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	Drucker on Effectiveness
		I've had a lot to say on the difference between agile development methods and their predecessors is a focus on effectiveness rather than cost accounting style efficiency.
		He goes on to observe that effectiveness is not achieved from principles but from successful execution of practices.
		"Effectiveness is a habit; that is, a complex of practices.
	www.agilemanagement.net /Articles/Weblog/DruckeronEffectiveness.html (540 words)

	Protective Effectiveness of Hantavirus Vaccine \| CDC EID
		Because the effectiveness was calculated by comparing each dose (exactly one to three) with no vaccination, case-patients or controls not applicable to that comparison were excluded from each matched set.
		Estimates of vaccine effectiveness according to the number of doses received rose from 25% (95% CI –78% to 68%) for one dose to 46% (95% CI –35% to 78%) for two doses to 75 % (95% CI –18% to 95%) for three doses.
		In particular, effectiveness increased when persons for whom >1 year had passed since their second dose were excluded, which suggests that the protective effect of the second primary vaccination does not persist beyond the period recommended for having the booster dose.
	www.cdc.gov /NCIDOD/EID/vol10no12/04-0684.htm (1727 words)

	Foundation Effectiveness: Definitions and Challenges
		These interviews probed foundation leaders' understanding of effectiveness, the methods they use to judge it, and how they say their foundations have changed or need to change in order to be more effective.
		Often the major challenge to achieving effectiveness is that: a) effectiveness goals are overshadowed by other priorities, or b) certain dimensions of effectiveness being pursued by the foundation are not compatible with its other effectiveness goals.
		The foundation effectiveness framework is not applicable to some foundations that conceive of themselves not as organizations at all, but as instruments or extensions of individual philanthropy.
	www.urban.org /template.cfm?Template=/TaggedContent/ViewPublication.cfm&PublicationID=9131&NavMenuID=95 (1538 words)

	Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies To Enhance Mammography Use
		Effectiveness data for our analysis were based on a randomized trial (8) that evaluated alternative strategies to improve participation in GHC's breast cancer screening program.
		Marginal cost-effectiveness was calculated by dividing the change in cost by the change in effectiveness and was determined for the postcard relative to the initial letter recommending mammography, for the reminder call relative to the postcard, and for the motivational call relative to the reminder call.
		Although the reminder call was more effective than the postcard, our analysis showed that the reminder call's greater unit cost outweighed its greater relative effectiveness; therefore, the postcard was more cost-effective as a promotional strategy.
	www.acponline.org /journals/ecp/sepoct00/mammography.htm (3223 words)

	Contraceptive Method Effectiveness
		The effectiveness rates of these methods are expressed in terms of how many women experience pregnancies during their first year of using the method.
		It is very important to note that the effectiveness of LAM is highly dependent on the woman exercising full or nearly full breastfeeding (the baby nurses every three to four hours and takes little or no supplements) during the baby's first six months only if the mother has not resumed her period.
		The effectiveness of using an IUD or ECPs for emergency contraception is dependent on the time in a woman's cycle she had intercourse, therefore making it difficult to compare data from studies.
	www.engenderhealth.org /wh/fp/ceff.html (1409 words)

	Effectiveness of SleepTight Infant Soother
		Effectiveness Of The SleepTight Infant Soother in Calming Colic Symptoms
		Due to its effectiveness, pediatricians, other physicians and nurse practitioners are being very receptive to the SleepTight ® Infant Soother and many repeatedly recommend it to parents of their colicky or fussy patients.
		The vibration unit is electrical (has on/off switch) and attaches underneath the crib (springs or wood bottom) imparting gentle effective vibration to the mattress (attachments included for safe installation).
	www.colic.com /Effectiveness.htm (380 words)

	Effectiveness of CHMSL
		Nevertheless, the decline in effectiveness from the fleet tests to the evaluations was clear-cut, even taking into account that the data bases were not perfectly comparable (participant-reported vs. police-reported crash data).
		CHMSL effectiveness in the struck vehicle in a front-to-rear collision is about the same whether the driver of the striking vehicle is young or old, male or female.
		Although the observed point estimate of effectiveness for CHMSL in light trucks (5.0 percent) is close to the lamps' long-term effectiveness in passenger cars (4.3 percent), the uncertainty in the light-truck estimate, at this time, does not yet permit the inference that the lamps are equally effective in cars and trucks.
	www.nhtsa.dot.gov /cars/rules/regrev/evaluate/808696.html (1507 words)

	Preliminary Assessment of the Effectiveness of the 2003--04 Inactivated Influenza Vaccine --- Colorado, December 2003
		However, additional studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the 2003--04 vaccine against laboratory-confirmed influenza and influenza-related complications, including hospitalization and death.
		Two methods were used to estimate vaccine effectiveness to account for changes in vaccination status during the influenza outbreak period: a categorical analysis and a person-time analysis.
		Point estimates for vaccine effectiveness were 14% and 3%, respectively, with 95% confidence intervals for both estimates that included zero (Table 2).
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5301a3.htm (1759 words)

	Treatment Protocol Effectiveness Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, identifying the most effective type of treatment and for whom it is most effective continues to be a difficult task.
		The clinical measures of effectiveness are particularly difficult to discern due to the enormous diversity within the modality and the relative scarcity of available outcome studies.
		When discussing treatment protocols and effectiveness, it is helpful to know the number of people in the United States currently involved in treatment for substance abuse and to understand the characteristics of the population in treatment.
	www.ncjrs.gov /ondcppubs/publications/treat/trmtprot.html (11933 words)

	[Clinical Preventive Services] Cost-Effectiveness and Clinical Preventive Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Effectiveness alone, however, is not a sufficient basis to initiate services in most practical health care contexts.
		Factors other than effectiveness, reflecting the immediate trade-offs and broad implications of providing a service, are relevant to the goals and the practical constraints confronted by every decision maker.
		An effective intervention may be clinically inconsequential, or it may help so few of the individuals to whom it is offered that it is not worth implementing.
	cpmcnet.columbia.edu /texts/gcps/gcps0010.html (2950 words)

	CRD: Effectiveness Matters
		Effectiveness Matters provides updates on the effectiveness of important health interventions for practitioners and decision makers in the NHS.
		Effectiveness Matters is subject to extensive and rigorous peer review.
		Over 90,000 copies of Effectiveness Matters are distributed free within the NHS in a similar way to Effective Health Care.
	www.york.ac.uk /inst/crd/em.htm (212 words)

	Evaluating Effectiveness
		External effectiveness, on the other hand, addresses issues related to your philanthropy that exist outside your family or philanthropic vehicle, such as grantee relationships or how to measure tangible impact.
		When evaluating the effectiveness of your philanthropic vehicle, large or small, you first may want to consider how clearly stated and understood your goals are among the family and/or staff members involved.
		The Center for Effective Philanthropy is a nonprofit research center focused on creating comparative data and insight to enable higher performing foundations.
	www.ncfp.org /FGN-Apr_2005/UpFront.html (2250 words)

	Cost-Effectiveness And Evidence Evaluation As Criteria For Coverage Policy -- Garber, 10.1377/hlthaff.w4.284 -- Health ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Beyond these general points, the higher costs of establishing effectiveness in a trial—largely driven by statistical power, but also by considerations such as the difficulty of identifying and enrolling patients suitable for the trial and the burdens placed on patients who decide to enroll—tend to make an evidence hurdle higher.
		Effectiveness appears to trump cost as an influence on coverage decisions: According to medical directors, 93 percent of all plans and 98 percent of large plans will cover a more effective intervention, even if it is more costly.
		Procedures that are effective but not cost-effective in any identifiable patient population might be subject to high copayments or fixed, high coinsurance rates (percentage payments rather than fixed-dollar amounts), with no individual adjustments.
	content.healthaffairs.org /cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w4.284v1/DC1 (5874 words)

	Defining Organizational Effectiveness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mustard was searching for a generic definition of organizational effectiveness or a set of criteria, rules, or attributes that would define an effective organization.
		Effectiveness is an organizational dynamic that haunts managers.
		While no true consensus exists regarding the definition or measurement of organizational effectiveness, individuals make effectiveness judgments regularly when they buy stock, choose a college or take their cars for repairs.
	www.daltonstate.edu /faculty/mhelms/citizen/2001_10_28.html (1305 words)

	Social Anxiety and Social Effectiveness Articles
		But to be an effective networker you need to document whom you know who might be helpful in any given instance.
		Effective managers, for example, use intuition during all phases of the problem-solving process.
		Since most meetings have no built-in way to evaluate their effectiveness, you and your participants have to have a way to see that issues have been appropriately addressed and objectives reached.
	www.effectiveness-plus.com /articles.htm (11547 words)

	8.18.6: Requesting Effectiveness of Registration Statements - Encyclopedia - Library - VC Experts
		The staff considers it proper to only request acceleration of the effective date of a registration statement when your examiner indicates that the staff has no further comments.
		It is recommended that you reserve the right to orally request acceleration of the effective date pursuant to Rule 461.
		In order to request effectiveness orally, you should include a letter in your initial filing package on behalf of issuer and, if the offering is underwritten, the managing underwriter, indicating both parties' intention to request acceleration orally and an acknowledgment of their obligations under the 1933 Act.
	vcexperts.com /vce/library/encyclopedia/documents_view.asp?document_id=552 (380 words)

	ARNOVA - Volunteering and Volunteer Management in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This perspective challenges many because they want effectiveness to be an objective condition that can be seen, measured, and understood in the same way by everyone.
		We recently found that only board members’ assessment of organizational effectiveness was related to increased use of good management practices; neither funders’ nor senior managers’ assessments were related to increased use of good management practices.
		In spite of the fact that different stakeholder groups differed in their ratings of effectiveness for an organization, we have found, for all stakeholder groups, that the factor of responsiveness was positively linked to judgments of NPO effectiveness.
	www.arnova.org /org_eff.php (1070 words)

	The CEO Refresher - Team Effectiveness Coaching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Team Effectiveness Coaching Service was created to assist Product Development Teams in enhancing their effectiveness through real time, practical, action learning that generates immediate and cumulative results.
		On a day-to-day level, a Team Effectiveness Coach is present at team interactions of all kinds at all levels wherever and whenever seems of highest leverage.
		The Team Effectiveness Coaching Service is integrative and involves work at the individual, team and the enterprise level as described earlier in the article, referencing the quality and cost savings intervention.
	refresher.com /!sgteam.html (1740 words)

	Relative Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Methods of Androgen Suppression in the Treatment of Advanced Prostatic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The cost-effectiveness analysis points to the need for data on patient utilities associated with life after orchiectomy; re-evaluation of the risks of lower doses of DES as method of androgen suppression; and collection of economic data from randomized controlled trials as additional priorities for future research.
		Combined androgen blockade has not been demonstrated to be of greater benefit than monotherapy for the aggregate population of patients with advanced prostate cancer or for the subpopulation of patients with good prognostic factors.
		Randomized controlled trials are needed to assess the effectiveness of various strategies for the timing of androgen suppression, and should be prospectively designed to address whether there are subgroups of patients more likely to benefit from early initiation of androgen suppression.
	www.ahcpr.gov /clinic/epcsums/prossumm.htm (3742 words)

	A Four-Year Cycle for Institutional Effectiveness at Dixie College
		While we must conduct assessment activities to satisfy the demands of accreditors, the legislature, and the constituency that pays for public education, accountability is secondary to program improvement.
		Departments and units were identified for institutional effectiveness purposes, and from within each group, a representative was appointed.
		For each statement of intended outcome, the group devised two or more means of assessment, methods of verifying how effectively or successfully the statement of intended outcome was achieved by the unit or department.
	www.dixie.edu /effective/fouryear.htm (1549 words)

	Treatment Effectiveness - ONDCP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Measures of effectiveness typically include levels of criminal behavior, family functioning, employability, and medical condition.
		Although these effectiveness rates hold in general, individual treatment outcomes depend on the extent and nature of the patient's presenting problems, the appropriateness of the treatment components and related services used to address those problems, and the degree of active engagement of the patient in the treatment process.
		NTIES is a Congressionally-mandated study of the impact of drug and alcohol treatment on thousands of clients in hundreds of treatment units.
	www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov /treat/effectiveness.html (338 words)

	Primer on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
		The final outcome measure for the analysis is the CE ratio: the ratio of marginal cost to marginal effectiveness.
		Even if the effectiveness data are from randomized trials, it's important to ask whether they really pertain to the population and setting in which the strategy is likely to be applied.
		Analyses with CE ratios of $50,000 per quality-adjusted life-year may conclude with an assertion that the analyzed strategy is "cost-effective." Whether or not this helps anyone make a decision is hard to know.
	www.acponline.org /journals/ecp/sepoct00/primer.htm (1240 words)

	NIDA - Measuring and Improving Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs - ...
		Measures for cost, treatment procedures, effectiveness, and benefits are developed and tested over several weeks.
		Two weeks are allotted for development and testing of effectiveness measures because these measures are crucial to the rest of the process, because most staff want to contribute to this part of the analysis, and because there are so many measures of effectiveness.
		If the monetary value of your program's outcomes is relatively easy to derive from information on program effectiveness, or if direct measures of benefits are easy to come by, you may want to make the extra effort to do a cost-benefit analysis in addition to your cost-effectiveness analysis.
	www.nida.nih.gov /IMPCOST/IMPCOST3.html (1099 words)

	Aid Effectiveness:Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness) was set up in May 2003 in the context of the international consensus reached at Monterrey on the actions needed to promote a global partnership for development and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
		In order to effectively cover its broad mandate the Working Party has established the following five themes to examine particular areas of interest: monitoring the Paris Declaration, public financial management, managing for development results, procurement and aid untying.
		This workshop, held in Bamako, Mali, provided representatives from Central, North and West African countries and their partner donor institutions the opportunity to identify practical actions that can be taken with respect to implementing the Paris Declaration.
	www.oecd.org /department/0,2688,en_2649_3236398_1_1_1_1_1,00.html (222 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care: Proceedings of an Invitational Conference (1990)
		Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care: Proceedings of an Invitational Conference (1990)
		Rather, it is a free, browsable, nonproprietary, fully and deeply searchable version of the publication which we can inexpensively and quickly produce to make the material available worldwide.
		For most effective printing, use the "printable PDF page" link available on each OpenBook page's tool block.
	www.nap.edu /books/0309043425/html (555 words)

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