PURPOSE: Stapled transanal rectal resection is advocated for the treatment of obstructed
defecation syndrome. Supporting evidence for its safety and effectiveness has been lacking …

Des documents relatifs aux questions d'éthique et de réglementation du secteur de la
psychologie professionnelle canadienne ont été analysés pour en dégager les principes et …

OBJECTIVES: Cost utility analyses compare the costs and health outcome of interventions,
with a denominator of quality-adjusted life year, a generic health utility measure combining …

Medicines in Health Systems Medicines in Health Systems Page 1 Edited by: Maryam Bigdeli,
David H. Peters, Anita K. Wagner Advancing access, affordability and appropriate use Medicines …

Background Worldwide, there is a need for formalization of the priority setting processes in
health. Recent research has used the term multicriteria decision analysis for methods that …

But if there is nothing new about the fact of rationing in its many forms, the context in
England has changed and is continuing to do so. Most obviously, the NHS faces a bleak …

Explicit health care rationing or priority-setting is the use of institutional procedures for the
systematic allocation of resources within health care systems. With the establishment of …

One of the few predictions about the National Health Service (NHS) in the approaching fiscal
ice age that can be made with reasonable certainty is that the long-simmering debate about …

Background Healthcare costs in most developed countries are not clearly linked to better
patient and public health outcomes, but are rather associated with service delivery …

With potential budget claw backs of 20% to be found in UK health care in forthcoming years,
the question arises as to how these might be achieved. Based on the long-standing …