Self-evaluations of program impact, notably subjective evaluations of the e¤ects of training, are wide-spread in both the public and the private sector – probably because self-evaluations o¤er an easy and low-cost alternative to rigorous experimental or econometric evaluations. In this paper, I analyze how subjective assessments of satisfaction with training compare to objective measures based ...

Self-medication with antibiotics is a major concern worldwide and a real problem with public health importance [1]. Most of the recent studies have revealed high prevalence of self-medication in some countries and reported positive correlation of excessive drug use with antimicrobial resistance [2-6]. When antibiotics are used without medical prescription, the increased risk of resistance is as...

OBJECTIVE To assess the cost effectiveness of self monitoring of blood glucose alone or with additional training in incorporating the results into self care, in addition to standardised usual care for patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes. DESIGN Incremental cost utility analysis from a healthcare perspective. Data on resource use from the randomised controlled diabetes glycaemic ...

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease and maintaining a tight glycemic control is essential to prevent both microvascular and macrovascular complications, as demonstrated in previous studies. It is essential to monitor the glucose levels in order to achieve the targets. The blood glucose monitoring can be done by different methods: glycated haemoglobin A1c, self-monitoring of blood glucose (befo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness of real time continuous glucose monitoring compared with self monitoring of blood glucose in type 1 diabetes. DESIGN Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. DATA SOURCES Cochrane database for randomised controlled trials, Ovid Medline, Embase, Google Scholar, lists of papers supplied by manufacturers of continuous glucose monitors, an...