Background: Quantity, quality, and impact of scientific publications are used to assess national, institutional, and individual levels of research productivity. While the importance of quality research is stressed among the medical research community, minimal research has been conducted on analyzing which factors affect research productivity. Current literature assesses the quality of research institutions...
Background: In cost-effectiveness analyses, Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALY) remains one of the most widely used health effect measure. Among the various methods of estimating utility values, time trade-off (TTO) has traditionally been one of the dominant methods for eliciting utilities, however it has been presenting several practical impediments to provide a high and fast collecting process.Objective: To te...