Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care

Oncology is similar to the other areas in health care in that it is under pressure to control expenditures while maintaining or improving quality of care and patient outcomes such that the value of oncology care is enhanced. Unlike many other areas in health care, the practice of oncology presents unique challenges that make assessing and improving value especially com- plex. First, patients an…

Pediatric Psychooncology

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Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

As the United States continues to devote extensive resources toward achieving a high-value, high-quality health care system, the capacity to evaluate the state of care is increasingly important. Since 2003, the annual publication of the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has played …

Interpersonal Expectations: Theory, Research and application

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Science and Human Behaviour

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Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change …

This volume, Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation, is a Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report is a collaborative effort of Working Group I (WGI) and Working Group II (WGII). The IPCC leadership team for this report also has responsibility for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), scheduled for c…

A Guide to Forensic Accounting Investigation

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sport management

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Determinants of Risk: Exposure and Vulnerability

The severity of the impacts of extreme and non-extreme weather and climate events depends strongly on the level of vulnerability and exposure to these events (high confidence). [2.2.1, 2.3, 2.5] Trends in vulnerability and exposure are major drivers of changes in disaster risk, and of impacts when risk is realized (high confidence). [2.5] Understanding the multi-faceted nature of vulnerability …

Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales

Increasing global interconnectivity, population, and economic growth, and the mutual interdependence of economic and ecological systems, can serve both to reduce vulnerability and to amplify disaster risks (high confidence). Global development pathways are becoming a more important factor in the management of vulnerability and disaster risk. [7.2.1]

Strategic Marketing Management

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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

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HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY. vol. 12

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Negotiating Success

“Negotiating Success is an inspiring book whose time has come. While hard skills are critical in negotiations, soft skills make up the essential ingredients that support mutually agreeable gains. Jim’s blend of the two shows how to make the negotiating process human again. His approach on supporting the other in getting what they want invokes reciprocal behavior. This book shows that co…

Lords of poverty : the power, prestige, and corruption of the international a…

Lords of Poverty is a case study in betrayals of a public trust. The shortcomings of aid are numerous, and serious enough to raise questions about the viability of the practice at its most fundamental levels. Hancocks report is thorough, deeply shocking, and certain to cause critical reevaluation of the governments motives in giving foreign aid, and of the true needs of our intended beneficiaries.

PostgreSQL : a comprehensive guide to building, programming, and administerin…

PostgreSQL is the world's most advanced open-source database. PostgreSQL is the most comprehensive, in-depth, and easy-to-read guide to this award-winning database. This book starts with a thorough overview of SQL, a description of all PostgreSQL data types, and a complete explanation of PostgreSQL commands.

Ajax : creating Web pages with asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Using Ajax, you can build Web applications with the sophistication and usability of traditional desktop applications and you can do it using standards and open source software. Now, for the first time, there's an easy, example-driven guide to Ajax for every Web and open source developer, regardless of experience.

GRAMMAR ALIVE: A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS

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Accounting and Routing in the Internet

There has been discussion of proposals to engage in the collection of traffic flow measurement information for monitoring and to support charging and accounting

Risk Evaluation in Enterprise Risk Management

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) has been defined as the discipline by which an organization in any industry assesses, controls, exploits, finances and monitors risks from all sources for the purpose of increasing the organization’s short- and long-term value to its stakeholders. by the Casualty Actuarial Society (2003) and adopted by the Society of Actuaries (2005). Enterprise Risk Mana…

Guidance on the Risk Management of Derivatives

These Guidelines cover the main aspects of devising a policy on the use of derivative. It is based very closely on the „Supervisory Standard on the use Derivatives by Insurance Companies‟ as issued by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors. The implementation of the Guidelines needs to be tailored to the particular circumstances of individual companies. For example, the Cen…

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR DUMMIES

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SHRP 2 Report S2-L06-RR-2: Guide to Improving Capability for Systems Operatio…

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Credit Risk Management and Profitability in Commercial Banks in Sweden

Credit risk management in banks has become more important not only because of the financial crisis that the world is experiencing nowadays but also the introduction of Basel II. Since granting credit is one of the main sources of income in commercial banks, the management of the risk related to that credit affects the profitability of the banks. In our study, we try to find out how the credit r…

HEALTH SERVICES AND DELIVERY RESEARCH

Patients admitted to hospital are at risk of damage to kidney function, termed acute kidney injury (AKI), either from their illness or as a result of subsequent treatment. Kidney injury can lead to serious health issues and even death. It is essential that patients at risk, and those who develop kidney injury, are recognised early and treated effectively. However, the 2009 National Confidential…

Statistics and Computing

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Management Tools 2011 An Executive’s Guide

Over the past three decades, management tools have become a common part of executives’ lives. Whether trying to boost revenues, innovate, improve quality, increase efficiencies or plan for the future, executives have looked for tools to help them. The current environment of globalization and economic turbulence has increased the challenges executives face and, therefore, the need to find …

Beyond Freedom and Dignity

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Potential Benefits of Enterprise Risk Management

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH

The roots of OR can be traced back many decades, when early attempts were made to use a scientific approach in the management of organizations. However, the beginning of the activity called operations research has generally been attributed to the military services early in World War II. Because of the war effort, there was an urgent need to allocate scarce resources to the various military oper…