Dynamic connectedness network in economic policy uncertainties

This study investigates the dynamic connectedness across nine economic policy uncertainty indexes. Our results indicate that the total spillover index is on average 67.4%, indicating a high level of interconnectedness across the nine indexes. In particular, the EU is the largest transmitter of uncertainty connectedness. In addition, China becomes a net transmitter of connectedness during the global financial crisis and European debt crisis. This finding indicates that the uncertainty of Chinese economic policy is an important contributor to the connectedness of the uncertainty network.     

信用约束背景下公民公平信贷权的实现——以金融消费者征信权益保护为视角

我国信贷消费市场目前整体来看仍处在供方市场,作为信贷需求一方的金融消费者则相对处于弱势地位.在当前我国征信体系建设处于发展完善期的背景下,由于金融消费者征信权益受损而导致公平信贷权受侵害的情况屡有发生.通过对因金融消费者征信权益受损而影响其信贷权利的原因进行剖析,提出了现阶段提高征信权益保护水平、维护消费者公平信贷权利的对策建议.     

计划外毕业生信息管理系统的设计与实现

介绍了计划外毕业生信息管理系统的实现基础、数据库设计、安全性设计、界面设计等,此系统实现了计划外毕业生的信息化管理,取得了较好的效果。     

中国老年保障体系发展中的政府作用

老年保障体系是整个社会保障体系的重要组成部分,从老年保障体系的属性和政府的职能定位来说,需要充分发挥政府在老年保障体系发展中的作用。目前,老年保障体系还存在诸多问题,老年人的各类需求还难以得到满足,这与政府未能充分、合理地发挥作用息息相关。未来老年保障体系的发展,需要处理好政府与相关主体之间的关系,加强政府在老年保障体系发展中的宣传引导与统筹规划,进一步完善老年保障体系的相关法规与政策,完善政府对老年保障体系的财政投入机制,充分发挥政府的组织实施与监督管理作用。     

A budget impact analysis for making treatment decisions based on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) testing in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Aim: Given that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with high anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) titer values respond well to abatacept, the aim of this study was to estimate the annual budget impact of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) testing and treatment selection based on anti-CCP test results.

Materials and methods: Budget impact analysis was conducted for patients with moderate-to-severe RA on biologic or Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) treatment from a hypothetical US commercial payer perspective. The following market scenarios were compared: (1) 90% of target patients receive anti-CCP testing and the results of anti-CCP testing do not impact the treatment selection; (2) 100% of target patients receive anti-CCP testing and the results of anti-CCP testing have an impact on treatment selection such that an increased proportion of patients with high titer of ACPA receive abatacept. A hypothetical assumption was made that the use of abatacept would be increased by 2% in Scenario 2 versus 1. Scenario analyses were conducted by varying the target population and rebate rates.

Results: In a hypothetical health plan with one million insured adults, 2,181 patients would be on a biologic or JAKi treatment for moderate-to-severe RA. In Scenario 1, the anti-CCP test cost was $186,155 and annual treatment cost was $101,854,295, totaling to $102,040,450. In Scenario 2, the anti-CCP test cost increased by $20,684 and treatment cost increased by $160,467, totaling an overall budget increase of $181,151. This was equivalent to a per member per month (PMPM) increase of $0.015. The budget impact results were consistently negligible across the scenario analyses.

Limitations: The analysis only considered testing and medication costs. Some parameters used in the analysis, such as the rebate rates, are not generalizable and health plan-specific.

Conclusions: Testing RA patients to learn their ACPA status and increasing use of abatacept among high-titer ACPA patients result in a small increase in the total budget (<2 cents PMPM).     

新中国70年马克思主义政治经济学的回顾与展望——第八届全国马克思主义经济学论坛暨第九届全国马克思主义经济学青年论坛综述

马克思主义政治经济学的中国化发展是马克思主义中国化的重要内容之一,与时俱进地创新发展马克思主义政治经济学、构建中国特色社会主义政治经济学理论体系,是当前学术界研究的重要议题。2019年是新中国成立70周年,为全面梳理和总结马克思主义政治经济学70年来在中国的发展历程与重要贡献,深入研究70年来我国经济发展中的重大理论和现实问题,科学认识当代资本主义的发展与困境,推动中国特色社会主义政治经济学的构建和马克思主义政治经济学理论体系的丰富与发展.     

A discrete choice experiment to assess patients’ preferences for HIV treatment in the urban population in Colombia

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to assess patients’ preferences for HIV treatment in an urban Colombian population.

Methods: A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was conducted. Urban Colombian HIV patients were asked to repetitively choose between two hypothetical treatments that differ in regard to five attributes ‘effect on life expectancy’, ‘effect on physical activity’, ‘risk of moderate side effects, ‘accessibility to clinic’ and ‘economic cost to access controls’. Twelve choice sets were made using an efficient design. A Mixed Logit Panel Model was used for the analysis and subgroup analyses were performed according to age, gender, education level and sexual preference.

Results: A total of 224 HIV patients were included. All attributes were significant, indicating that there were differences between at least two levels of each attribute. Patients preferred to be able to perform all physical activity without difficulty, to have large positive effects on life expectancy, to travel less than 2?h, to have lower risk of side-effects and to have subsidized travel costs. The attributes ‘effect on physical activity’ and ‘effects on life expectancy’ were deemed the most important. Sub-analyses showed that higher educated patients placed more importance on the large positive effects of HIV treatment, and a more negative preference for subsidized travel cost (5% level).

Limitations: A potential limitation is selection bias as it is difficult to make a systematic urban/rural division of respondents. Additional, questionnaires were partly administered in the waiting rooms, which potentially led to some noise in the data.

Conclusions: Findings suggests that short-term efficacy (i.e. effect on physical activity) and long-term efficacy (i.e. effect on life expectancy) are the most important treatment characteristics for HIV urban patients in Colombia. Preference data could provide relevant information for clinical and policy decision-making to optimize HIV care.     

Travel app users’ continued use intentions: it’s a matter of value and trust

This study examines the factors that influence the continued use intention of mobile apps designed for travel-related purposes. Interviews with 22 individuals provided data for developing a conceptual model of travel app continued use intention. The model draws on the expectation confirmation model framework, as well as interviews, to illustrate the relationship between functional value, hedonic value, satisfaction, and trust, and to discuss the link between moderators of familiarity, travel purposes, travel app types, and technology proficiency as predictors on continued use. The study’s results establish an in-depth understanding of continued use for travel apps.     

虚拟物流研究概况及其发展

虚拟物流理论研究是一个只有10余年研究历史的斯领域.文中总结了虚拟物流的理论研究 10 余年来的理论成果,建立了现有虚拟物流理论的框架体系.从虚拟物流本质、虚拟物流构建、虚拟物流运行管理和虚拟物流信息化四个方面对目前的研究成果进行了总结,并对虚拟物流理论研究的方向进行了阐述.