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literature on optimal contracting and optimal incentives and on PPP best practice. The paper concludes that the Metro seems to …
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Award procedures, contract designs and the scope of contracts vary widely in public transport (PT). Notwithstanding obvious improvements of the technical quality, many authorities are not fully satisfied with the outcome of their tendered contracts. Dissatisfaction with patronage development and...
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Since 2011, very significant developments have occurred in the procurement and contracting of bus services in major …
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Following the Office of Fair Trading's review of the British deregulated bus market as a whole in 2009, the issues raised were referred to the Competition Commission. Its final report was published in December 2011. Subsequently, the House of Commons Transport Committee carried out an enquiry...
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Introduction : Benefit-risk of different anti-rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) strategies after scratches or bites from dogs with unknown rabies status is unknown in very low rabies risk settings. Design and setting : A cost-effectiveness analysis in metropolitan France using a...
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Imipeneme, a molecule chemically related to the carbapenems (beta-lactam), is a potent wide spectrum antibiotic reserved for hospital use. Effective as therapy for major infections, and for use in severely debilitated patients (immunodepressed, etc...) its efficacy in the treatment of...
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Cost-effectiveness and computational time are the traditional criteria for evaluating lot-sizing techniques. However, in evolving environments, frequent revisions of demand forecasts may induce various degrees of instability in planned orders, depending on the selected lot-sizing technique. In...
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The Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) offers services to the population free of charge but these activities are costly with the greatest part being the cost of vaccines. In spite of the growing international solidarity towards funding for immunization, the growing objectives continue to...
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This paper discusses some problems in determining the optimal use of road safety measures. The first of these problems is how best to define the baseline option, i.e. what will happen if no new safety measures are introduced. The second problem concerns choice of a method for selection of...
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Summary: Purpose: The increasing number of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) fostered the development of economic studies in epilepsy. We reviewed this literature to identify and discuss methodologic issues. Methods: We included all studies devoted to cost-based evaluation in epilepy, published in...
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