Providing the decision-makers in healthcare systems with a body of evidence that demonstrates a positive relationship between clinical outcomes and the economic and humanistic benefits of antidementia therapeutics will improve patient access to novel drugs as they become available.
In the cost-effectiveness framework, the ratio of incremental costs and humanistic benefits is evaluated and compared with a threshold λ.
This analysis shows that performing high dose HD at home could allow the UK healthcare system to capture the clinical and humanistic benefits associated with this therapy while limiting the impact on the dialysis budget.
Indeed, prior research suggests that, on a population-wide scale, this would amount to substantial humanistic and economic benefit to society because of the "spill-over" effect that chronic conditions have on patients' families [ 1, 13].
We felt that if the WWCM program produced less than a 15% improvement in weight loss [5% response] compared with controls it would not be worth continued funding - unless very compelling benefits on humanistic outcomes or cost-effectiveness were also demonstrated.
The goal of this project is to collect and curate the scholarly projects that NHC Fellows have developed at the Center, and effectively communicate the benefits and relevance of humanistic scholarly inquiry to a diverse audience.
While some at the workshop were skeptical about the relevance of Disney propaganda films, historian Carson maintains that debate over nuclear power will only benefit from the inclusion of humanistic and historical investigations.
By combining biomedical, technological and humanistic approaches, we aim to understand the health benefits of physical activity in different domains of everyday life, as well as how to improve adherence to physical activity.
The world is greatly benefiting from the French and Chinese humanistic traditions, but in a century of unprecedented interdependence, it is the quality of their articulation which can make a difference.
He still harbours the hope that psychiatry will be put on a firm scientific basis, and he argues that other humanistic fields, such as ethics and sociology, will also benefit from brain studies.The weaving of science and memoir, in a clear and unadorned style, is especially effective in the first half of the book.
During my term at the Charité I discovered that my scientific and medical training was sufficient to permit me to confront the technical questions of the benefits and risks associated with the emerging biomedical technologies, but that my humanistic education was lacking.
