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L’evoluzione della distribuzione del farmaco e dell'erogazione dei servizi in farmacia
No full textIl volume vuole analizzare l’evoluzione e il cambiamento delle strategie di distribuzione e di erogazione dei servizi nella farmacia privata a seguito dei mutamenti normativi che hanno interessato il settore negli ultimi anni. Si tratta di un’analisi economica, storica, manageriale, condotta da prospettive teoriche alternative e da punti di vista differenti
Cost for Tuberculosis Care in Developed Countries: Which Data for an Economic Evaluation?
No full textThe nature, causes, and effects of skepticism on technology diffusion
Full text linkAlthough skepticism is involved in technical change and scientific revolutions, surprisingly, the literature lacks a systematic analysis of the different forms, causes, and roles of skepticism in the diffusion of innovation. This paper defines, identifies and models different types and causes of skepticism and their role in technology adoption. The paper identifies and studies: skepticism involving the characteristics of the technology and the producer; skepticism that induces to disbelieve market signal; and comparative skepticism i.e., skepticism produced by an unbalance relationship between the perceived complexity of the problem and the solution. Among the theoretical findings of the paper and regarding skepticism on market signals, we found that the non-differentiability and oscillation of diffusion rates occur if individuals use the information on diffusion rates as proxy of the probability of technology working and modify this probability according to their skepticism
Are drug procurement procedure and award criteria in EU hospital setting standardized and do they take into account effective supply quality?
No full textThe cost-effectiveness of drug therapies to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in renal failure: a focus on evidence regarding paricalcitol and cinacalcet
No full textThe present review aims to assess the state-of-the-art regarding cost-effectiveness of therapy for secondary hyperparathyroidism in order to identify the best treatment and review methodological issues. PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched to identify papers performing comparative analysis of costs and effects of treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism in adult patients. Among the 66 papers identified, only 10 were included in the analysis. Treatment strategies evaluated in the selected papers were: cinacalcet in addition to vitamin D and phosphate binders versus vitamin D and phosphate binders only (seven papers), paricalcitol versus non-selective vitamin D (two papers), early and late introduction of cinacalcet in addition to vitamin D and phosphate binders (one paper) and paricalcitol versus cinacalcet (one paper). The high degree of heterogeneity among alternative treatments and methodological limits related to cost items considered, resource valuation methods and so on, make it unfeasible to reach a definite conclusion regarding cost-effectiveness but allow for future research opportunities
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