MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'allocation'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613838&cid=t_143303_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fk4KyMt3g-yk%2F More than 250 economists have signed an “Open Letter to Congress and the Executive Branch” calling upon them to “defend the independence of the Federal Reserve System as a foundation of U.S. economic stability.” Allan Meltzer is not a signatory to the petition and he has explained why not.  The Fed has frequently not shown independence in the past, and there is no reason to expect it to do so reliably in the future.  Professor Meltzer has just completed a multi-volume history of the Fed and knows all-too-well of the Fed’s willingness to accommodate the policies of administrations from FDRs to Lyndon Johnson’s.  I would add that the Fed’s behavior under Chairman Bernanke breaks new ground in aligning the central bank’s policy with Treasury’s.  Much of what the Fed has... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613838 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:37:06 +0100 2613838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039839&cid=t_143303_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F15%2Fweighted-capitation-formula%2F , 6th ed. describes the weighted capitation formula used to inform revenue allocations to primary care trusts for 2009-10 and 2010-11. Posted in Equity, Grey Literature, Health Economics, NHS, Primary Care   Tagged: Capitation, Financial Management, Grey Literature, Health Economics, NHS, Primary Care, Resource Allocation    (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039839 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:01:51 +0100 2039839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=825597&cid=t_143303_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F146512548%2F Sub-standard housing more than doubles diabetes risk, a team of U.S. researchers found, but they are not exactly sure why. Are you kidding me? Does anyone else think that the results of this study are self explanatory? Sub-standard housing usually means government assisted or “section 8″ housing, right? Well, the persons that qualify for this assistance have economical challenges that others do not have. Understand this, in no way am I passing judgment or “putting” anyone down. Heck, my kids public school is Title One, but why would scientists be puzzled at the findings of something so obvious. Low income areas are also linked to higher blood pressure, higher cholesterol, more heart attacks and obesity. Healthy food is expensive and pre-packaged or less nutritious c... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=825597 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:57:45 +0100 825597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=673850&cid=t_143303_86_f&fid=34466&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalevidence.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Frandomized-trials-and-allocation.html A great example of problems with a randomization scheme for a clinical trial - "Reliable evidence is the best medicine," Howard Brody, The Grand Rapids PressMore on allocation concealment:- Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Allocation concealment in randomised trials: defending against deciphering. Lancet. 2002 Feb 16;359(9306):614-8.- Schulz KF. Assessing allocation concealment and blinding in randomised controlled trials: why bother?, Evidence-Based Medicine 2000; 5:36-38- CONSORT statement: allocation concealment example-Forder PM, Gebski VJ, Keech AC. Allocation concealment and blinding: when ignorance is bliss. MJA 2005; 182 (2): 87-89- Beller EM, Gebski V, Keech AC. Randomisation in clinical trials. MJA 2002 177 (10): 565-567.and a study exploring how allocation concealment is reported in clinic... Clinical Evidence, Searching Tidbits, and Other Minutiae blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=673850 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:05:00 +0100 673850