Publications
Choosing a new CD4 technology: can statistical method comparison tools influence the decision? Institute of Tropical Medicine University of Antwerp
Background: Method comparison tools are used to determine the accuracy, precision, agreement, and clinical relevance of a new or improved technology versus a reference technology. Guidelines for the most appropriate method comparison tools as well as their acceptable limits are lacking and not standardized for CD4 counting technologies.
Methods: Different method comparison tools were applied to a previously published CD4 dataset ...
Towards a decision tool for choosing a business process maturity model University of Antwerp Ghent University
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Using Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing in Circular Building Design: A Case Study for Wall Partitioning Systems in the Circular Retrofit Lab Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Circular Economy (CE) paradigm has been gaining momentum. However, the tools and methods used to design, measure and implement circularity are not immediately suitable for decision making and practice by key stakeholders. This article details a qualitative and a quantitative method to evaluate characteristics such as circularity, adaptability and reuse of building elements amongst others in order to provide decision-makers, such as ...
Production-theory based performance benchmarking in practice: closing the gap between frontier analysis research and user-tailored decision support Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to support Library Management Decisions: A Case Study for Lending and Returning Processes KU Leuven
Women's view on shared decision making and autonomy in childbirth Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Health care providers have an important role to share evidence based information and empower patients to make informed choices. Previous studies indicate that shared decision making in pregnancy and childbirth may have an important impact on a woman's birth experience. In Flemish social media, a large number of women expressed their concern about their birth experience, where they felt loss of control and limited possibilities to ...
A Cross-sectional Analysis of Motivation and Decision Making in Referrals to Lifestyle Interventions by Primary Care General Practitioners Vrije Universiteit Brussel
To explore (1) general practitioners' (GPs') motivations to refer to lifestyle interventions and to investigate the association between GPs' own lifestyle behaviors and their referral behavior and (2) patient indicators in the decision-making process of the GPs' referral to lifestyle interventions.
METHOD:
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 99 Dutch primary care GPs. Their motivation to refer was assessed by ...