Une intervention sur le sida dans une école secondaire

Cet article décrit une brève intervention éducative et préventive sur le sida effectuée dans une école secondaire de la Commission scolaire des Découvreurs, dans la région de Québec. La collaboration du personnel de l'école et du centre local de services communautaires apparaît comme un ingrédient nécessaire à la réussite d'un projet de ce type. Les réactions des jeunes à cette intervention y sont aussi examinées

Views on the transfer of technology based on recent programmes in the Third World

Meeting: Workshop on Scientific and Technological Co-operation with Developing Countries, 10-13 Apr. 1978, Paris, F

Discours de M.L. Berlinguet, Premier Vice-Président, Centre de recherches pour le développement international

Meeting: Canadian University Experience in International Development Projects, 18-19 Oct. 1979, Guelph, Ont., CAParallel text in English and FrenchPhotocop

Science and technology

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Pour un nouvel ordre scientifique et techniqu

Predictability of pharmaceutical spending in primary health services using Clinical Risk Groups

Background: Risk adjustment instruments applied to existing electronic health records and administrative datasets may contribute to monitoring the correct prescribing of medicines. Objective: We aim to test the suitability of the model based on the CRG system and obtain specific adjusted weights for determined health states through a predictive model of pharmaceutical expenditure in primary health care. Methods: A database of 261,054 population in one health district of an Eastern region of Spain was used. The predictive power of two models was compared. The first model (ATC-model) used nine dummy variables: sex and 8 groups from 1 to 8 or more chronic conditions while in the second model (CRG-model) we include sex and 8 dummy variables for health core statuses 2-9. Results: The two models achieved similar levels of explanation. However, the CRG system offers higher clinical significance and higher operational utility in a real context, as it offers richer and more updated information on patients. Conclusions: The potential of the CRG model developed compared to ATC codes lies in its capacity to stratify the population according to specific chronic conditions of the patients, allowing us to know the degree of severity of a patient or group of patients, predict their pharmaceutical cost and establish specific programmes for their treatment. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.This study was financed by a grant from the Fondo de Investigaciones de la Seguridad Social Instituto de Salud Carlos III, the Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS PI12/0037). The authors would like to thank members (Juan Bru and Inma Sauri) of the Pharmacoeconomics Office of the Valencian Health Agency. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessary reflect those of the afore-named. Any errors are the authors' responsibility. We would also like to thank John Wright for the English editing.Vivas Consuelo, DJJ.; Usó Talamantes, R.; Trillo Mata, JL.; Caballer Tarazona, M.; Barrachina Martínez, I.; Buigues Pastor, L. (2014). Predictability of pharmaceutical spending in primary health services using Clinical Risk Groups. Health Policy. 116(2-3):188-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.01.012S1881951162-