Keyword: medicine

Found 353 papers in total
A model of traffic crashes in New Zealand
A model of traffic crashes in New Zealand
2002,
The aim of this study was to examine the changes in the trend and seasonal patterns in...
The relationship between liquor outlet density and injury and violence in New Mexico
The relationship between liquor outlet density and injury and violence in New Mexico
2002,
This study used an ecologic design based on data from 1990 to 1994 gathered from...
Epidemiological data and ranking home and leisure accidents for priority-setting
Epidemiological data and ranking home and leisure accidents for priority-setting
2002,
Objective: To determine how to use the multitude of available epidemiological data to...
Inverse design techniques for improving composite prosthetic devices
Inverse design techniques for improving composite prosthetic devices
2002,
The design and performance of composite prosthetic devices can be improved by...
A complex societal problem: Reintegration of partially disabled people in the workforce in the Netherlands
A complex societal problem: Reintegration of partially disabled people in the workforce in the Netherlands
2002,
This paper analyses reintegration of partially disabled employees into the labour...
An argumentation-based approach to risk assessment
An argumentation-based approach to risk assessment
1993,
Reliable quantitative risk assessment requires the use of meaningful statistical data...
Toward a dynamic theory of antibiotic resistance
Toward a dynamic theory of antibiotic resistance
2000,
Many common bacterial pathogens have become increasingly resistant to the antibiotics...
Modeling the impact of an outcome-oriented reimbursement policy on clinic, patients, and pharmaceutical firms
Modeling the impact of an outcome-oriented reimbursement policy on clinic, patients, and pharmaceutical firms
2000,
Tackling the steep increase in drug costs is an especially important issue among many...
Methadone maintenance and HIV prevention: A cost-effectiveness analysis
Methadone maintenance and HIV prevention: A cost-effectiveness analysis
2000,
We assess the cost-effectiveness of maintenance treatment for heroin addiction, with...
Management of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection: Analyzing when to change therapy
Management of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection: Analyzing when to change therapy
2000,
We analyze two joint decisions in the management of HIV-infected patients on...
Exact and heuristic algorithms for data sets reconstruction
Exact and heuristic algorithms for data sets reconstruction
2000,
Given a data set defined by n samples, the Data set Reconstruction Problem (DRP)...
Multicriteria assignment method PROAFTN: Methodology and medical application
Multicriteria assignment method PROAFTN: Methodology and medical application
2000,
This paper presents a new fuzzy multicriteria classification method, called PROAFTN,...
Preference factoring for stochastic trees
Preference factoring for stochastic trees
2000,
Stochastic trees are extensions of decision trees that facilitate the modeling of...
Multicriteria decision making for contract research organisation choice in the pharmaceutical industry
Multicriteria decision making for contract research organisation choice in the pharmaceutical industry
1999,
The choice of a Contract Research Organisation (CRO–Sponsor partnership or CRO)...
Biased coin design with imbalance tolerance
Biased coin design with imbalance tolerance
1999,
One of the main aspects of a sampling procedure is to determine how to collect...
Heterogeneity in epidemic models and its effect on the spread of infection
Heterogeneity in epidemic models and its effect on the spread of infection
1998,
We first study an epidemic amongst a population consisting of individuals with the...
A threshold limit theorem for the stochastic logistic epidemic
A threshold limit theorem for the stochastic logistic epidemic
1998,
The time until extinction for the closed SIS stochastic logistic epidemic model is...
The final size of a nearly critical epidemic, and the first passage time of a Wiener process to a parabolic barrier
The final size of a nearly critical epidemic, and the first passage time of a Wiener process to a parabolic barrier
1998,
The distribution of the final size, K , in a general SIR epidemic model is considered...
Estimation of expected utility gained from the helmet law in Taiwan by quality-adjusted survival time
Estimation of expected utility gained from the helmet law in Taiwan by quality-adjusted survival time
1999,
The objective of this study was to empirically estimate the expected utility gained...
Provider experience and technical efficiency in the treatment of stroke patients: Data Envelopment Analysis approach
Provider experience and technical efficiency in the treatment of stroke patients: Data Envelopment Analysis approach
1998,
This study uses Data Envelopment Analysis to examine relationships between provider...
Linear-space algorithms that build local alignments from fragments
Linear-space algorithms that build local alignments from fragments
1995,
This paper presents practical algorithms for building an alignment of two long...
An evaluation of road crash injury severity measures
An evaluation of road crash injury severity measures
1996,
Reliable and consistent measures of injury severity are necessary for the study of...
Cyclist road deaths in London 1985–1992: Drivers, vehicles, manoeuvres and injuries
Cyclist road deaths in London 1985–1992: Drivers, vehicles, manoeuvres and injuries
1996,
We used coroners' records to investigate the fatal accidents of cyclists recorded on...
Medications as risk factors for farm injury
Medications as risk factors for farm injury
1996,
A case–control study was used to determine whether cases of farm injury were...
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