What Does It Cost to Change Behavior?

What does it cost to live with HIV?

from 80% to 100% of a student’s time for up to 2 years of clinical research, during which the study of pain management and breathlessness will be high priorities. The grants program aims to use evidence-based research on medications used to treat these symptoms to develop equitable, cost-effective access to drugs across the country. Faculty scholarships lasting up to 2 years will be open to a w...

What does it cost the patient to see the doctor?

Against a background of increasing demands on limited resources, there will be an emphasis on undertaking studies that relate benefits of an intervention to the costs that are incurred in their production. Patient costs are an important, but often overlooked, part of an economic exercise and include transport costs, loss of employment, and loss of leisure time. This paper highlights the theoret...

Motivation and confidence: What does it take to change behaviour?

participation, what does it mean?

participation has been with us since the inception of living in a family. participation developed in the matrix of religion and, two centuries ago, opend up its way in political systems of european countries. it supported the democratic principle of people's determining their own destiny. today, participation is considered a necessity for the total development of not only individuals, but ...

Candidemia in the elderly: What does it change?

BACKGROUND Candidemia is a life-threatening fungal infection and it can affect patients of all ages. Characterization of candidemia in the elderly is lacking. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of adults (≥ 18 years) with candidemia diagnosed in our center in 2010-2015. Demographics, comorbidities, clinical and microbiologic characteristics, antifungal treatment and outcome were compa...