - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Focuses on the process of the contribution, at community level, of health micro-insurance to improvement in maternal health care.
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Cost-effecriveness in community care
Wright, Ken - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1987
This paper summarises the cost-effectiveness work which has been carried out on alternative patterns of care for elderly people, people with a mental handicap and people with chronic mental illness. The amount of work completed varies according to the client group concerned. There is, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005344351
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Programme budgeting revisited: special reference to people with learning disabilities
Jones, Christopher; Wright, Ken - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1995
The recent reorganisation of community care removed many of the perverse incentives identified in the previous system. However, the organisation of care for many people is still divided across several agencies in the public and independent sectors. As purchasing and providing agencies in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005344357
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The Role of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, V...
Oliver, Jill; Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of interest in the role of faith in...
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