Additional Interventions to Enhance the Effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

Boycott, Naomi and Schneider, Justine M. and McMurran, Mary (2012) Additional interventions to enhance the effectiveness of individual placement and support: a rapid evidence assessment. Rehabilitation

بررسی تاثیر تفاوت‌های بین فردی مخاطبان در تکنیک‌های ترکیبی ترفیع: جایگذاری برند در فیلم‌های سینمایی

As no clear-cut equivalents have been proposed in Iranian marketing literature to stand for “brand placement” and “product placement”, this fact signifies that such concepts have not yet been thoroughly addressed in our country. Audience skepticism and cynicism toward promotional advertisements, media fragmentation, ever-increasing number of Internet users, and fading away of the traditional me...

Defining the Benefit Package of Thailand Universal Coverage Scheme: From Pragmatism to Sophistication

Benefit package is crucial for implementing universal health coverage (UHC). This editorial analyses how the benefit package of the Thai Universal Coverage Scheme (UC Scheme) evolved from an implicit comprehensive package which covered all conditions and interventions (with a few exceptions), to additional explicit positive lists. In 2002 when the Thai UC Scheme was lau...

HTA – Algorithm or Process?; Comment on “Expanded HTA: Enhancing Fairness and Legitimacy”

Daniels, Porteny and Urrutia et al make a good case for the idea that that public decisions ought to be made not only “in the light of” evidence but also “on the basis of” budget impact, financial protection and equity. Health technology assessment (HTA) should, they say, be accordingly expanded to consider matters additional to safety and cost-effectiveness. They also complain that most HTA re...

A Qualitative Assessment of the Evidence Utilization for Health Policy-Making on the Basis of SUPPORT Tools in a Developing Country

Background SUPPORT tools consist of 18 articles addressing the health policy-makers so that they can learn how to make evidence-informed health policies. These tools have been particularly recommended for developing countries. The present study tries to explain the process of evidence utilization for developing policy documents in the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) and...