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Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: when is cost-effectiveness analysis equivalent to cost–benefit analysis?

Bleichrodt, H.; Quiggin, John - 1999

In this paper we derive a set of conditions that is both necessary and sufficient for the consistency of QALY based decision making with life-cycle preferences over consumption and health status. Cost benefit analysis is always consistent with life-cycle preferences over consumption and health...

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The economic costs of health service treatments for asbestos-related mesothelioma deaths

Watterson, Andrew; Gorman, Thomas; Malcolm, Cari; … - 2006

ABSTRACT: This article explores the complex and neglected picture of occupationaland environmental disease healthcare costs specifically relating to asbestos. Diagnosed mesothelioma cases in Scotland in one calendar year were used to investigate the subject in greater depth. Data from UK sources...

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Nurse managers attitudes and perceptions regarding cost containment in public hospitals in the Port Elizabeth metropole

Ntlabezo, Eugenia Tandiwe - 2003

This study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of nurse managers regarding cost containment issues in selected public hospitals in the Port Elizabeth metropole of the Eastern Cape. Four hospitals participated in the study, and 211 nurse managers completed questionnaires. The results...

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Clinical and Cost Consequences of Non-Adherence in the End-Stage Renal Disease Population.

Chuang, Chien-Chia - 2011

Results from this study indicate that non-adherence in hemodialysis (HD) sessions marginally affects health care costs and does not significantly increase the likelihood of kidney transplantation failure. This dissertation explores the impacts of non-adherence in HD sessions on health care costs...

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Direct and indirect costs of rabies exposure: A retrospective study in southern California (1998-2002).

Shwiff, S.A.; Sterner, R.T.; Jay, M.T.; Parikh, S.; … - 2007

The direct and indirect costs of suspected human rabies exposure were estimated for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, California, USA. Clinic, hospital, and county public health records (1998-2002) were examined to determine direct costs for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and 55 (41%)...

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Increasing Health Insurance Costs and the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage

Chernew, Michael; Cutler, David; Keenan, Patricia S. - 2005

Economics

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News Aware Volatility Forecasting: Is the Content of News Important?

Robertson, Calum S.; Geva, Shlomo; Wolff, Rodney C. - 2007

The efficient market hypothesis states that the market incorporates all available information to provide an accurate valuation of the asset at any given time. However, most models for forecasting the return or volatility of assets completely disregard the arrival of asset specific news (i.e.,...

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Outlook vs. Futures: Three Decades of Evidence in Hog and Cattle Markets

Colino, Evelyn V.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2007

indicate,with one exception, no meaningful differences in forecast accuracy between outlook forecastsand futures prices. The …

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How Much Can Outlook Forecasts be Improved? An Application to the U.S. Hog Market

Colino, Evelyn V.; Irwin, Scott H.; Garcia, Philip - 2008

flexibility and model averaging consistently outperform Iowa outlook estimates at all forecast horizons. Evidence from the … encompassing tests, which are highly stringent tests of forecast performance, indicates that many price forecasts do provide … incremental information relative to Iowa. Simple combinations of these models and outlook forecasts are able to reduce forecast …

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ANALYSIS OF THE 2002 FARM BILL AND NEW FARM BILL ALTERNATIVES

Taylor, Richard D.; Koo, Won W. - 2006

This report evaluates the 2002 farm bill and the effects of the individual programs within the bill on North Dakota net farm income. A stochastic simulation model was developed, using @Risk by Palisade. @Risk replaces the mean values for price and yield with a distribution of values for the...

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