In this paper, we examine whether a more ambiguity-averse individual will invest in more effort to shift her initial … ambiguity aversion will decrease (increase) the optimal effort when the cost of effort is non-monetary. When the cost of effort …

and economic policy. Yet, only a few studies have investigated the utility of health and wealth empirically. This paper …Tradeoffs between health and wealth are among the most important decisions individuals make, and are central to social … investigates this utility function both theoretically and empirically. We conduct detailed personal interviews with 180 cancer …

Currently, most developed countries’ decisions about health-care policy must address a major challenge: the rapidly … rising costs of health care. It is estimated that one third of this annual increment is due to the incorporation of health … technology advances in medical practice. So the economic evaluation (EE) of health technologies has become an ethical and …

levels of importance and expediency across settings as individual countries move forward with their respective HIV prevention …

Background: The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a serious public health threat … prioritizing prevention methods. …

programme for CRC on key health outcomes as well as the NHS budget and healthcare resource capacity. Abstract: Methods … (biennial FOBT with and without CTC triage of patients referred to OC, and CTC every 5 years) on a range of health outcomes …, including the incidence and prevalence of CRC, in a hypothetical cohort of individuals. The yearly costs, health outcomes and …

of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects [DARE], NHS Economic Evaluation Database [NHS EED] and Health …

This article provides an overview of the clinical profile of rotavirus vaccine RIX4414 (Rotarix™) in the prevention of …