OBJECTIVE Epidemiologic research suggests that significant public health benefits can accrue from preventive interventions that delay the initiation of youth alcohol use. This analysis compares the cost effectiveness of tvo interventions designed for general population families of adolescents. It also conservatively estimates their benefit-cost ratios and net benefits. METHOD Cost-effectivene...

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...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the profitability of hatchery litter recycling into poultry feedstuff supplement. the data were collected in 2011 in 4 provinces, by direct interviewing of all hatcheries which used the hatchery litter drying machine. net present value (npv), benefit-cost ratio (bcr), and internal rate of return (irr) methods were applied for this analysis. in the studi...

this research aims to apply a model to the study and analysis of environmental and natural resource costs created in supply chains of goods and services produced in thailand, and propose indicators for environmental problem management, caused by goods and services production, based on concepts of sustainable production and consumer behavior. the research showed that the highest environmental co...

There are not, and probably never will be, enough resources to satisfy the community's desires for things that improve the quality of life. This poses the necessity for choice, and hence the consideration of priorities. In the medical field two distinct kinds of choice arise: one at the clinical level and the other in the planning process. At the point of contact with a particular patient, a do...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the clinical effects, safety, and economic cost of propofol and midazolam in the sedation of patients undergoing mechanionl ventilation in the ICU. Eighty-eight critically ill patients were studied and randomly allocated to receive short-term (less than 24 h), medium-term (24 h to 7 days), and prolonged (more than 7 days)continuous sedation ...