How can we ensure value for money from expenditure on injectable cancer drugs?

How can we enhance the value of laboratory tests?

Today, the pressures on the healthcare systems for the controlling of the costs are extreme and all sectors try to demonstrate the value of their services by justifying the activities and expenditures so the value can be describe in terms like quality, efficiency, effectiveness, patient satisfaction, cost effectiveness .The value of the lab testing is generally directed to their costs and the c...

On what we can ensure

The Conjunction Principle says, roughly, that if the truth of a conjunction can be brought about, then the truth of each conjunct can be brought about. The current essay argues that this principle is not valid. After a clarification of the principle, it is shown how a proper understanding of the involved notions falsify the principle. As a corollary, a recent attack on van Inwagen’s Consequence...

Information, Communication, and Money: For What Can We Charge and How Can We Meter It?

Internet telephony, electronic commerce, on-line information services, and video conferencing are projected to grow rapidly in coming years. How can we charge for these and similar services? What information must be gathered to enable proper billing for services rendered? Where is this information generated and where is it collected? These questions are being addressed in today’s marketplace in...

How Should Global Fund Use Value-for-Money Information to Sustain its Investments in Graduating Countries?

It has been debated whether the Global Fund (GF), which is supporting the implementation of programs on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, should consider the value-for-money (VFM) for programs/interventions that they are supporting. In this paper, we critically analyze the uses of economic information for GF programs, not only to ensure accountability to the...

How can we manage resistance to antiangiogenic drugs?