Costs of screening are important.

Nondrug costs of therapy in acute care – are they important?

Drug acquisition costs are only a proportion of the total costs associated with drug therapy. The relevance of these costs are often not appreciated. However, they impact on the Intensive Care Unit via resources and quality of care. Increased indirect care by medical and nursing staff has the potential to adversely affect patient outcome. Redirecting staff to their primary role and reducing ind...

Congenital heart disease screening: which referral factors are most important?

OBJECTIVE To identify the referral factors for fetal echocardiography which are associated with congenital cardiac defects in the fetus. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Radiology Department, CMH, Rawalpindi, from January 2007 to November 2010. METHODOLOGY All patients referred for fetal echocardiography with one or more risk factors for the deve...

Psychological costs of screening.

May sometimes be bad enough to undermine the benefits ofscreening Screening inevitably has psychological costs-particularly for those who receive bad news or false positive results. The increase in screening that is occurring in many countries demands that these costs be investigated, particularly as some may be avoidable. A positive result in any screening test is invariably received with nega...

Needs Assessment Competencies: Are They Important for Extension Educators?

The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of eleven professional competencies related to needs assessment and program development; a secondary purpose was to identify the best time these competencies should be learned. The study followed a survey research design, in which 441 randomly selected extension educators in the North Central Region of the United States responded to a qu...

Are Abnormal Yolk Sac Characteristics Important Factors in Abortion Rates?