MEDICAL INDICES.

Visibility of medical informatics regarding bibliometric indices and databases

BACKGROUND The quantitative study of the publication output (bibliometrics) deeply influences how scientific work is perceived (bibliometric visibility). Recently, new bibliometric indices and databases have been established, which may change the visibility of disciplines, institutions and individuals. This study examines the effects of the new indices on the visibility of Medical Informatics. ...

Physiological Nondimensional Indices in Medical Assessment: For Quantifying Physiological Systems and Analysing Medical Tests’ Data

Body mass index and blood cell indices in students of Para-medical Faculty, Babol University of Medical Sciences

Background and purpose: Approximately one-third of the world's population suffers from anemia. Anemia in adults causes irritability, impaired mental focus, difficulty in daily activities, and sleep. Body mass index (BMI) is an indicator of nutritional status in adults. The current study aimed to assess the body mass index and blood indices of students in local domain. Materials and methods:...

H-indices of Academic Pediatricians of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

BACKGROUND Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar are three major sources which provide h-indices for individual researchers. In this study we aimed to compare the h-indices of the academic pediatricians of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences obtained from the above mentioned sources. METHOD Academic pediatrician who had at least 5 ISI indexed articles entered the study. Information re...

ACADEMIA ECONOMIC PAPERS March MEDICAL CARE PRICE INDICES PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES

There are numerous sources of bias in medical care price indices that lead to non-trivial biases in overall price indices such as the GDP deflator and the Consumer Price Index. I begin by reviewing various uses of price indices and therefore why both biases and changes in those biases matter. I describe the theory underlying official price indices. I next turn to problems of measuring medical p...