Are Medical Care Prices Still Declining? A Re‐Examination Based on Cost‐Effectiveness Studies

Designing transparency systems for medical care prices.

n engl j med 364;10 nejm.org march 10, 2011 894 2. Massachusetts Division of Healthcare Finance and Policy. Measuring healthcare quality and cost in Massachusetts. (http:// www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dhcfp/r/pubs/ 09/measuring_hc_quality_cost_mass_ nov-09.pdf.) 3. Waber RL, Shiv B, Carmon Z, Ariely D. Commercial features of placebo and therapeutic efficacy. JAMA 2008;299:1016-7. 4. Sinaiko AD. H...

Rural Poverty, Agricultural Production, and Prices: A Reexamination

In his insightful but unfinished work, Dharm Narain drew attention to the behavior of prices as one of the important factors determining the extent of poverty in rural India. His empirical investigations, summarized in Gunvant Detail contribution 10 this volume (chap 1), provide strong prima facie evidence of such influence. Dhram Narain found that rural poverty is not only inversely related to...

why we still need hbv population-based epidemiologic studies

Are elite journals declining?

Vincent Larivière École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada, and Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST), Centre interuniversitaire de recherche, sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC. H3C 3P8, Canada. E...

Medical Honey for Wound Care—Still the ‘Latest Resort’?

While the ancient Egyptians and Greeks used honey for wound care, and a broad spectrum of wounds are treated all over the world with natural unprocessed honeys from different sources, Medihoney has been one of the first medically certified honeys licensed as a medical product for professional wound care in Europe and Australia. Our experience with medical honey in wound care refers only to this...