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Results for: Journal Articles Books 1997 2008 2011

Everybody’s business: economic surveillance of public health services in Alberta, Canada

December 13, 2011

| Philip Jacobs, Jessica Moffatt, Arto Ohinmaa, Egon Jonsson

  Background: To address public health risk factors, governments conduct interventions in many different ministries, including non-health ministries. In order to understand the scope and cost of public health in Alberta, we developed a survey of government public health interventions. We included any government ministry or public organization, which includes health as a stated…

The Association of Treatment of Depressive Episodes and Work Productivity.

December 12, 2011

| Carolyn Dewa, Angus Thompson, Philip Jacobs

  OBJECTIVE: About one-third of the annual $51 billion cost of mental illnesses is related toproductivity losses. However, few studies have examined the association of treatment andproductivity. The purpose of our research is to examine the association of depression and itstreatment and work productivity.

Are economic evaluations an important tool in vaccine policy decisions?

October 10, 2011

| Philip Jacobs

  Abstract: In the 1980s, drug prices began rising considerably worldwide, and in the 1990s, countries began incorporating health economics into the scientific review process. Rising prices in vaccines began around the year 2000 and national bodies began to use health economics to review vaccines in the next decade. Health economics is a discipline that evaluates alternative…

Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2011

September 28, 2011

The Alberta Diabetes Surveillance System (ADSS) was created in 2006 in partnership with Alberta Health and Wellness (AHW) and the Institute of Health Economics (IHE). The purpose of the ADSS is to provide information about diabetes within the province of Alberta. This information includes the incidence, prevalence and use of health care services for people with diabetes, along…

The suicidal process: age of onset and severity of suicidal behaviour.

September 21, 2011

| Angus Thompson, Carolyn Dewa, Stephanie Phare

  Purpose: The concept of the suicidal process implies a progression from behaviour of relatively low intent to completed suicide. Evidence from the literature has given rise to the speculation that the age of onset of an early form of the suicidal process may be associated with the ultimate seriousness of suicidal behaviour. This study was designed to test the hypothesis…

Creating a multidisciplinary low back pain guideline: anatomy of a guideline adaptation process.

August 30, 2011

| Christa Harstall, Paul Taenzer, Donna Angus, Carmen Moga, Ann Scott, Tara Schuller

  Rationale, Aims, and Objectives: A collaborative, multidisciplinary guideline adaptation process was developed to construct a single overarching, evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) for all primary care practitioners responsible for the management of low back pain (LBP) to curb the use of ineffective treatments and improve patient outcomes. Note: This is an…

Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD: Who is Responsible?

May 01, 2011

This in-depth book contains an introduction to prevention of FASD and to the different methods that are used. There is also a systematic review of the effectiveness of prevention approaches and an overview of reviews on FASD. The book ends with a chapter called “Five perspectives on prevention of FASD” written by professionals in the field who are working to prevent…

Treatment for convicted adult male sex offenders: an overview of systematic reviews

January 01, 2011

| Paula Corabian, Liz Dennett, Christa Harstall

This article is an overview of systematic reviews reporting on the efficacy/effectiveness of psychotherapy and/or pharmacotherapy interventions delivered within Sex Offender Treatment (SOT) programs to reduce the risk of re-offending in convicted adult male sex offenders. Related Report: Treatment for Convicted Adult Male Sex Offenders

Determinants and Prevention of Low Birth Weight: A Synopsis of the Evidence

December 14, 2008

| Arne Ohlsson, Prakeshkumar Shah

The Institute of Health Economics sponsored Dr. Arne Ohlsson and Dr. Prakeshkumar Shah to write this book to inform the May 2007 Consensus Development Conference on Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies: How to Prevent Low Birth Weight. The book provides a synopsis of the research evidence on the determinants and prevention of preterm/low birth weight births. This book is a synopsis (an…

Chronic Pain: A Health Policy Perspective

September 01, 2008

Discussing all aspects of chronic pain management, this is the second volume of the new book series on health care and disease management, published with the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada. The authors provide an introduction into the history, pathophysiology, ethics and epidemiology of chronic pain before covering the different aspects of treating chronic…

Using health technology assessment to identify research gaps: an unexploited resource for increasing the value of clinical research.

February 28, 2008

| Ann Scott, Carmen Moga, Christa Harstall, Jacques Magnan

  Abstract: Health technology assessments (HTAs) are an as yet unexploited source of comprehensive, systematically generated information that could be used by research funding agencies to formulate researchable questions that are relevant to decision-makers. We describe a process that was developed for distilling evidence gaps identified in HTAs into researchable questions…

Financing Health Care: New Ideas for a Changing Society

January 27, 2008

Discussing issues of health care financing, this is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Alberta, Canada. Starting with various funding methods, it also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues. This book is of interest to medical and allied…

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