Not exact matches
This
economic evaluation was based on a rigorously conducted cohort
study of sufficient size to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes.
Design
Economic evaluation with individual level data from the Birthplace national prospective cohort
study.
Other strengths of the underpinning cohort
study include high participation by midwifery units and trusts in England; the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias because of non-consent; and the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk.12 The
economic evaluation was conducted according to nationally agreed design and reporting guidelines.15 26 Collection of primary unit cost data was thorough and accounted for regional differences in care patterns.
For the purposes of this
economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related
study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.
Teachers on the cusp of dismissal under the IMPACT
evaluation system in the nation's capital improved their performance by statistically significant margins, as did those on the cusp of winning a large financial bonus, according to the
study, published as a working paper last week by the Cambridge, Mass. - based National Bureau of
Economic Research.
Dr. Crowley is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family
Studies and an expert in
economic evaluation and is engaged in multiple efforts to understand the value of investing in social and emotional development.
Edward Pauly, director of research and
evaluation at The Wallace Foundation, which commissioned the
study, said, «In this difficult
economic environment, arts educators need to use scarce resources to create high quality arts learning experiences.
This design report describes the B3
study, a rigorous
evaluation of new program approaches to support low - income fathers in working toward
economic stability and improved relationships with their children.
The effect of an affordable daycare program on health and
economic well - being in Rajasthan, India: protocol for a cluster - randomized impact
evaluation study
Reilly J, Thomas C (1993) «Toward
Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: A Review and
Evaluation of
Studies of the Impact of Climate Change.»
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a follow - on
study to its 2009
evaluation of the
economic and environmental performance of Coal - to - Liquids (CTL) and CTL with modest amounts of biomass mixed in (15 % by weight) for the production of zero - sulfure diesel fuel.
is at odds with the results of a
study by the European Commission reported in 2005 and directed to the very question of the economic value of patents in Europe (the study was entitled «Study on Evaluation the Knowledge Economy - What are Patents Actually Worth?&raq
study by the European Commission reported in 2005 and directed to the very question of the
economic value of patents in Europe (the
study was entitled «Study on Evaluation the Knowledge Economy - What are Patents Actually Worth?&raq
study was entitled «
Study on Evaluation the Knowledge Economy - What are Patents Actually Worth?&raq
Study on
Evaluation the Knowledge Economy - What are Patents Actually Worth?»).
This design report describes the B3
study, a rigorous
evaluation of new program approaches to support low - income fathers in working toward
economic stability and improved relationships with their children.
A health
economic model for the development and
evaluation of innovations in aged care: an application to consumer - directed care —
study protocol
The social support and family health
study: a randomised controlled trial and
economic evaluation of two alternative forms of postnatal support for mothers living in disadvantaged inner city areas
Further, few
studies have reported
economic evaluations for early intervention programs for children's mental health.7, 25,32 Such
evaluations could include implementation service costs (training, program materials, provider salaries), costs to families (time off work, transport costs), and later health / welfare costs saved from implementing an early intervention.
Specifically, the Center will
study three primary focus areas: the relationship between stress, neurobiology, and genetics and drug abuse, the role of fathers in the child welfare system, and an
economic evaluation of a set of child welfare costs related specifically to the placement of children in out - of - home care.
The overall mean cost per parent, presented in 2011 international dollar ($) values, was $ 3407.51 for one of the
economic evaluations undertaken in 2007 and $ 1615.22 for the other
study, undertaken in 2011.
Finally, the degree of suitability of the instruments for
economic evaluations in the palliative care setting will be assessed by scoring whether the domains or dimensions were developed using input from informal caregivers of people receiving palliative care and whether items from the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 43 minimum standards for patient - reported outcome measures and the checklist for reporting valuation
studies of multiattribute utility - based instruments (CREATE) 44 have been evaluated in this population.
In view of the personal, social, health, and (to the nation)
economic benefits of successful and early treatment of these sleep disorders, it is highly desirable to devise effective behavioural treatments which require less time and professional expertise for use in primary care.12 An
evaluation of such a treatment was the aim of this
study.
Consistent with the relevant scholarly research, this
study defines retailer satisfaction as the attitude produced by the retailer's
evaluation of the retailer - supplier relationship with respect to all issues pertaining to the relationship, including
economic and non-
economic issues.
Only one health
economic evaluation of ICBT for severe health anxiety has been conducted, and in that
study it was found that the treatment was highly cost - effective in comparison to a basic attention control condition that did not receive active treatment.13 The incremental cost - effectiveness ratio (ICER) was − # 1244, meaning that each case of improvement in ICBT relative to the control condition generated a societal net
economic gain of # 1244.
Our objective was to identify
economic evaluations, i.e.
studies comparing the effectiveness and costs of two or more health - focused interventions, to promote mental health and well - being and / or prevent the onset of mental health problems.
As Table 1 indicates, a number of
economic evaluations of parenting
studies conducted alongside randomized controlled trials have been published, some set in schools, others focused on pre-school age children.
Economic evaluations conducted using a modelling approach, whereby effectiveness data were collected from one or more previous controlled
studies and then combined with data on costs, were also included.
We also identified one
study protocol for an
economic evaluation of an internet - based group intervention to prevent mental health problems in Dutch children whose parents have mental health or substance abuse problems (Woolderink et al., 2010).
The Social Support and Family Health
Study: a randomised controlled trial and
economic evaluation of two alternative forms of postnatal support for mothers living in disadvantaged inner - city areas
In future
studies it might therefore be profitable to combine these elements in global individualised family intervention programmes, although careful
economic evaluation, not undertaken here, will be required.
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