The appraisal system as a means of disciplinary or termination decisions support is a common target of legal disputes by employees involving charges of unfairness and bias. Since labor and employment laws do not mandate performance appraisals, the latter have become one of the most critical tools of risk management that subject an employer to various liabilities. The study provides comparative ...

In their publication of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) single technology appraisal of eltrombopag, Boyers et al. [1] report the results of the indirect treatment comparison (ITC) of eltrombopag and romiplostim, conducted by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) [the manufacturer of eltrombopag] and made available to NICE as part of the single technology appraisal of eltrombopa...

generality. Even though the reductionist assumptions of economic models are certainly imperfect as descriptions of real migration behaviour, refinements of the 532 D. Radu

This paper presents an overview of the healthcare systems in Southeast Asia, with a focus on the healthcare informatics development and deployment in seven countries, namely, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam. Brief geographic and demographic information is provided for each country, followed by a historical review of the national strategies for healthca...

OBJECTIVES To provide the first comprehensive assessment of dermatology residency training in Canada based on the residents' perspective; to examine and elucidate trends in current residents' envisioned career paths and aspirations. DESIGN A national survey conducted in June 2004. PARTICIPANTS All Canadian dermatology residents. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cross-sectional analysis of (1) satisf...

The requirements of the UK Equality Act 2010 and some high profile criticism for using a potentially ageist methodology have prompted the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to assess the processes and methodology it uses to make appraisal decisions. This paper argues that NICE has established rigorous systems to protect against ageist decisions, has no track record of ...

BACKGROUND The UK general practitioner (GP) appraisal system is deemed to be an inadequate source of performance evidence to inform a future medical revalidation process. A long-running voluntary model of external peer review in the west of Scotland provides feedback by trained peers on the standard of GP colleagues' core appraisal activities and may 'add value' in strengthening the robustness ...