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Strong and weak lifespan extension: What is most feasible and likely?

Lucke, J. C.; Hall, W. D. - 2006

Recent advances in biomedical science indicate that it may eventually be possible to intervene in the biological process of human ageing. This paper overviews the current state of the science of lifespan extension and promising future directions. It is uncertain whether 'strong' lifespan...

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Supervisory Boards of German Corporations: Composition, Interventions, Performance

Vetter, Karin - 2011

Den Aufsichtsräten innerhalb des deutschen Corporate Governance Systems ist in den letzten Jahren erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zugekommen. Es wurden Empfehlungen und gesetzliche Vorschriften formuliert, die die Zusammensetzung des Aufsichtsratsgremiums sowie dessen Tätigkeiten betreffen. Diesem...

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Improving the Wellbeing of People Dependent on the Low-income Beef Industry in South Africa

Nkhanedzeni Nengovhela - 2010

developing and developed beef sectors elsewhere. The study aims to understand this situation and develop interventions that …

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Preferences for 'life-saving' programmes: Small for all or gambling for the prize?

Gyrd-Hansen, D; Kristiansen, IS - 2008

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Exploring aspects of organizational culture that facilitate radical product innovation in a small mature company

McLaughlin, Patrick - 2006

interventions for developing an innovation culture that facilitates radicalproduct innovation. Cerulean designs and manufactures … facilitate radical productinnovation. The design of the interventions was also informed by the literature andother organizations …, part of a national Discontinuous Innovation Forum (DIF)undergoing similar ambitions. The proposed interventions comprise a …

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Setting hospital infection control policy : a decision-making framework incorporating health economics and healthcare epidemiology

Halton, Kate Amanda - 2009

many other infection control decisions for which information about the cost-effectiveness of competing interventions does …

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An economic evaluation of the Safe Motherhood programme in Guangxi, China

Zhao, Jingzhou - 2011

was initiated in 2000. The programme was implemented in Guangxi in 2003. Interventions in the programme included both … demand-side and supply side-interventions focusing on increasing health service use and improving birth outcomes. Little is … for seven years. The aim of this research is to estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the interventions in …

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

Bleichrodt, H; Quiggin, J - 1999

This paper studies life-cycle preferences over consumption and health status. We show that cost-effectiveness analysis is consistent with cost-benefit analysis if the Lifetime utility function is additive over time, multiplicative in the utility of consumption and the utility of health status,...

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Buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Doran, Christopher M.; Shanahan, Marian; Mattick, Richard P. - 2003

This article presents the cost-effectiveness results of a randomised controlled trial conducted in two Australian cities. The trial was designed to assess the safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of buprenorphine versus methadone in the management of opioid dependence. The trial Utilised a...

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Cost-effectiveness of Selected Immunisation Programs in Australia

Vittal Mogasale - 2010

interventions for the allocation of limited resources. As new vaccines are being introduced, budgetary allocations for immunisation … various interventions. Cost-effectiveness studies on immunisation are scarce and needs updating due to changes in medical … interventions in Australia: influenza and hepatitis B. The cost-effectiveness of reducing the influenza vaccination age threshold to …

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