A New Challenge in Policy Evaluation

Monetary Policy in Iran: The Challenge of Reducing Inflation

The conduct of monetary policy in an oil economy with a managed floating exchange rate regime can be challenging in an environment of fiscal dominance and incomplete transition to a market economy. The Five-Year Development Plans provide a natural benchmark against which to assess monetary policy performance in Iran. Price stability has proved elusive, with liquidity growth targets constan...

QALYs and policy evaluation: a new perspective.

QALYs and Policy Evaluation: A New Perspective

research assistance, and to John Broome, Howard Chang, Robert Hahn, James Hammitt, Eric Posner, Chris Sanchirico, Amy Sinden, Cass Sunstein, and Reed Shuldiner for very helpful comments and conversations. This Article was written prior to the publication of JOHN BROOME, WEIGHING LIVES (2004), a rich and systematic philosophical treatment of the problem of measuring well-being and the impact of ...

Breaking Gridlock in Health Policy?; Comment on “A New Synthesis”

Pierre-Gerlier Forest has put forward the case that we are on the brink of a revolution in health policy that will be the result of the interplay of five factors. I would not challenge any of them but would emphasize the need to address socio-economic health inequalities, which have the potential to become a major cost driver in a time of growing economic inequality. To Dr. Forest’s list, I wou...

Electronically Prescribing: A new Policy in Iranian Hospitals

Medication Errors (MEs) as one of the most important medical errors in hospitals are common, expensive, and sometimes harmful to patients. Several strategies such as Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and wristband barcoding are used for decreasing MEs. The role of new technologies is emphasized in the policies and planning in the health system in Iran. Worldwide, CPOE is a new technology...