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Health care systems are complex and, as a result, it is often unclear what the effects of changes in policy or service provision might be. At the same time, resources for health care tend to be in short supply, which means that public health practitioners have to make difficult decisions. This book describes the quantitative and qualitative methods that can help decision-makers to structure and clarify difficult problems and to explore the implications of pursuing different options. The accompanying CD ROM provides the opportunity to try out some of the proposed solutions. The book examines: Models and decision-making in health care Methods for clarifying complex decisions Models for service planning and resource allocation Modelling for evaluating changes in systems
It was a game where the first move had been made before a key player had even been born. A game that the opponents did not even realize they were participating in. A game that stretched the mind with its complexity and duration, and rewarded the winner with power, the success of their perseverance, and the serenity of a job well done. A game of wits won by vision, dedication, and a strong will to remain vigilant. A REBELLIOUS AND RECKLESS young adult, Colin Harris has no purpose or vision for life, except the trouble he causes with his closeknit brotherhood of friends. But when Colin steals a rival’s car and winds up in jail, it seems his reckless attitude has gone too far. Determined not ...
From #1 New York Times Bestselling, Hugo Award-winning author, BrandonSanderson (The Mistborn Trilogy, The Stormlight Archive series), along withNathan Gooden, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly, comes Dark One, the firstbook in a series of original graphic novels, from Vault Comics. Someworlds are made to be broken. Paul Tanasin is a young man haunted byvisions of a dark and fantastic world?visions he initially believes arehallucinations. But when he discovers they are prophecies from Mirandus, a worldin which he's destined to become a fearsome destroyer, he'll have toembrace the fear, rise up as the Dark One, and shatter everything. Dark Oneexamines the dual roles we often take on in life--the ability to be asavior as well as a destroyer.
Inspector Turnbull has arrested a man for murder. The man, an ex-soldier, could not deny he was at the scene of the crime and was found with blood on his face. Turnbull thinks he has the case solved but while taking his prisoner to jail by train the man spots the widow of his old colonel, Hester Prendergast. He pleads with her for help and says he is innocent. Faced with a request she cannot refuse, she embarks on a journey to uncover the truth. Set in 1881, Hester Prendergast travels across England and Scotland to unmask the true killer.
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as an addendum to vol. 26, no. 7.
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
The true story of the 42 Australian, New Zealand and British guerrillas and their Borneo warrior allies who fought behind Japanese lines in World War II and forced the surrender of the last two Japanese companies, ten weeks after World War II’s official end. Over 1,000 Japanese were killed in the Semut I operation, a casualty rate out of all proportion to the small size and armaments of the force. But rather than revere and praise their leader, after the war, many of the guerrillas recounted their hatred for their British major, Tom Harrisson. “One of those amazing stories that wars throw up.” Steven Carroll The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age “Kill the Major reveals much that will be ...
A highly qualified British judge examines the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Assessing secular evidence, historical sources, and the testimony of those involved Graeme Smith carefully and critically analyses the various resurrection accounts, their inconsistences and their value as evidence. This succinct but powerful document places less weight on the Gospel accounts and considers other evidence first; sources from outside the gospels, such as Josephus, Tacitus and Pliny; logical alternatives to the resurrection; and the opinions of experts in the fields of history, literary history, palaeography and law. Could this most improbable story be true? If so, what are the implications?