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On the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications in different scientific fields (1980‐2007)

Larivière, Vincent; Gingras, Yves - In: Journal of Documentation 66 (2010) 2, pp. 179-190

Purpose – The issue of duplicate publications has received a lot of attention in the medical literature, but much less in the information science community. This paper aims to analyze the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications across all fields of research between 1980 and...

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“Knife before wife”: an exploratory study of gender and the UK medical profession

Miller, Karen; Clark, Donna - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 22 (2008) 3, pp. 238-253

Purpose – The paper aims to explore the increasing feminisation of the medical profession and career progression of women in the medical profession. Furthermore, the paper explores the implications of gender segregation in the medical profession for health service provision....

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Medical regulation, spectacular transparency and the blame business

McGivern, Gerry; Fischer, Michael - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 24 (2010) 6, pp. 597-610

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore general practitioners' (GPs') and psychiatrists' views and experiences of transparent forms of medical regulation in practice, as well as those of medical regulators and those representing patients and professionals. Design/methodology/approach...

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Estimating Behavioral Response to the AIDS Epidemic

Auld, M. Christopher - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1

Abstract The elasticity of risky sexual behavior to changes in local HIV infection prevalence is estimated using a longitudinal survey of the sexual behavior and health of gay men in San Francisco during the 1980s. An average respondent decreases risky behavior by about 5% in response to a 10%...

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Price Discrimination and Smuggling of AIDS Drugs

Hornbeck, Richard A. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1

AIDS drugs due to the potential for black market exchange. Thus, greater segmentation in the international market through … additional barriers to smuggling would induce firms to charge lower prices for AIDS drugs in poorer countries. Without these …

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Estimating Behavioral Response to the AIDS Epidemic

Auld, M. Christopher - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1

The elasticity of risky sexual behavior to changes in local HIV infection prevalence is estimated using a longitudinal survey of the sexual behavior and health of gay men in San Francisco during the 1980s. An average respondent decreases risky behavior by about 5% in response to a 10% increase...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014587504

Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing, and HIV Treatments

Mechoulan, Stéphane - In: Forum for Health Economics & Policy 10 (2007) 2

This paper studies the impact of antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) on HIV testing and risky sexual behavior. I use data collected in San Francisco among a high-risk population from 1994 to 2002. The evidence supports the hypothesis of a causal link between the introduction of ARVs in late 1996 and...

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Estimating the Impact of Medical Innovation: A Case Study of HIV Antiretroviral Treatments

Duggan, Mark G; Evans, William N - In: Forum for Health Economics & Policy 11 (2008) 2

As health care consumes a growing share of GDP, the demand for better evidence regarding the effects of health care treatments and how these vary across individuals is increasing. Estimating this with observational data is difficult given the endogeneity of treatment decisions. But because the...

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HIV and the workplace

Lim, Vivien K.G.; Leng Loo, Geok - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 2, pp. 129-140

This study examined human resource managers’ knowledge of HIV transmission, their attitudes towards employing persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PWHIVs) and disclosure of HIV‐related information. Results indicate that respondents were generally knowledgeable about the...

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AIDS in the US hospitality industry: recommendations for education and policy formulations

Barrows, Clayton W.; Gallo, Mike; Mulleady, Tomas - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 8 (1996) 1, pp. 5-9

Despite the overall impact the AIDS epidemic has had on US business and society, few articles have been published in … US hospitality industry and its response to the AIDS challenge. Suggests that a combination of ongoing employee education … deal with employees with AIDS. Makes recommendations for the implementation of these programmes appropriate to the …

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