short @nd sweet news : Nr. 10

* Prof. Gerlach appointed to the Health Advisory Council * New professorship at the Institute for General Practice * Every-Error-Counts website revamped * Taking care of patients with chronic diseases * Error research: Study on safety culture planned * Online registration now possible for students * BMBF sponsors PRoMPT follow-up study* Prof. Gerlach in den Sachverständigenrat Gesundheit berufen * Zusätzliche Professur im Institut für Allgemeinmedizin * Jeder-Fehler-zaehlt in neuem Design * Betreuung von Menschen mit chronischen Erkrankungen * Fehlerforschung: Studie zur Sicherheitskultur geplant * Online-Eintragung für Studierende jetzt möglich * BMBF fördert PRoMPT-Folgestudi

kurz und kn@pp news : No. 16 [engl. Fassung]

* Cooperation between "jeder-fehlerzaehlt.de" and the Techniker statutory insurance company * "PRIoritising multiple medication in multi-morbid patients" – PRIMUM-Pilot study gets off to successful start * New work area: Quality promotion and concept development * Frankfurt Training Program in Evidence-Based Medicine * Another change in our institute is the new arrival of Sabine Pommeresch * 2nd General Practice Day in Frankfurt* Kooperation von "jeder-Fehler-zaehlt.de" mit der Techniker Krankenkasse * "PRIorisierung von MUltimedikation bei Multimorbidität" – PRIMUM-Pilotstudie erfolgreich gestartet * Neuer Arbeitsbereich: Qualitätsförderung und Konzeptentwicklung * Neu im Institut ist Sabine Pommeresch * Frankfurter Fortbildungsreihe Evidenzbasierte Medizin * 2. Frankfurter Tag der Allgemeinmedizin: Jetzt onlin

Snapshot of Australian primary health care research

Snapshot of Australian primary health care research is a collaborative venture involving representatives from PHCRIS, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Association for Academic General Practice, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Efficient estimation of a semiparametric partially linear varying coefficient model

In this paper we propose a general series method to estimate a semiparametric partially linear varying coefficient model. We establish the consistency and \sqrtn-normality property of the estimator of the finite-dimensional parameters of the model. We further show that, when the error is conditionally homoskedastic, this estimator is semiparametrically efficient in the sense that the inverse of the asymptotic variance of the estimator of the finite-dimensional parameter reaches the semiparametric efficiency bound of this model. A small-scale simulation is reported to examine the finite sample performance of the proposed estimator, and an empirical application is presented to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed method in practice. We also discuss how to obtain an efficient estimation result when the error is conditional heteroskedastic.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053604000000931 in the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org

kurz und kn@pp news : Nr. 8 [engl. Fassung]

* Advance Notice: 1st Frankfurt General Practice Day * Tips on how to avoid errors * STERN-Leading article on high blood pressure in cooperation with the Institute * 2nd part of DEGAM chronic heart failure guideline - long version * Launch of the anonymous error circle! * Over 1,000 students trained in evidence based medicine * Research assistant wanted* Vorankündigung: 1. Frankfurter Tag der Allgemeinmedizin * Tipps zur Fehlervermeidung * STERN-Titel zu Bluthochdruck unter Mitarbeit des Instituts * 2. Teil DEGAM-Leitlinie "Herzinsuffizienz", Langfassung * Start des anonymen Fehlerzirkels! * Über 1000 Studierende in Evidenzbasierter Medizin ausgebildet * Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in gesuch

Snapshot of Australian primary health care research 2009

Snapshot of Australian primary health care research 2009 is a collaborative venture involving representatives from PHCRIS, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian Association for Academic General Practice, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. This snapshot of recent Australian research projects demonstrates the potential for primary health care research to improve the health of Australians

Snapshot of Australian primary health care research 2010

Snapshot of Australian primary health care research 2009 is a collaborative venture involving representatives from PHCRIS, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian Association for Academic General Practice, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. This snapshot of recent Australian research projects demonstrates the potential for primary health care research to improve the health of Australians