Correspondence: Marcus Tolentino Silva – Rod. Raposo Tavares, Km 92,5, Sorocaba-SP, CEP: 18023-000 E-mail: [email protected] Health economic evaluation studies are conducted in many different ways, depending on the health outcomes selected. In the present paper, we discuss the main types of outcomes used, presenting their characteristics, how to measure them and the scientific evidences that t...

they produce meaning@ results. new technique or tool in IEEE Software or elsewhere, and you are considering its use on your project. If it worked for someone else, how do you know it will work for you? The last decade has seen explosive growth in the number of software-engineering methods and tools, each one offering to improve some characteristic of software, its development, or its maintenanc...

You have been appointed as the Nurse Manager of a nursing home that provides long term care for older people and have become aware that a large proportion of residents have pressure ulcers. You know that many preventive measures, such as special beds and mattresses, are promoted, but feel unsure as to which residents are most at risk and which characteristics predict those most likely to develo...

The aim of these three studies was to assess the test-retest reliability of the MIST (Melbourne Initial Screening Test), a new vision screening tool designed for use by vision screeners of preschool children and to determine the positive and negative predictive value. In the first study, 471 children participated in two sessions, either with the Sheridan Gardiner Singles (SGS) or the MIST. The ...