Vol. 14 No. 4 (2017)

Editorial

Value based Healthcare as a solution for the future of publicly funded healthcare systems

Andrea Silenzi, Stefania Boccia
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Original articles

Toward a better understanding of the relationship between influenza vaccine efficacy against specific and non-specific endpoints and vaccine efficacy against influenza infection

Jozef Nauta, Walter EP Beyer, Erna PJA Kimp
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Childhood vaccinations. Validation of a tool for measuring knowledge, attitudes and vaccine hesitancy in pregnant women

Azzurra Massimi, Annalisa Rosso, Carolina Marzuillo, Grazia Pia Prencipe, Pasquale De Soccio, Giovanna Adamo, Giulia Sturabotti, Corrado De Vito, Paolo Villari
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Predictors of HIV prevention knowledge and sexual behaviors among students at Makerere University Kampala, Uganda

Afra Nuwasiima, Nelson Owuor Onyango, Patricia Navvuga, Elly Nuwamaya, Agnes Nyabigambo, Solomon J. Lubinga, Joseph B. Babigumira
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Design and validation of a self-administered questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitudes and behaviours about Zika virus infection among general population in Italy

Vincenza Gianfredi, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Daniele Nucci, Francesca Zanella, Domenico Martinelli, Barbara Camilloni, Milena Villarini, Massimo Moretti, Fabrizio Stracci
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Obsessive Compulsive Tic Disorder: appropriate diagnosis and treatment as key elements to improve health and rationalize use of resources

Luciana Scalone, Lucia Sara D’Angiolella, Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani, Roberta Galentino, Domenico Servello, Bernardo Dell’Osso, Carlotta Zanaboni Dina, Mauro Porta
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Households' food expenditures in urban areas of Iran: An application of small area estimation

Mojtaba Soltani-Kermanshahi, Yadollah Mehrabi, Amir Kavousi, Ahmad-Reza Baghestani , Fatemeh Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, Roshanak Aliakbari-Saba
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Statistical Methods

A comparison of two approaches to implementing propensity score methods following multiple imputation

Bas BL Penning de Vries, Rolf HH Groenwold
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Predictors of Bluetongue development in Sardinia (Italy) identification, using multilevel logistic mixed model

Federica Loi, Francesca Gigli Berzolari, Alberto Laddomada, Annamaria Coccollone, Andrea Scrugli, Annalisa Ghironi, Angelo Putzolu, Sandro Rolesu, Stefano Cappai
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Application of random survival forest for competing risks in prediction of cumulative incidence function for progression to AIDS

Omid Hamid, Mahtab Tapak, Jalal Poorolajal, Payam Amini, Leili Tapak
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A Bayesian approach to correct for unmeasured or semi-unmeasured confounding in survival data using multiple validation data sets

Wencong Chen, Xiang Zhang, Douglas E. Faries, Wei Shen, John W. Seaman, Jr., James D. Stamey
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Commentary

Avoidable blindness and value based healthcare: more value with a population approach

Giovanna Elisa Calabrò, Roberta Pastorino, Luca Giraldi, Maria Emanuela Frisicale, Agnese Lazzari, Giovanni Capelli, Fulvio Luccini, Carlo Favaretti, Andrea Silenzi
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Implementation of genomic policies in Italy: the new National Plan for innovation of the Health System based on omics sciences

Stefania Boccia, Antonio Federici, Roberta Siliquini, Giovanna Elisa Calabrò, Walter Ricciardi
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