• Correspondence: O. Şahap Atik, M.D. Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı, 06500 Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 202 55 28 Fax: +90 312 212 90 08 e-mail: [email protected] Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament is not a prerequisite for restoring muscle function.[1] However, restoring muscle function is a prerequisite for conservative or surgi...

Controlled clinical trials have consistently demonstrated that behavioral treatments for chronic benign headache produce clinically beneficial outcomes both post-treatment and at follow-up. Given these results there is interest in cost-reduction and redesign of these treatments to improve their accessibility. One promising approach in this regard is home-based headache treatment. These treatmen...

Care from a general practitioner (GP) is one of the most frequently utilised healthcare services for people with low back pain and only a small proportion of those with low back pain who seek care from a GP are referred to other services. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence on cost-effectiveness of GP care in non-specific low back pain. We searched clinical and econom...

Aim . To study adherence to recommended treatment, additional clinical and economic benefits of a titration-free statin therapy regimen. Material methods Ambulatory patients (n=300) with high or very risk hypercholesterolemia who have indications for treatment primary secondary prevention cardiovascular diseases is included in non-randomized trial. Patients are divided into 2 groups. Group 1 ha...

Industrial sensing applications place a premium on costeffectiveness and accuracy. Traditional approaches often use expensive, invasive sensors, because inexpensive sensors suffer from false positive detections. Sensor cost means automation is sparse or avoided when the value of specific sites cannot be justified. In this paper, we show combining different types of sensors can allow low-cost se...

The main objective of the research presented in this paper was to investigate the conditionings of the perception of road-view, related directly to road safety, and in particular, to elaborate experimental research method for road view evaluation. The experimental laboratory method of perceptual properties evaluation for the two contrasting road visualisation techniques, static and dynamic, has...

This paper begins by briefly describing the rationale for, principles, and evidence in support of, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of supported employment for people with mental illness. It then summarizes the literature concerning the impacts of programs of this type on health care cost offsets and on its costeffectiveness. Factors that appear likely to influence cost-effectiv...

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios quantify the additional cost of an intervention relative to the additional benefit associated with its use. Whether an intervention is considered cost-effective depends largely on policy decisions regarding whether the additional benefit is worth the additional cost in the context of competing needs for resources. In the United States, costeffectiveness ana...