In a climate of economic uncertainty, cost effectiveness analysis is a potentially important tool for making choices about health care interventions. Methods for such analyses are well established, but the results need to be interpreted carefully and are subject to bias. Making decisions based on results of cost-effectiveness analyses can involve setting thresholds, but for individual patients,...

aim and background: the main purpose of this study was to review the effectiveness of applied behavioral analysis (aba) approach on symptoms of autistic children during a five-year period. methods and materials: in this quasi-experimental study, 20 autistic children (3-7 years of age) were intervened by aba approach at isfahan center of autism for a period of five years (2007-12). gilliam autis...