BACKGROUND Cost-effectiveness analysis involves the comparison of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of a new technology, which is more costly than existing alternatives, with the cost-effectiveness threshold. This indicates whether or not the health expected to be gained from its use exceeds the health expected to be lost elsewhere as other health-care activities are displaced. The thres...

Knowledge of whole-body energy expenditure is important if we are to make accurate estimates of energy requirements for optimum health and performance in man and optimum health, performance and production in animals. Energy requirements vary with nutritional, genetic and environmental influences and these can interact in complex ways, therefore it is necessary to isolate and identify specific f...

This paper aims to provide a retrospective assessment of Ukraine’s state policy concerning state-owned banks and evaluate their impact on the sustainability public finances. The research methodology employs an empirical study cash flow funds reverse determine activity stability includes expenditure for creation authorised capital during establishment banks, acquisition shares in operating comme...

in this study, the impact of internal r&d; expenditure, technology imports and interaction effects between human capital and technology imports on value added of iranian large industries are investigated over the period of 1994-2008. for this purpose, an endogenous growth model is used in which production is a function of labor, capital stock, human capital, internal r&d; expenditure, technolog...

the study is focused on the public-private partnership in health sector in sri lanka. as a developing country, sri lanka faces a challenging task in order to improve the infrastructure facilities of the country after ending the thirty years of war. there is a requirement to develop the country as a whole along with all the industries such as education, health, transport, agriculture, etc. to me...