1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456246503321

Titolo

Diseases of importance in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / by the Committee on Issues and Priorities for New Vaccine Development, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985

ISBN

1-281-30039-X

9786611300395

0-309-11575-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Collana

New vaccine development : establishing priorities ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

614.4/7/0973

Soggetti

Vaccines - Research - Government policy

Vaccination - United States

Vaccination - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Prepared for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Abstract""; ""Contents""; ""1 Summary""; ""Selection of Candidates""; ""Determination of Health Benefits""; ""Disease Burden Estimates""; ""Infant Mortality Equivalence Values""; ""Total Disease Burden Values""; ""Vaccine Characteristics""; ""Predictions of Vaccine Development""; ""Definition of Probable Vaccine Target Population""; ""Estimation of Vaccine Utilization""; ""Estimation of Time to Licensure, Time to vaccine Adoption, and Delay of Vaccination Benefits: Discounting""; ""Estimation of vaccine Preventable Illness""

""Calculation of Expected Health Benefits for Each Vaccine""""Cost Calculations""; ""Calculation of Morbidity Costs Averted by the Vaccine""; ""Vaccination Program Costs""; ""Integration of Costs""; ""Interpretation of Health Benefit and Net Cost Rankings""; ""Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations""; ""Recommendation""; ""Reference""; ""2 Priority Setting for Health Related Investments: A Review of Methods""; ""Methods for Project Ranking and Selection"";



""Multiattribute Accounting""; ""Multiattribute Scoring""; ""Decision Analysis With Multiple Objectives""

""Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analysis""""Benefit-Cost Analysis""; ""Selection of an Approach""; ""Issues in Project Ranking Methodologies""; ""Sources of Estimates""; ""Sequential or “Lexicographic� Methods""; ""Interdependence Among Projects""; ""The “Portfolio� Question""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""3 Overview of the Analytic Approach""; ""Method""; ""Interpretation of Results""; ""Guidelines""; ""Definition of Dominance""; ""Step 1""; ""Step 2""; ""Step 3""; ""Step 4""; ""Summary""; ""4 Comparison of Disease Burdens and Costs""

""Elements of the System for Comparing Morbidity and Mortality Burdens Arising From various Diseases""""Trade-Off Values""; ""Expression of Morbidity and Mortality Burdens""; ""Procedures Used in Deriving Disease Estimates""; ""Limitations of the Current Estimates""; ""Value Judgments in Quantifying Morbidity and Mortality""; ""IME Perspectives used in This Study""; ""The Effect of Adopting Other IME Perspectives""; ""Comparison of Direct Costs Resulting from Diseases""; ""Scope of Cost Calculations""; ""Procedures""; ""Findings""; ""Limitations of the Proposed System""

""Summary and Conclusions""""Recommendations""; ""References""; ""5 Predictions on Vaccine Development""; ""The Need for Predictions""; ""Selection of Candidates""; ""Vaccine Candidates and Target Populations""; ""Predictions on Vaccine Development""; ""Probability of Successful Development""; ""Cost of Development""; ""Time to Licensure""; ""Comments""; ""Predictions on Vaccine Characteristics""; ""Efficacy""; ""Adverse Reactions""; ""Production Technology, Delivery Requirements, and Cost/Dose""; ""Number of Doses and Route of Administration""; ""Conclusions""

""6 Assessing the Likely Utilization of New Vaccines""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004850600403321

Autore

Allen, Don Cameron

Titolo

Mysteriously meant : the rediscovery of pagan symbolism and allegorical interpretation in the Renaissance / Cameron Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins Press, 1970

ISBN

0-8018-1159-7

Descrizione fisica

X, 354 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

704.946

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

704.94 ALLD 01

704.94 ALLD 01 bis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia