Spanish Abstract: Este documento realiza una comparación entre la microeconomía y la macroeconomía, con el fin de identificar las diferencias entre estas dos áreas. Se plantea que, aunque existen diferencias de objeto y método entre las dos, estas no son fundamentales. Se sugiere que la...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo revisa las ideas de Coase sobre la metodología en economía a partir de su crítica de Friedman y las compara con ideas provenientes de otros campos. Argumenta que su adaptación de Kuhn es más apropiada para la economía en su forma actual que para la época...

English Abstract: Purpose: Countries without EQ-5D general-population surveys might use valuations from another country with similar health valuations. This study aimed to identify whether there are groups of countries with similar health-state valuations.Methods: A cluster analysis was...

In this paper we employ techniques from artificial intelligence such as reinforcement learning and agent based modeling as building blocks of a computational model for an economy based on convention. First we model the interaction among firms in the private sector. These firms behave in an...

This study identifies the population attending preschool, primary, intermediate, and secondary public schools in Bogotá under two approaches: one geographical, contrasting the percentages of poverty by locality with the percentages of students in public and private schools, and the other...

In people with diabetes, a foot infection often leads to amputation. Plain film x-ray is the traditional method in assessing foot bone infections but magnetic resonance is more sensitive and specific. A comparison is performed here between radiography and radiography plus magnetic resonance in...

Contrast media induced nephropathy is a common cause of kidney failure in hospitalized patients. It has been suggested that high-osmolality contrast media caused less nephropathies than low-osmolality ones. The cost-effectiveness of High- (Iodixanol) and Low-osmolality (Iohexol, Iopamidol and...

The paper presents the main methodological aspects to taking to account for making economic analysis in the context of a clinical practice guideline in a developing country. It is addressed to users of health economic analyses in order to enhance knowledge of what economic analyses are, their...