... 1999 and 2000
26
4.2. Pharmacy Use Among 4 5- to 64-Year-Olds in TRICARE and
Private- Sector Plans
27
4.3. Average Pharmacy Spending and Use per Member, per Year,
1999
28
4.4. Average Pharmacy Costs ... in the fixed two-tier plans, compared
with 4–6 percent in the new three-tier plans.
xvi Pharmacy Use and Costs in Employer-Provided Heal...
... crisis and a decline in credit to the private sector could
result from a sudden stop in foreign capital in ows into the country (Calvo, 1998). In this case,
the decline in credit to the private sector ... represented in all countries.
19
in credit to the nonfinancial sector during debt renegotiations is only due to a decline in the
non–exporting sector...
... Teng and Dr Wang Xi for providing the coordinates
for the electrophysiology of BmKIM; Prof Ma Hui-wen for his
kindness in offering us the plasmid pGEX and GST Gel. Professor Yi
Qing-min for uses ... lepidopterous and dipterous
insects [8]. The excitatory toxins cause a fast excitatory
paralysis in animals and induce repetitive firing in insect
nerves; in contrast...
... meaningful ndings are
when individual RCTs and the overall meta-analysis all point in the same direction.
Another way to handle the confounding bias of meta-analysis, just as in single observa-
tional ... “hypothesis-
testing.” Science is not about hypothesis-testing or hypothesis-generating; it is about the
complex interrelation between theory and fact, and the gradual a...
... of training the staff of other
clinics in the Bureau of Child Health. Clinic staff
members who served as trainers needed consider-
able support initially from the investigators in
learning to ... preventive,
continuing care that included up-to-date short-
and long-term pharmacologic treatment, family
health education, and community outreach. The
study examined the hypot...
... practitioners in mental health will need to inform their
assessment and practice with detailed information from the service user
point of view. Service users hold the key as to the factors that they see ... 144
8. The Role of the Training, Education, Learning
and Development Department 145
Developing competence 145
Informing organisational strategy 147
Developing the kno...
... prepare for work in one of the following
ways:
• Secure on -the- job training.
• Join an apprenticeship program and secure classroom and/ or on -the- job train-
ing.
• Enroll in a vocational-technical ... supply, and waste dis-
posal facilities. They may also evaluate whether industrial health and safety
standards are being met. In addition, they promote health education...
... empowerment is prominent in the rhetoric of industry-funded groups. The power
supposedly comes from providing patients with information about new drug treatments
for their disease, and from the muscle ...
“disease awareness” and advocacy. Understanding the industry’s goals and the
infrastructure used to achieve these goals helps bring the ethical issues into clear...
... admissions for injury
and poisoning (Table), but not pneumonia or respiratory
disease. Mortality was similar in both periods, including for
injury and poisoning. In the younger age-group, admission ... because such a reduction in mortality
in older people during the main in uenza season could prevent more deaths than
are caused by in uenza. Second, the plausibility...