. We model the optimal allocation of health resources across a continuum of diseases that dier by severity and treatment …

for Health and Care Excellence (NICE; England). Methods: The following aspects were examined: guidance texts on … approach taken by NICE seems to be more open and less restrictive as compared with G-BA/IQWiG. Any kind of potentially relevant …

This paper analyzes the effect of severity of disability on labour force participation by using a self-reported work … current participation. The results suggest that net of persistence and unobserved heterogeneity, differences in severity …

predictive model. In this article, the definition of this measure is adapted to the specific needs of the frequency and severity … severity models. …

merely apparent contradiction based on the statistical concept of the "severity" of the furnished evidence. Again using … "severity", we also propose a method for reconciling divergent findings in instances of mere seeming contradiction. Our chosen …

severity. Using a panel data on U.S. firms over an eight‐year period, we confirm these hypotheses and find that CSR has a … negative association with downsizing, which increases with the severity of downsizing. We discuss the implications of the …

framework. Patients differ in severity within a DRG. Providers are to some extent altruistic. For low altruism, a downward … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price … adjustment depends on relation between patients' severity and benefit. In a steady state, DRG prices are unlikely to give optimal …