Economic Aspects of Tender Spot Injection Therapy

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
IHJ Bourne
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Injection Therapy ◽  
Group Practice ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Effective Technique ◽  
Financial Audit ◽  
Prescription Costs ◽  
Skeletal Pain ◽  
Tender Spot

One partner of a four man general practice in Essex used injection therapy to tender spots for musculo-skeletal pain. In a financial audit it was found that the prescription costs for this doctor were significantly less than the average for the other partners. It is speculated that the savings were due to effective elimination of musculo-skeletal pain by tender spot injection, thus reducing the need for analgesic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication in these patients. If one doctor in every group practice nationwide were to adopt a similar, effective technique for treating musculo-skeletal pain, extrapolation of the savings to this practice suggest a national saving in excess of £95 million per year.

scholarly journals The Peckham Health Centre, “PEP”, and the concept of general practice during the 1930s and 1940s

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Lewis ◽  
Barbara Brookes
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Group Practice ◽  
Health Group ◽  
Health Centres

AbstractThis paper documents the proposals put forward by George Scott Williamson and Innes Pearse, founders of the Peckham Health Centre and members of the Political and Economic Planning (PEP) Health Group, to enhance the role and status of the general practitioner (GP). Their ideas are significant in terms of their understanding of the threat that specialism posed to general practice and of the problems of control and finance raised by reform. Their solution - the establishment of GP therapeutic centres or cells - is located in terms of their own ideas regarding health and medical practice and is compared with the other major proposal for group practice in health centres, which emanated from the Dawson Committee in 1920. Finally, the paper provides some suggestions as to the reason for their failure.

Psychiatric Morbidity of West Indian Immigrants in an Urban Group Practice

1965 ◽  
Vol 111 (470) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari Kiev
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
West Indian ◽  
Group Practice ◽  
Urban Group ◽  
Indian Immigrants ◽  
Minor Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
West Indian Immigrants

Since 1948 a number of papers published in Great Britain have demonstrated the feasibility of studying the incidence and prevalence of both major and minor psychiatric disorders in general practice (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18). Few, however, have focused on the health of West Indian immigrants in Great Britain, some 125,000 of whom have entered the country since that time (2, 12, 13, 20). This paper reports on the results of a six-month psychiatric morbidity survey of a group general practice in Brixton, the main purpose of which was to collect and compare data on the illness and consultation patterns of West Indian and English patients attending the same general practice.

A Double-Blind Comparative Clinical Trial of Floctafenine and Four Other Analgesics Conducted in General Practice

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Lomas ◽  
J Gay ◽  
R N Midha ◽  
D L Postlethwaite
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Analgesic Effect ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
The Other ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Comparative Clinical Trial

Three hundred and twelve patients suffering from painful conditions were admitted to a multicentre, double-blind controlled trial, conducted in general practice in which five analgesics—floctafenine (Idarac), paracetamol, aspirin, dihydrocodeine and pentazocine—were compared. Overall ratings of analgesic effect placed floctafenine first in rank order. Floctafenine was statistically significantly superior in effect to pentazocine but not to the other three agents as far as doctor ratings were concerned; and superior to both pentazocine and dihydrocodeine in the opinion of patients. Fewer patients experienced side-effects on floctafenine than on the other four analgesics and this difference between floctafenine and pentazocine, and floctafenine and dihydrocodeine was statistically significant.

scholarly journals DIFERENCIAÇÃO CATIÔNICA DE BENTONITAS POR INFRAVERMELHO: UM ESTUDO DOS EFEITOS DA HIDRATAÇÃO DOS CÁTIONS TROCÁVEIS

Química Nova ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréia Rodrigues ◽  
Rômulo Angélica ◽  
Simone Paz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Exchangeable Cations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Effective Technique ◽  
Common Procedure ◽  
Mir Spectroscopy ◽  
Sodium Activation ◽  
Hydrated Sample

CATIONIC DIFFERENTIATION OF BENTONITES BY INFRARED: A STUDY OF THE HYDRATION EFFECTS OF EXCHANGEABLE CATIONS. In the bentonite industry, the most common procedure for quality control of the ore and the sodium activation process is the swelling method. However, this tool is restricted only to the differentiation of the sodium and non-sodium types, not considering the other cationic varieties. The objective of this study was to establish parameters for cationic differentiation of bentonites based on Near Infrared (NIR) and Medium (MIR) spectroscopy, which proved to be an effective technique in the cationic differentiation of bentonites using the characteristic bands “7072 cm-1” and “3620 and 3430 cm-1” under the condition of the dry-hydrated sample and not under the anhydrous condition. NIRS can be considered a measure of great scientific and technological contribution, as it allows the cationic differentiation of bentonites in a practical way and with low analytical cost.

Some Economic Aspects of the Brain Drain

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Harry G. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
National State ◽  
The One ◽  
Professional People ◽  
The Brain

The concept of “brain drain” is in its origins a nationalistic concept, by which is meant a concept that visualizes economic and cultural welfare in terms of the welfare of the residents of a national state or region, viewed as a totality, and excludes from consideration both the welfare of people born in that region who choose to leave it, and the welfare of the outside world in general. Moreover, though the available statistics are far from adequate on this point, there is generally assumed to be a net flow of trained professional people from the former colonial territories to the ex-imperial European nations, and from Europe and elsewhere to North America and particularly the United States. The concept thus lends itself easily to the expression of anti-colonial sentiments on the one hand, and anti-American sentiments on the other. The expression of such sentiments can be dignified by the presentation of brain drain as a serious economic and cultural problem, by relying on nationalistic sentiments and assumptions and ignoring the principles of economics—especially the principle that in every transaction there is both a demand and a supply—or by elevating certain theoretical economic possibilities into presumed hard facts.

2. Sources of international law

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Ilias Bantekas ◽  
Efthymios Papastavridis
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
International Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
International Theory ◽  
Subjective Element ◽  
General Principles Of Law

This chapter examines the sources of international law, ie the norms of international law that give validity to all the other international legal norms. These are enumerated in Art 38 ICJ Statute. Although quite dated, this Article is still considered as enunciating an authoritative list of the sources of international law. These are treaties; custom; general principles of law recognized by States; judicial decisions; and international theory as subsidiary sources. Particular emphasis is placed on custom, consisting of an objective element, the general practice of States, and a subjective element, the opinio juris, ie consisting of a legal conviction. There is no hierarchy between the sources of international law and both treaties and custom may exist alongside each other.

General Practitioners' Adoption and Use of ICT

2016 ◽  
pp. 152-168
Author(s):  
Quazi Omar Faruq
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Group Practice ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
World War ◽  
It Service ◽  
Solo Practice ◽  
Corporate Level

The influence of ICT in General Practice varied from a solo practice to a GP specialist of a primary healthcare team. Different factors influence the GP to use ICT. After 2nd World War the national legislative requirement influenced more to adopt ICT, of which most important is the Medicare or Medicaid payment and also the richness of the environment (measured by network readiness index). Shift to group practice or corporate level practice requires ICT support to handle automated actions (i.e. completing repetitive jobs, answering frequently asked questions by webpage). Role of telecommunication and IT service providers, and that of entrepreneurs for information management are also discussed. While discussing the challenges in implementing ICT in future model of GP service it focuses on the slow usage of computer and other IT products by doctors, as noted in the past decades.

General Practitioners' Adoption and Use of ICT

2020 ◽  
pp. 448-464
Author(s):  
Quazi Omar Faruq
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Group Practice ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
World War ◽  
It Service ◽  
Solo Practice ◽  
Corporate Level

The influence of ICT in General Practice varied from a solo practice to a GP specialist of a primary healthcare team. Different factors influence the GP to use ICT. After 2nd World War the national legislative requirement influenced more to adopt ICT, of which most important is the Medicare or Medicaid payment and also the richness of the environment (measured by network readiness index). Shift to group practice or corporate level practice requires ICT support to handle automated actions (i.e. completing repetitive jobs, answering frequently asked questions by webpage). Role of telecommunication and IT service providers, and that of entrepreneurs for information management are also discussed. While discussing the challenges in implementing ICT in future model of GP service it focuses on the slow usage of computer and other IT products by doctors, as noted in the past decades.

scholarly journals The Effect of Climate Change Semantic Expressions on Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Decarbonisation

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Hussein Akil ◽  
Said Hussein ◽  
Leila E. Zein
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Communication Campaign ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Risk Perception And Communication ◽  
Social Level

This paper is proposed to clarify the effectiveness of semantic expressions used to designate climate change in France context, i.e. “réchauffement climatique” (“global warming”); “changement climatique” (“climate change”); and “derangement climatique” (“climate imbalance”). An experimental study (sample size N = 126) based on ‘linguistic semantics’ approach is conducted in order to assess the effect of these expressions on concerns, perceptions risk and sensitivity regarding Climate Change (CC). Our results show that the expression “réchauffement climatique” (“global warming”) is the most appropriate from a statistical standpoint. It increased the importance of the problem (salience of this issue) relative to other societal issues (e.g. unemployment, social justice, crime, etc.); it also enhanced participants' sensitivity (respondents' emotions associated with CC) more than the other expressions. We can still note however a strong difference in impact among the expressions if we were to calculate their impact on the basis of risk perception and communication objective. Results showed that when focusing our communication campaigns on nature, it would be preferable to use the term “changement” ("change"), when focusing our communication on social level, it would be preferable to use the term “réchauffement” ("warming"), whereas the term “dérèglement” ("imbalance") becomes the most suitable in seeking to build a communication campaign focusing on economic aspects. Semantics therefore should be selected depending on the communication objective.

Who is my stranger?

2018 ◽  
pp. 176-201
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Gift Exchange ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Material Gain ◽  
The Future ◽  
Traditional Societies

This chapter explores the social and economic aspects of gift-exchange as a universal phenomenon. Examples drawn from both complex and traditional societies indicate that the personal gift and counter-gift, in which givers and receivers are known to each other and personally communicate with each other, is characterised by a great variety of sentiments and purposes. At one end of the spectrum, economic purposes may be dominant as in some forms of first-gifts which aim to achieve a material gain or to enhance prestige or to bring about material gain in the future. At the other end are those gifts whose purposes are predominantly social and moral in that as ‘total social facts’ they aim to serve friendly relationships, affection, and harmony between known individuals and social groups. Meanwhile, social gifts and actions carrying no explicit or implicit individual right to a return gift or action are forms of ‘creative altruism’.

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