objective:  the aim of this study was to assess clinical laboratory funding for differential diagnosis of sickle cell disease (scd) and other associated disorders for better understanding of clinical types and prevention of sickling events. material and methods:  this is a descriptive crossed-sectional study that analyzed the peripheral blood film, sickle cell preparation, hemoglobin electroph...

Objective:  The aim of this study was to assess clinical laboratory funding for differential diagnosis of sickle cell disease (SCD) and other associated disorders for better understanding of clinical types and prevention of sickling events. Material and Methods:  This is a descriptive crossed-sectional study that analyzed the peripheral blood film, sickle cell preparation, hemoglobin electroph...

Answer from the hero in Leo Szilard’s 1948 story “The Mark Gable Foundation” when asked by a wealthy entrepreneur who believes that science has progressed too quickly, what he should do to retard this progress: “You could set up a foundation with an annual endowment of thirty million dollars. Research workers in need of funds could apply for grants, if they could make a convincing case. Have te...

The purpose of Medicare's Demonstration of Competitive Bidding for Clinical Laboratory Services is to determine whether competitive bidding can be used to provide quality laboratory services at prices below current Medicare reimbursement rates. Here, we present key features of the preliminary design for the demonstration. The following areas are covered: scope of the demonstration, bidding proc...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the determinants of disparities in the regional density of private dentists in Austria. Specifically, we focused on the relationship between the density of private dentists and their public counterparts, thereby controlling for other possible covariates of dentist density. METHODS Dentist density was measured at the district level. We used panel data of dentist dens...

Funding decision is one of the financial strategic decisions of a corporation. There are also two other finan-cial strategic decisions that a corporation faces, the investment and the dividend decision. This paper de-scribes briefly the investment and the dividend decision, although its main focus is on funding decision. In de-scribing the funding decision the researchers will first explain the...

despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the national health service (nhs) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. but if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

the article takes its cue from models of quantitative research applied to complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and pinpoints some innovative features in the case at issue (portugal). it goes on to outline new research scenarios moving beyond the either biomedical or cam framework.

study. ES conducted the epidemiological analyses. SB, HL, RH, and DB interpreted laboratory data. All authors critically reviewed and contributed to the final draft of the paper. MR is guarantor. Funding: None. Competing interests: DB’s laboratory has received funding from vaccine manufacturers for specific projects. He has acted as an unpaid expert witness in MMR litigation for vaccine compani...