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Resource PortalWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2024Cochrane
Cochrane produces reviews which study all of the best available evidence generated through research and …
Cochrane produces reviews which study all of the best available evidence generated through research and make it easier to inform decisions about health. In addition to the production and dissemination of systematic reviews, housed in the Cochrane Library, they provide a host of resources such as handbooks and guidelines, interactive learning modules, web casts and other educational public goods. Cochrane is a not-for profit organisation with collaborators from more than 120 countries working together to produce…
Technology Assessment | Health/Medicine | Global | Evidence Synthesis | Test Performance | Health Systems -
Resource PortalWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2024Decision Sciences Institute
The Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) was founded in 1968 as the American Institute for the …
The Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) was founded in 1968 as the American Institute for the Decision Sciences (renamed to the Decision Science Institute in 1986). DSI is an independent non-profit organization with a mission to enrich the discipline of decision sciences and improve educational programs and instruction in decision sciences. DSI conducts annual meetings at the national and the regional levels, and produces a monthly news publication called “Decision Line” as well as two journals,…
Operations Research | Health/Medicine | Global | Decision Analysis | Business/Industry | Climate/Environment | College | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Quantitative Literacy -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024HTAi
Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi) is a global scientific and professional society for all those …
Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi) is a global scientific and professional society for all those who produce, use, or encounter HTA. Their mission is to promote the development, communication, understanding and use of HTA around the world as a scientifically-based and multidisciplinary means of informing decision making on the use of effective technologies and the efficient use of resources in health care. HTAi has members from over 65 countries and embraces all stakeholders, including researchers,…
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OrganizationWeb Portal 2024Operational Research Society
The Operational Research Society (ORS) was founded over 60 years ago as a successor to …
The Operational Research Society (ORS) was founded over 60 years ago as a successor to the Operations Research Club that had been set up in 1948. The UK’s OR Society is the oldest-established learned society catering to the Operational Research (O.R.) profession, and one of the largest in the world, with 2,700 members from 66 countries. Core activities of ORS include publishing journals to disseminate the latest developments in O.R., and organizing national, international and specialist conferences. The Journal…
Operations Research | Health/Medicine | Global | Decision Analysis | Government/Law | Military/Defense -
DataWeb Portal 2020Global Health Cost Effectiveness Analysis (GHCEA) Registry
The Global Health Cost Effectiveness Analysis (GHCEA) Registry is the first comprehensive database to compile …
The Global Health Cost Effectiveness Analysis (GHCEA) Registry is the first comprehensive database to compile articles utilizing the “cost-per-DALY averted” metric to measure the efficacy of health interventions. The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) created this systematic summary of articles, organized by article, ratios, and disability weights. The registry is accessible through three different tables organized by (1) article, (2) ratio, and (3) disability weight. The GHCEA is funded…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health/Medicine | Global | Preferences/Values | Health Outcomes -
ReviewWeb Portal 2015Science of Making Better Decisions About Health: CEA and BCA
This chapter reviews the main scientific methods for guiding the allocation of resources to health: cost-effectiveness …
This chapter reviews the main scientific methods for guiding the allocation of resources to health: cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA), sketches their methodological progress over the last several decades, and presents examples of how medical practice in other high-income countries, where people live longer, follows the priorities indicated by cost-effectiveness analysis.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health/Medicine | North America | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation