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Medical decision support systems based on machine learning

Chi, Chih-Lin - 2009

decision support system recommends the best lifestyle changes for an individual to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease … between lifestyle and CVD, and then generate recommendations based on individual factors including preference and physical … condition. The results demonstrate several recommendation strategies: a whole plan of lifestyle changes, a package of n …

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Exploring Lifestyle Orientation, Attitudes Toward Lifestyle Merchandising, and Attitudes Toward Lifestyle Advertising as Predictors of Behavioral Intention to Purchase Lifestyle Ho...

Wilbanks, Jennifer Kay - 2005

A number of lifestyle merchandising and advertising strategies are being used in the home furnishings industry. However … consumers' attitudes toward the lifestyle concept. Analyses of several consumer behavior variables and descriptors offered … noteworthy findings for the home furnishings industry. This study found that although lifestyle orientation is a valuable tool …

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Does income deprivation affect people's mental well-being?

Blázquez Cuesta, Maite; Budría, Santiago - 2013

Incluye bibliografía ; Este trabajo utiliza datos de panel de olas 2002-2010 del Panel Socioeconómico Alemán, a fin de evaluar el impacto que la privación en términos de renta familiar tiene sobre el bienestar mental. La heterogeneidad no observable está controlada a través de un modelo...

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Decision Analysis Considering Welfare Impacts in Water Resources Using the Benefit Transfer Approach

Shaqadan, Ashraf - 2008

Decision making in environmental management is faced with uncertainties associated with related environmental variables and processes. Decision makers are inclined to use resources to acquire better information in one or more uncertain variable(s). Typically, with limited resources available,...

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Analysis of corporate acquisitions by medical device manufacturers

DeGraaff, Robert A - 2006

This doctoral thesis draws on the financial economics, strategic management, product innovation, and health technology literatures to investigate and explain conditions under which corporate acquisitions in the medical device industry have enhanced or eroded shareholder wealth and financial...

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Price regulation, capital market imperfections, and strategic R&D investment behavior in the pharmaceutical industry: Consequences for innovation

Vernon, John Andrew - 2003

The research in this thesis focuses on the pharmaceutical R&D investment decision. The two primary hypotheses I test are that: (1) capital market imperfections in the market for pharmaceutical R&D finance impart a lower cost of capital to internal funds relative to external debt and equity, and...

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Hippocratic PostgreSQL

Padma, J; Silva, Yasin; Arshad, Mohamed; Aref, Walid - 2009

Privacy preservation has become an important requirement in information systems that deal with personal data. In many cases this requirement is imposed by laws that recognize the right of data owners to control whom their information is shared with and the purposes for which it can be shared....

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Lean indicators in hospital/healthcare settings and the role of leadership in the diffusion of performance improvement strategies

Ezzeddine, Ahmad M - 2006

This study examines the process improvement initiatives undertaken at a community-based hospital to improve patient satisfaction and the financial and competitive position of the hospital through the implementation and marketing of the 29 Minute Emergency Department Guarantee. Specifically, the...

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A new look at hospital cost function estimation

Velagapudi, Kalyani R Mandadi - 1995

The production of hospital care can be viewed as a two-tiered production process. At the first tier, intermediate services are produced which are used in the production of final services, which comprise the second tier of production. Intermediate services are not always produced internally. Some...

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Did Michigan's policies reduce the daily cost of drug therapy for its dual eligible beneficiaries?

Kibicho, Jennifer Waruguru - 2007

Background . Michigan Medicaid outpatient prescription drug program implemented the following four policies to address rising expenditures considered "out of control": (1) February 2002: Preferred Drug List (PDL); (2) February 2003: Joint Purchasing Arrangement (JPA); (3) November 2003: Maximum...

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