The translation and cultural adaptation of the Child Behavior Checklist for use in Israel (Hebrew), Korea, the US (Spanish), India (Malayalam and Kannada), and Spain.

Background: The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is a caregiver rating scale for assessing the behavioral profile of children. It was developed in the US, and has been extensively translated and used in a large number of studies internationally.

Objective: The objective of this study was to translate the CBCL into six languages using a rigorous translation methodology, placing particular emphasis on cultural adaptation and ensuring that the measure has content validity with carers of children with epilepsy.

Hospital reimbursement price cap for cancer drugs: the French experience in controlling hospital drug expenditures.

Background: In 2005, the French Government implemented a new way of financing high-cost drugs for hospitals in order to promote innovation. Such drugs are gathered on a positive list, established by the Ministry of Health, with a reimbursement price cap. Hospitals still negotiate with pharmaceutical firms, who set their prices freely, and then charge the national health insurance according to their consumption, without budgetary constraints, but on the condition of good use of care.

Causes and consequences of injuries in children in Western Australia.

Objective: To identify the common causes and consequences of pediatric injury-related admission to an Australian children's hospital.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at a pediatric teaching hospital. Patients < 18 years of age hospitalized between March 1, 2007 and April 30, 2007 were included.

A comprehensive review of the literature on epilepsy in selected countries in emerging markets.

Aims: To perform a systematic literature review of studies in peer reviewed journals on the epidemiology, economics, and treatment patterns of epilepsy in selected countries in emerging markets.

Methods: A literature search was performed using relevant search terms to identify articles published from 1999 to 2000 on the epidemiology, economics, and treatment patterns of epilepsy. Studies were identified through electronic Embase(®), Cochrane(©), MEDLINE(®), and PubMed(®) databases.

Retrospective drug utilization review: impact of pharmacist interventions on physician prescribing.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of retrospective drug utilization review (RDUR), pharmacist's interventions on physician prescribing, and the level of spillover effect on future prescriptions following the intervention.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted at a pharmacy benefits management company using the available prescription data from April 2004 to August 2005. RDUR conflicts evaluated and intervened by a clinical pharmacist served as a case group, whereas conflicts that were not evaluated and intervened by a clinical pharmacist served as a control group.