QALYs and ageism: philosophical theories and age weighting

Part I Ageism and Age Discrimination

the relationship between listening self efficacy, listening comprehension, gende, and age in male and female english learners

چکیده هدف اصلی تحقیق حاضر مطالعه و بررسی رابطه بین خودکارامدی شنیداری با درک شنیداری بود.همچنین رابطه درک شنیداری وخودکارآمدی شنیداری با جنسیت و رابطه خودکارامدی شنیداری با سن نیز مورد بررسی قرار گرفت.تعداد شصت زبان اموز-سی دختر و سی پسر- کانون زبان ایران در مرکز خرم آباد به صورت تصادفی انتخاب شدند. روشهای به کار رفته در جمع اوری داده ها عبارت بودند ازبرسشنامه خودکارآمدی و تست درک شنیداری لانگ...

Eliciting Societal Preferences for Weighting QALYs for Burden of Illness and End of Life.

OBJECTIVES . Recent proposals for value-based assessment, made by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom, recommended that burden of illness (BOI) should replace end of life (EOL) as a factor for consideration when deciding on new health technologies. This article reports on a study eliciting societal preferences for 1) BOI from a medical condition, de...

Ageism, age relations, and garment industry work in Montreal.

This study examined the complexities of age relations at work. Garment workers believed that their fate was linked to ageism and that their work experience was discounted by management. Managers wanted to be rid of older workers because they commanded higher wages than younger workers. The issue was cost reduction, and age was implicated unintendedly. Still, managers seemed to use stereotypical...

Ageism and Negative Mental Tendencies in the Third Age

Ageism is one of the global problems of contemporary world. This article is an attempt to look at it from a point of view of mentality. A few of the main manifestations of ageism including prejudice and openly demonstrated discrimination against seniors are discussed. On the basis of a survey, some conclusions are made about the negative consequences from ageism for the mentality of older peopl...