Patient compliance and techniques used with inhalation devices can strongly influence the effectiveness of inhaled medications but these issues are often poorly recognized and may be neglected when these products are prescribed. The extent of these problems and the success of differing education...

Objective: To compare the cost effectiveness of hydrofluoroalkane 134a-beclomethasone dipropionate (HFA-BDP; Qvar(TM)) with chlorofluorocarbon-beclomethasone dipropionate (CFC-BDP) in patients with chronic stable asthma previously receiving CFC-BDP, from the perspective of a healthcare provider....

This dataset presents an opportunity to look inside every firm in the economy, understanding the details of its compensation structure. This new understanding can help us to understand the decisions they make, and can raise new and interesting questions that are not possible to address with the...

<title/> The government's main justification for using private finance is that it provides value for money by transferring project risks to the private sector. However, of the 622 PFI deals signed by October 2007, the National Audit Office (NAO) has examined the relationship between risk transfer and...

Shared equity initiatives provide homeownership opportunities to low- and moderate-income families who buy homes at below-market prices. The appreciation that can be earned by resellers is limited to preserve the homes' affordability at resale. This article analyses affordability, personal...

Despite a large and growing earnings premium for college graduates, growth in college enrollment and especially college attainment in the United States has been quite slow. The labor market's apparent lack of responsiveness to the earnings premium may be driven in part by the risks that...

The analyses demonstrate that indacaterol dominates both tiotropium and salmeterol in the base case and is likely to remain cost-effective under a range of assumptions. </AbstractSection> Copyright The Author(s) 2013

The micro-simulation model is a flexible approach for modelling COPD that allows consideration of complex COPD treatment pathways. The model was found to be generally robust in terms of predicting clinical outcomes of published studies when tested against other studies. It has significant...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: Information is lacking on the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness — in a real-life primary-care setting — of leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) and long-acting β2 adrenergic receptor agonists (β2 agonists) as add-on therapy for patients whose asthma symptoms are...</emphasis>

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: Information is lacking on the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness — in a primary-care setting — of leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) as an alternative to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for initial asthma controller therapy. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Objective: To compare the cost...</emphasis></emphasis>