Objectives Growing pharmaceutical demands challenge healthcare organizations to set drug funding priorities (i.e. establish a formulary list). This responsibility typically rests with pharmacy and therapeutics (P&T) committees, yet how the process transpires within regional health authorities is...

"This book is an essential reference source on the understanding of workforce capacity and capability and examines specific benefits and applications in addiction and mental health services. Featuring extensive coverage on a range of topics including public service provision, staff motivation,...

Residents of most rural communities in developing countries depend on surface water resources for their livelihoods. The development and management of this vital resource should as much as possible take into consideration local socio-economic priorities if sustainable development is to be...

Introduction -- 1. Investing 1.0 — Blind Faith and Speculation -- 2. Investing 2.0 — Intrinsic Value -- 3. Investing 3.0 — Measuring Risk -- 4. Investing 4.0 — Efficient Markets and Indexing -- 5. Investing 5.0 — Factor Models and Algorithms -- 6. Investing 6.0 — Real Value and Real...

Fish species have been used to compare the ecological characteristics of two surface waters in the same geo-ecological zones of the Central Niger Delta. The authors carried out 24 ecological expeditions along the Kolo and Otuoke Creeks in the Study Area for the purpose of comparing the...

The widespread adoption of Green Transport Plans (GTPs) by employers has become an important aim of the UK government transport policy as it tries to find ways of reducing transport demand. However, the tax treatment of employee benefits that form part of many GTPs has been identified by the...

Many criticisms have been made about the ability of traditional evaluation measures to provide genuinely useful information. They rarely tell the trainer anything he does not already know, and investigation of their objectivity suggests that they frequently do little more than reinforce in the...