BACKGROUND Although dental care settings provide an exceptional opportunity to reach smokers and provide brief cessation advice and treatment to reduce oral and other tobacco-related health conditions, dental care providers demonstrate limited adherence to evidence-based guidelines for treatment of tobacco use and dependence. METHODS/DESIGN Guided by a multi-level, conceptual framework that e...

Online advertising is a booming industry and is developing into a major advertising outlet for millions of firms. In 2004, in United States alone, firms spent $9.6 billion on online advertising, a nearly 33% increase over the spending in 2003 [11]. Analysts project that by 2009, the online advertising budget will reach $22.3 billion [5]. Various factors contribute to the unprecedented growth of...

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Maize is important in Uganda because of its dual function both as an income-generating cash crop and as a staple crop that improves food security. Three interventions on the maize sector are selected for a substantive cost-benefit analysis investigation, namely: 1. ―Increasing the utilization of commercial inputs‖the focus of the intervention is to overcome the low maize yield situation in Ugan...

CONTEXT From one country to another, the pay-for-performance mechanisms differ on one significant point: the identification of target populations, that is, populations which serve as a basis for calculating the indicators. The aim of this study was to compare clinical versus medication-based identification of populations of patients with diabetes and hypertension over the age of 50 (for men) or...

reimbursement for healthcare has utilized a variety of payment mechanisms with varying degrees of effectiveness. whether these mechanisms are used singly or in combination, it is imperative that the resulting systems remunerate on the basis of the quantity, complexity, and quality of care provided. expanding the role of the electronic medical record (emr) to monitor provider practice, patient r...