Economic evaluation of an antibiotics shortened treatments needs total costs measurement for each medical strategy (traditional and shortened) taking in account for each pathology and each group of patients, treatment durations and their success probabilities. Costs, to be measured are not only...

Imipeneme, a molecule chemically related to the carbapenems (beta-lactam), is a potent wide spectrum antibiotic reserved for hospital use. Effective as therapy for major infections, and for use in severely debilitated patients (immunodepressed, etc...) its efficacy in the treatment of...

We use Moroccan data to study the determinants of international migrants’ remittances, testing the altruistic and welfare hypotheses. In particular, we analyze and assess what motivates migrants to send remittances back home. Our results lend support to the altruistic hypothesis suggesting...

In this study, we tried to estimate the economic potential benefit of the use of fluoxetine (PROZACR 20 mg, Lilly) versus tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in depression of mild to moderate intensity. Fluoxetine has demonstrated, in controlled studies, significantly lower rates of side-effects...

This paper investigates the links between price returns for 25 commodities and stocks over the period from January 2001 to November 2011, by paying a particular attention to energy raw materials. Relying on the dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) GARCH methodology, we show that the...

Much research in France or abroad has highlighted the medical practice variation (MPV) phenomenon. There is no consensus on the origin of MPV between preference-centered approaches versus opportunities and constraints approaches. This study's main purpose is to assess the relevance of hypotheses...

Assessment of agricultural vulnerability to climate change is a prerequisite for developing effective adaptation options and strategies for the future. While assessment approaches vary across sectors and countries, there is a need to devise an effective method to assess agricultural...

Le lymphoedème des membres supérieurs est une complication relativement fréquente après traitement du cancer du sein par chirurgie et/ou radiothérapie. L'incidence en France est de l'ordre de 3740 cas par an avec une prévalence de 37400 cas environ. Le traitement recommandé associe les...

Jordan and Tunisia are two non-oil exporting MENA countries characterized by high unemployment rates and significant migrant populations. A comparative analysis of the impact of international mobility in the two countries allows us to shedlight on the mechanisms through which emigration affects...