<b>4．How Should We Consider Several Factors Other Than Cost-Effectiveness Analysis? ー</b><b>Problems Regarding</b> <b>‘Appraisal’ (</b><b>Comprehensive Evaluation) </b><b>Process </b>

Should We Consider another Booster Dose of Measles Vaccine?

Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  In recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country. Objective: To find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccination ...

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?

Journal quality metrics: options to consider other than impact factors.

Journal quality metrics (also referred to as bibliometrics), such as impact factors, are increasingly being used as a measure of researchers' and educators' success and prestige. Occupational therapists who submit articles to peer-reviewed journals may face a professional and research dilemma: Do they submit their articles to journals that largely have a professional audience and potentially do...

Cost, production, efficiency, or effectiveness: where should we focus?

Across all countries, costs of care are increasing, and so increased prevention of disease is widely thought to mean reduced costs in the future. Although this assumption might be true for the disease being prevented, increased prevention will mean that populations live longer (a good thing of course), and as a result adopt diff erent disease profi les. As population profi les change, demand fo...

should we consider another booster dose of measles vaccine?

background : to date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  in recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country.   objective: to find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccinati...