We conducted a survey to examine whether reimbursement levels are associated with the quality of adolescent substance use treatment programs in the United States. Between March and September 2005, telephone and written surveys were administered to program, clinical, and finance directors of previously surveyed highly regarded programs. Differences in quality scores were compared for programs wi...

The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society is inviting nominations for 37th Gustavus John Esselen Award Chemistry in Public Interest. award given annually to a chemical scientist whose scientific and technical work has contributed significantly public well-being, thereby communicating positive values profession. consists bronze medal, $5,000, reimbursement travel expenses section...

BACKGROUND Since the introduction of the orphan drugs legislation in Europe, it has been suggested that the general method of assessing drugs for reimbursement is not necessarily suitable for orphan drugs. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence indicated that several criteria other than cost and efficacy could be considered in reimbursement decisions for orphan drugs. This st...

This paper explores the extent to which third-party reimbursement dictates occupational therapy practice. A literature review was used to examine the history and meaning of reimbursement in regard to occupational therapy. It was found that the profession has altered its definition, practice, management, ethics, and professional response as a result of changes in reimbursement. Reimbursement pol...

OBJECTIVE To provide a framework for addressing payers' criteria during the development of pharmaceuticals. METHODS A conceptual framework was presented to an international health economic expert panel for discussion. A structured literature search (from 2010 to May 2015), using the following databases in Ovid: Medline(®) and Medline(®) In-Process (PubMed), Embase (Ovid), EconLit (EBSCOhost) ...

This article presents an equivalence theorem in the context of Tullock’s augmented lottery contest with external or internal cost reimbursement. Three alternative modes reimbursement are studied. The implies that, even though is vulnerable to framing biases, it strategically neutral.

Theoretical studies about the interrelation of bank runs and deposit insurance assume that depositors are perfectly informed about deposit insurance and its main features. This assumption is commonly made, but was hardly ever checked empirically. Taking German depositors as an example, we investigate the knowledge about existing deposit insurance systems and how the insurance levels of differen...