... follow-up, average changes in physical and mental health were indis-tinguishable between HMO and FFS sys-tems. Physical health scores declinedabout 3 points in both systems, loweringthe average patient ... decline in health in an HMOthan in an FFS plan (68% declined in physical health in an HMO vs 27% forFFS; P<.001) (MOS unpublished data).An implication for future evaluations ofchanges in ... the evidence used in informingthe public and policymakers regardingwhich health care plans perform best-not just in terms of price, but in overallquality and effectiveness.Indications in...
... and financed by:• redirecting existing investment;• restructuring corporate tax in order to increase the tax collected;• introducing progressive taxes such as land and wealth taxes; and• increasing ... high-income areas. Consider the following. The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry “has in recent years expressed the concern of its members regarding the increasing cost of doingbusiness in ... rights as enshrined in the Constitution (access tohousing in this case), and could be used in future court challenges against service cutoffsand evictions.One international indication of the...
... Performance-Based Services AcquisitionPPBS Planning, Programming, and Budgeting SystemPOM Program Objective MemorandumPSC Product Service CodeSCA Service Contract Act2 Measuring Changes inService ... Measuring Changes inService Costsspending changes in real or nominal terms,7 and for conducting“what-if?” exercises during the PPBS process that can explore the ef-fects of different inflation ... appears more feasible, it would be ex-18 Measuring Changes inService Costs533 civil engineering services584 contractor engineering and technical services.They may not be available to other...
... social-media marketing will account for 10% or $2.9 billion, in online advertising spending. Social media marketing is a broad category of advertising spending, including advertising using social ... percent of ad spending, continued growth in online advertising is practically a certainty. Online advertising (Web 1.0) is diverse with numerous possible formats. These include paid search ... PAPER Utilizing Information Technology in Innovative Marketing Approaches for Public Transportation Introduction Mass media, the ability to communicate with, inform and entertain large numbers...
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... Hastings, c/o Pro-fessor Andrew McAuley, Centre for Social Marketing, University of StirlingDepartment of Marketing and Open University Business School, Stirling FK94LA, Scotland, UK (marketing@ stir.ac.uk).HASTINGS, ... relationship marketing: Towards aparadigm shift in marketing. Management Decisions, 32, 4–20.FEAR APPEALS IN SOCIAL MARKETING 981Macpherson, T., & Lewis, T. (1998). New Zealand drink-driving statistics: ... marketing. Journal of Marketing, 58, 20–38.O’Driscoll, A., & Murray, J.A. (1998). The changing nature of theory and prac-tice in marketing: On the value of synchrony. Journal of Marketing...
... corroborating,interpreting and critically evaluating thisinformation, insights might be gained toJournal of Marketing ResearchVol. XXXIX (February 2002), 61-721212“purposive sampling” in market-orientedethnography ... sociallyreinforcing consumption. Hence, marketing researchers interested in online word-of-mouth and influence may find it useful totrack how tourists and minglers are socializedand “upgraded” to insiders ... Screen: Using NetnographyFor Marketing Research in Online Communities*Consumers making product and brandchoices are increasingly turning to computer-mediated communication for information...
... when interpreting marketing profiles, it is important to recognize that different forms of pricing may be reflected in the same marketing profile at different points in time. The third interpretation ... defined as a five-week window, beginning two and one-half weeks before the harvest mid-point, and ending two and one-half 14profile line is irregular when options positions are open. In ... Economics, 3(1976): 167-179. Colino, E. V., S.M. Cabrini, S.H. Irwin, D.L. Good and J. Martines-Filho. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Corn in 2001.” AgMAS Project Research Report...
... LinguisticsAdaptation of Statistical Machine Translation Model for Cross-LingualInformation Retrieval in a Service ContextVassilina NikoulinaXerox Research Center Europevassilina.nikoulina@xrce.xerox.comBogomil ... Workshop.Technical report, John Hopkins University.Franz Josef Och. 2003. Minimum error rate train-ing in statistical machine translation. In ACL ’03:Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting on Asso-ciation ... log mining. In Proceedings ofthe 31st annual international ACM SIGIR confer-ence on Research and development in informationretrieval, SIGIR ’08, pages 749–750. ACM.Amir Hossein Jadidinejad...
... needs oflandmine injury victims. We describe the training pro-gramme, including curriculum, training workshops, per-sonnel and resource utilization. We also describeoutcomes of training and provide ... Manage-ment Training Course (1993–1996), run by the TraumaCare Foundation (TCF)/Tromsoe Mine Victim ResourceCenter, as well as training sessions lead by individualtrauma care experts. Beginning in 2000, ... manage-ment of limb injuries, including control of bleeding,wound care, fasciotomy, amputation, fracture and dislo-cation management, splinting and casting. Other skillstaught include: suturing; anaesthesia...
... to examine the impact of chronicconditions and physical activity on several distinct healthattributes (including cognition, mobility, dexterity, painand emotional wellbeing). The guidelines ... limitations,pain, emotional wellbeing, and cognitive limitations) in older adults could be attributed to a lack of physical activ-ity; and 2) examine whether the hypothesized mediatingeffect of physical ... conditions.This information is vital to understanding the role of physical activity in promoting quality of life in olderadults.The analytical objectives for this study are to: 1) examinethe degree...