In our cost-effectiveness analysis of first-line injectable DMTs in Spain, we found IM IFNβ-1a to be more cost-effective than SC IFNβ-1a, IFNβ-1b or GA. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the robustness of these results. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

This report summarises presentations and discussion at a workshop on ‘Persistent Poverty and Lifetime Inequality’ organisedby HM Treasury and chaired by John Hills, Director of the ESRC Resarch Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at theLondon School of Economics. It took place on 17 and...

Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower indisadvantaged areas than others and much recent policy attention has beenfocused on each. This paper looks at the quality problem, exploring therelationships between disadvantaged contexts, what schools do, and the qualityof...

MS patients with spasticity suffer a significant burden because of resulting disabilities and reduced QoL, especially in cases of severe spasticity. Moreover, spasticity causes high costs that increase with increasing severity. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Informal caregiving continues to be a crucial part of health and social care provision in the developed world, but the processes by which the identity of informal caregiver is conferred, or assumed, remain unclear. In this article we draw on data from a qualitative research study which examined...