Author: Mark C. Stuart
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: formulary, model
Number of Pages: 646
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 9241547650
ISBN-13: 9789241547659

Since its first publication in 2002, the WHO Model Formularyhas become an indispensable source of independent information on essential medicines for pharmaceutical policy-makers and prescribers worldwide. The Model Formularyis the authoritative guide on how to make effective use of the medicines on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, so improving patient safety, and limiting unnecessary medical spending. For each medicine the Model Formularyprovides information on use, dosage, adverse effects, contraindications and warnings, supplemented by guidance on selecting the right medicine for a

Author: Hans Löfgren
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Keywords: model, gams, cge, equilibrium, computable, general, standard
Number of Pages: 79
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0896297209
ISBN-13: 9780896297203

The social accouting Matrix; Overview of the standard CGR model; Institutions; Commodity markets; Macroeconomic balances; Mathematical model statement; Price block; Production and trade block; Institution block; System contraint block; The standar model in GAMS.

Author: J. Robert Flores
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: gang, comprehensive, model, ojjdp’s, problems, community, practices, address
Number of Pages: 74
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 1437929265
ISBN-13: 9781437929263

Provides guidance for communities that are considering how best to address a youth gang problem that already exists or threatens to become a reality. The guidance is based on the Model developed through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Report describes the research that produced the Model, notes essential findings from evaluations of several programs demonstrating the Model in a variety of environments, and outlines żbest practicesż obtained from practitioners with years of experience in planning, implementing, and overseeing the Model in their communit

Author: Darius M. Adams
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: model, structure, applications, policy, optimization, agricultural, sector, forest
Number of Pages: 68
Published: 1996-06
ISBN-10: 078814023X
ISBN-13: 9780788140235

The Forest & Agricultural Sector Optimization Model (FASOM) is a dynamic, nonlinear programming model of the forest & agricultural sectors in the U.S. The FASOM model initially was developed to evaluate welfare & market impacts of alternative policies for sequestering carbon in trees but also has been applied to a wider range of forest & agricultural sector policy scenarios. This report describes the model structure & gives selected examples of policy applications. A summary of the data sources, input data file format, & the methods used to develop the input data files also are provided.

Author: Ray C. Fair
Publisher: Ballinger Publishing Company
Keywords: model, theoretical, volume, activity, macroeconomic
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 1974
ISBN-10: 0884102688
ISBN-13: 9780884102687

The work in this volume grew out of both my dissatisfaction with the standard static-equilibrium model that is found in most macroeconomic textbooks and my interest in the problem of basing macroeconomic theory on more solid microeconomic foundations. I was also interested in trying to incorporate into a general model of macroeconomic activity the recent work in economic theory that has been done on relaxing the assumptions of perfect information and the existence of tatonnement processes that clear markets every period. It soon became apparent as I began working on this project that th

Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: model, concordance, constructing, consistent, gtap, usitc, armington, elasticities, substitution, revised
Number of Pages: 46
Published:
ISBN-10: 1428958053
ISBN-13: 9781428958050

Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: essential, medicines, model, list, including, expert, report, selection, committee
Number of Pages: 129
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 924120933X
ISBN-13: 9789241209335

This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. The first part provides a brief description of the Open Session of the Committee, followed by updates on the Model Formulary and the Essential Medicines Library, the Priority Medicines Project and current activities in the field of rational use. There are also progress reports on the review of essential medicines for reproductive health and of the New Emergency Health Kit. The second part presents summaries of the Committee's considerations and justifications