Some Interesting Links

Cato Institute –  Named after Cato’s Letters, a series of pamphlets published in England in the 1720s (which helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution), Cato’s mission is “to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace.”

Galen Institute – a not-for-profit think tank in Washington, DC, that promotes a free health care market, believing that this will best encourage research and innovation, provide better access to new medical technologies; and will lead to lower costs, expanded choice, and increased access to better medical care.

Founded in 1948, the Kaiser Family Foundation focuses on major healthcare issues, predominantly from a US perspective. It has grown into one of the most respected non-partisan sources for up-to-date and accurate information on health policy. Despite an original association, the Foundation is no longer affiliated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
 

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit organization, providing current systematic reviews of and information about the effects of health care. The Cochrane Library contains continuously updated evidence-based health care databases.

Evidence-Based Medicine Tool Kit – a collection of tools for identifying, assessing, and applying relevant evidence for better health care decision-making. From the University of Alberta, Canada.

Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG) Website of the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, established, as a result of the "Health Insurance Modernization Act" (GMG), in 2004 under the auspices of the Federal Joint Committee of Physicians and Statutory Sick Funds ("Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss").

National Institutes of Health (NIH) – the principal United States medical research agency, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, conducting and supporting medical research in unparalleled quantity and quality.

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York / England (CRD) – established in England in 1994, aims to provide research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care.

Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care (InnoValHC) – an officially recognized not-for profit health economic research organization based in Wiesbaden / Germany.

International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) – established in 1993, INAHTA has grown to more than 40 member agencies. A key objective is the rapid exchange and collaboration among agencies, through information sharing and comparison.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) – charged with providing guidance to the UK National Health Service (NHS), formerly National Institute for Clinical Excellence (established 1999), subsequently “National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence” (since 2005, after its merger with the Health Development Agency). Originally tasked to contribute “to reduce variation in the availability and quality of NHS treatments and care”, NICE is now producing different types of guidance to the NHS: clinical guidelines, technology appraisals resulting in mandatory “recommendations” to clinical commissioning groups, interventional procedures, medical technologies, diagnostics guidance, as well as entertaining separate programs for the evaluation of medical technologies and “highly specialised technologies” – see also Schlander et al., 2008

Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) – within the Australian Department of Health, an independent expert body assessing medicines prior to listing on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). It comprises two subcommittees, the Drug Utilisation Sub Committee (DUSC) and the Economics Sub Committee (ESC). The DUSC monitors trends and patterns of drug use and publishes utilization data. THE ESC evaluates the cost effectiveness of major submissions to the PBAC. Introduced in 1990, the PBAC was the first official body using formal cost effectiveness analyses as a tool to evaluate the value for money provided by new medicines.

Forum Philosophie & Wirtschaft e.V. at the University of Mainz

Hayek Center for Multidisciplinary Research – with many useful links

Isis Imports Ltd., the oldest Morgan dealership in the U.S., established by Bill Fink in 1968. Located in San Francisco, California.

The official website for the Morgan Motor Company in Malvern Links, England. New Morgans may be ordered online, though there is no guarantee whatsoever that mails will be answered.

In any event, however, there will be a non-refundable build reservation deposit, and the price paid will be taken from the price list current at the time of delivery. The waiting list recently has come down to the region of 12 months.