The persistence of learning within organizations and the transfer of learning across organizations are examined on data collected from multiple organizations. Results indicate that knowledge acquired through production depreciates rapidly. The conventional measure of learning, cumulative output,...

The authors identify 10 core principles of industrial relations (IR) theory and policy, based on the writings of British IR founders Beatrice Webb and Sidney Webb and U.S. IR founder John Commons. These principles are then represented diagrammatically in an expanded IR version of the Marshallian...

This increase in probability of cost effectiveness, coupled with a substantially reduced potential opportunity loss could influence a decision maker’s confidence in making a reimbursement decision. On discussions with the decision maker we now intend to incorporate the use of VOI into our HTA...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: The growth of economic analyses and in particular cost-utility analyses (CUA), which use the QALY as a measure of outcome, has heightened the interest in the methodologies used to calculate the QALY. The EQ-5D has produced quite different utility values from that of the SF-6D. This...</emphasis>

MS is associated with high levels of healthcare resource consumption and costs, and these costs increase with increasing disability. There is potential to significantly reduce the economic burden of MS through interventions that prevent progression from mild or moderate MS to severe MS, help...

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