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Implementing Change: It's as Hard as it Looks

Heller, Caren; Arozullah, Ahsan - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 10, pp. 551-563

With increasing efforts to put evidence-based medicine into daily practice, it has become apparent that current ad hoc implementation strategies do not result in desired outcomes. There is a need to evaluate and further develop evidence-based implementation strategies that are effective and...

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A Microeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland

Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

variety of programmes. We evaluate the effects of these programmes on individual employment probability using unusually … informative data originating from administrative records. Using a matching estimator for multiple programmes, we find positive … traditional employment programmes operated in sheltered labour markets. For training courses the results are mixed. …

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Unemployment, Labour Market Programmes and Wage Determination: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics

Huitfeldt, Henrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2001

This paper studies effects of unemployment and labour market programmes on real wages in the Czech and Slovak Republics …, a positive significant effect of labour market programmes is also estimated for the Czech Republic. …

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Bounding a Matching Estimator: The Case of a Norwegian Training Program.

Aakvik, A. - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2001

In this paper we evaluate a Norwegian vocational rehabilitation program by comparing employment outcomes of trainees and nonparticipants using nonexperimental data. A matching estimator based on the propensity score is used to calculate the training effect for different subgroups of the sample.

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An evaluation of the active labour market programmes in Sweden

Sianesi, Barbara - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2001

of active labour market programmes, which have thus often been regarded as a model for other countries to emulate. The … feature of the Swedish labour market policy, whereby participation in programmes renews eligibility to generous unemployment …’ employment rates. The overall findings indicate however that the human capital-enhancing component of the programmes may not …

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The Impact of Adjustment-Related Social Funds on Income Distribution and Poverty

Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Reddy, Sanjay - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001

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Evaluating An Innovative Redundancy-Retraining Project: The Austrian Steel Foundation

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

- and could therefore serve as a role model for other programmes. In the late 1980s privatization and downsizing of …

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Sickle Cell Disease Screening Programs: Integration Into Managed Care

Davies, Sally C.; Oni, Lola - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 6, pp. 295-304

Screening programs for sickle cell disease, when effective, can reduce morbidity and mortality as a direct consequence of patient education and optimized clinical management. However, informed patient or parental consent is necessary prior to the screening process as a person's sickle status is...

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Data Warehousing Solutions and Internet Initiatives in the Disease Management Era: Important Issues to Consider

Jaramillo, Alejandro - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 1, pp. 1-9

Clinical knowledge and information technology play a major role in the success of disease management programs in achieving improvements in financial and clinical outcomes. The multi-dimensionality and complexity of data needed to run these programs efficiently make information management an...

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Technology-Based Disease Management: A Low-Cost, High-Value Solution for the Management of Chronic Disease

Gomaa, Wally H.; Morrow, Thomas; Muntendam, Pieter - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 10, pp. 577-588

Background: Although information technology applications are part of all disease management programs, most programs involve extensive nurse interventions. Objective: To present clinical and financial outcomes data from One Health Plan's technology-based program(s), which provide asthma, diabetes...

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