We study the joint delegation of operating and disclosure choices in a multiprincipal agent setting. We find that joint delegation alters both the incentives to deviate from profit– maximizing operating choices and disclosure policy adoption choices. Incentive weights on revenues are greater for the firm with greater ex ante cost uncertainty, greater expected market size and greater expected pr...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prognostic value of coping strategies of patients after stroke at time of discharge on quality of life approximately one year later. In addition, we estimated the maximum cost of improving quality of life by enhancing coping strategies using strict assumptions. METHODS Eighty patients with a stroke completed several questionnaires, at discharge to home and 9-12 months...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about the effectiveness of caregiver management strategies on the functioning of the demented patient. However, identification of specific caregiver strategies may provide useful information on the management and manifestation of behavioural problems in dementia. METHODS Ninety-nine patients with dementia and their informal caregivers were followed up for one year. ...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for dental anxiety; however, access to therapy is limited. The current study aimed to develop a self-help CBT resource for reducing dental anxiety in children, and to assess the feasibility of conducting a trial to evaluate the treatment efficacy and cost-effectiveness of such an intervention. A mixed methods design was employed....

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether a value of information analysis, commonly applied in health care evaluations, is feasible and meaningful in the field of crime prevention. METHODS Interventions aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency are increasingly being evaluated according to their cost-effectiveness. Results of cost-effectiveness models are subject to uncertainty in their cost and effect ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the START (STrAtegies for RelatTives) intervention added to treatment as usual is cost effective compared with usual treatment alone. DESIGN Cost effectiveness analysis nested within a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING Three mental health and one neurological outpatient dementia service in London and Essex, UK. PARTICIPANTS Family carers of people ...

BACKGROUND There is some evidence that cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is efficacious in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but little data on its cost-effectiveness. DESIGN Prospective economic analysis alongside a randomized clinical trial. METHODS CFS patients were randomly assigned to CBT, guided support groups (SG), or the 'natural course' (NC, no protocol-based interventions). Patients...

BACKGROUND UK National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) specify recommendations for the treatment and management of OCD using a stepped care approach. Steps three to six of this model recommend treatment options for people with OCD that range from low-intensity guided self-help (GSH) to more intensive psychological and pharmacologica...