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\"As the international community struggles with major issues such as deforestation, it is increasingly turning to sustainable development and market-based mechanisms to tackle environmental problems. Focusing on forestry, this book investigates the legitimacy of global forums and evaluates the quality of global governance in the current era\"--Provided by publisher.

Background Expanding malaria community case management (mCCM) to all ages could shift the point-of-care to the community leading to improved healthcare access in underserved populations. This study assesses the economic viability of such an expansion in Farafangana district, Madagascar. Methods A cluster-randomized trial was conducted across 30 health centres and the 502 community health workers (CHW) in their catchment areas, with the intervention arm implementing the age-expanded mCCM intervention. CHWs across both arms received training, supplies, and supervision to manage malaria. An economic evaluation assessed cost-effectiveness from health sector and societal perspectives, measuring outcomes in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted. The impact of CHW compensation and economic risks were evaluated using sensitivity analyses. Results Without CHW compensation, annual costs were $794,000, primarily for antimalarials and diagnostic tests. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) per DALY averted ranged from -$21.86 to $212.42. From a societal perspective, the ICER was -$135.64, and -$243.29 including mortality benefits, meaning the intervention was cost-saving. The programme could avert 99.6 deaths and 3,721.7 DALYs annually, yielding $1,172,283 in net economic benefits. Sensitivity analyses supported these findings. Conclusions Age-expanded mCCM is highly cost-effective and can enhance malaria treatment access in resource-limited settings.

\"Entrepreneurs around the world are encouraged and held up as the new deliverers of economic growth in turbulent times. Entrepreneurship is taught globally, but often without much reference to the truly global array of cases and examples that can provide helpful insights for international students in particular.This collection brings together expert entrepreneurship scholars to provide a collection of global case studies around entrepreneurial firms worldwide. This unique educational resource covers a broad range of topics of relevance to understanding entrepreneurship including corporate, social and indigenous entrepreneurship.This book provides entrepreneurship educators with reliable cases suitable for classroom discussion, analysis or even for assessment purposes. Instructors teaching this subject will be able to use the book as a stand alone reference or as an ideal supplement for many introductory texts in entrepreneurship\"-- Provided by publisher.

Treatment outcomes for acute malnutrition can be improved by integrating treatment into community case management (iCCM). However, little is known about the cost‐effectiveness of this integrated nutrition intervention. The present study investigates the cost‐effectiveness of treating moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) through community health volunteer (CHV) and integrating it with routine iCCM. A cost‐effectiveness model compared the costs and effects of CHV sites plus health facility‐based treatment (intervention) with the routine health facility‐based treatment strategy alone (control). The costing assessments combined both provider and patient costs. The cost per DALY averted was the primary metric for the comparison, on which sensitivity analysis was performed. Additionally, the integrated strategy's relative value for money was evaluated using the most recent country‐specific gross domestic product threshold metrics. The intervention dominated the health facility‐based strategy alone on all computed cost‐effectiveness outcomes. MAM treatment by CHVs plus health facilities was estimated to yield a cost per death and DALY averted of US $ 8743 and US$397, respectively, as opposed to US $ 13,846 and US$637 in the control group. The findings also showed that the intervention group spent less per child treated and recovered than the control group: US $ 214 versus US$270 and US $ 306 versus US$485, respectively. Compared with facility‐based treatment, treating MAM by CHVs and health facilities was a cost‐effective intervention. Additional gains could be achieved if more children with MAM are enrolled and treated. Key messages Treatment of MAM by CHVs and health facilities involved a lower cost compared with the health facility‐based treatment approach alone. Treatment of MAM by CHVs and health facilities was cost‐effective compared with the health facility‐based treatment approach alone. Greater health and economic gains could be realized if more children with MAM are enrolled and treated by CHVs through the integration of acute malnutrition treatment into iCCM.

\"In Brand and Talent, Kevin Keohane makes the connection between how an organization's purpose, ambition, strategy and positioning should drive - and be driven by - its talent agenda. He looks at how organizations can better communicate with people before, during and after their association with the enterprise and presents a \"joined up\" approach that encompasses the needs of brand, marketing, human resources, corporate communications, internal communications and IT. He integrates academic and commercial evidence, as well as practical advice and includes case studies and interviews with thought leaders, such as Tom Crawford, current Head of Internal Comms and Engagement at O2 and UK Director of Internal Comms at British Gas; Gaurav Mishra, Asia Director of Social Media, MSLGROUP; Paloma Alos, Head of Global Marketing KPMG; Denmark intranet guru Brett Minchington and others\"-- Provided by publisher.

The objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that clinical case management is more cost-effective than usual care for frequent users of the emergency department (ED). The study is a 24-month randomized trial obtaining data on psychosocial problems through interviews and service usage and cost data from administrative records. Two-hundred fifty-two frequent users were randomized (167 to case management, 85 to usual care). Case management was associated with statistically significant reductions in psychosocial problems common among ED frequent users, including homelessness, alcohol use, lack of health insurance and social security income, and financial need. Case management was associated with statistically significant reductions in ED use and cost. Case management and usual care patients did not differ in use or cost of other hospital services. Case management appears cost-effective for ED frequent users because it yields statistically and clinically significant reductions in psychosocial problems at a cost similar to that of usual care.

Investigating how international market actors create market morality on a global level, this book reflects on the unresolved questions and debates regarding the relationship between business and society. The author explores how market actors in international business communication are unified in their attempts to make markets moralised. Providing detailed case studies and empirical evidence based on interviews with practitioners, Moralising Global Markets is a useful read for anyone interested in international business, and for those researching morality, ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Background Tuberculosis is one of the greatest global health concerns and disease management is challenging particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Despite improvements in addressing this epidemic in Georgia, tuberculosis remains a significant public health concern due to sub-optimal patient management. Low remuneration for specialists, limited private-sector interest in provision of infectious disease care and incomplete integration in primary care are at the core of this problem. Methods This protocol sets out the methods of a two-arm cluster randomized control trial which aims to generate evidence on the effectiveness of a performance-based financing and integrated care intervention on tuberculosis loss to follow-up and treatment adherence. The trial will be implemented in health facilities (clusters) under-performing in tuberculosis management. Eligible and consenting facilities will be randomly assigned to either intervention or control (standard care). Health providers within intervention sites will form a case management team and be trained in the delivery of integrated tuberculosis care; performance-related payments based on monthly records of patients adhering to treatment and quality of care assessments will be disbursed to health providers in these facilities. The primary outcomes include loss to follow-up among adult pulmonary drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis patients. Secondary outcomes are adherence to treatment among drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis patients and treatment success among drug-sensitive tuberculosis patients. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment regimen will also be collected. The required sample size to detect a 6% reduction in loss to follow-up among drug-sensitive tuberculosis patients and a 20% reduction in loss to follow-up among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients is 948 and 136 patients, respectively. Discussion The trial contributes to a limited body of rigorous evidence and literature on the effectiveness of supply-side performance-based financing interventions on tuberculosis patient outcomes. Realist and health economic evaluations will be conducted in parallel with the trial, and associated composite findings will serve as a resource for the Georgian and wider regional Ministries of Health in relation to future tuberculosis and wider health policies. The trial and complementing evaluations are part of Results4TB, a multidisciplinary collaboration engaging researchers and Georgian policy and practice stakeholders in the design and evaluation of a context-sensitive tuberculosis management intervention. Trial registration ISRCTN, ISRCTN14667607 . Registered on 14 January 2019.

\"Public sector organizations are about to enter one of the most challenging environments they have ever had to face as they bear much of the cost of the credit crunch. This timely book shows public sector leaders what they need to understand in order to be able to cope with these challenges\"-- Provided by publisher.

Purpose Case management is widely accepted as an effective method to support medical rehabilitation and vocational reintegration of accident victims with musculoskeletal injuries. This study investigates whether more intensive case management improves outcomes such as work incapacity and treatment costs for severely injured patients. Methods 8,050 patients were randomly allocated either to standard case management (SCM, administered by claims specialists) or intensive case management (ICM, administered by case managers). These study groups differ mainly by caseload, which was approximately 100 cases in SCM and 35 in ICM. The setting is equivalent to a prospective randomized controlled trial. A 6-year follow-up period was chosen in order to encompass both short-term insurance benefits and permanent disability costs. All data were extracted from administrative insurance databases. Results Average work incapacity over the 6-year follow-up, including contributions from daily allowances and permanent losses from disability, was slightly but insignificantly higher under ICM than under SCM (21.6 vs. 21.3 % of pre-accident work capacity). Remaining work incapacity after 6 years of follow-up showed no difference between ICM and SCM (8.9 vs. 8.8 % of pre-accident work incapacity). Treatment costs were 43,500 Swiss Francs (CHF) in ICM compared to 39,800 in SCM (+9.4 %, p  = 0.01). The number of care providers involved in ICM was 10.5 compared to 10.0 in ICM (+5.0 %, p  < 0.001). Conclusions Contrary to expectations, ICM did not reduce work incapacity as compared to SCM, but did increase healthcare consumption and treatment costs. It is concluded that the intensity of case management alone is not sufficient to improve rehabilitation and vocational reintegration of accident victims.