Bob De Graaff
Biographic Data
| ID | 114098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bob De Graaff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bob |
| FAMILY NAME | De Graaff |
| SIGNATURE | DE GRAAFF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0743-9561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Financial penalty associated with a decline in hospital-acquired complications in Australia
Evidence for pay-for-performance (p4p) and hospital patient safety has been inconclusive. • A p4p policy targeting hospital-acquired complications was introduced across Australia. • The policy’s introduction was associated with a decline in complications. • No evidence of gaming and systematic miscoding was observed. • P4p may can potentially complement other efforts to improve safety of hospital care. Adverse events during hospital care are a gl…
Critical Dialogue
Assessing health state utilities for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Australia using the EQ-5D-5L, AQoL-8D and EQ-5D-5L-psychosocial instruments
ME/CFS has a profound impact on HRQoL. The AQoL-8D and EQ-5D-5L-Psychosocial can be used interchangeably: the latter represents a reduced participant burden
Prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in Australian primary care patients
ME/CFS affects a substantial number of Australians. Whilst this study provides prevalence estimates for the Australian primary care setting, the qualitative evidence highlights the limitations of these. Future research should focus on using robust case ascertainment criteria in a community setting. Quantification of the burden of disease can be used to inform health policy and planning, for this understudied condition
The relative contribution of co-morbidities to health-related quality of life of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using the Assessment of Quality of Life-8-Dimension multi-attribute utility i…
Assessment of health-related quality of life in Australian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The EQ-5D-5L demonstrated superior performance when compared to AQoL-8D in persons with IPF. This may be attributable to the high symptom burden which is physically debilitating to which the EQ-5D-5L may be more sensitive
The impact of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on health state utility values
Impact of overweight and obesity on life expectancy, quality-adjusted life years and lifetime costs in the adult population of Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Prior studies have revealed the increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated health effects among ageing adults in resource poor countries. However, no study has examined the long-term and economic impact of overweight and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, we quantified the long-term impact of overweight and obesity on life expectancy (LE), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and total direct healthcare costs. METHODS…
Health service utilization and direct healthcare costs associated with obesity in older adult population in Ghana
Obesity is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases and disabilities, with severe implications on morbidity and mortality among older adults. With an increasing prevalence of obesity among older adults in Ghana, it has become necessary to develop cost-effective strategies for its management and prevention. However, developing such strategies is challenging as body mass index (BMI)-specific utilization and costs required for cost-effectivenes…
Annual transition probabilities of overweight and obesity in older adults
How to Keep Our Youth Away From Is
The German war theorist Carl von Clausewitz pointed out that in order to defeat an opponent one had to crush his point of gravitation (Schwerpunkt).[1] In the case of non-state opponents, like the Islamic State, which do occupy territory, but more or less in a nomadic way, moving like a snake among the rocks, it is difficult to target a physical point of gravitation. In fact their Schwerpunkt is their ideological narrative, which functions as a r…
Training Intelligence Producers and Consumers for the Future
Bringing politics back in
While it is sensible that governments and academics endeavour to assess the effectiveness of counterterrorism policies, this article argues that it is almost impossible to measure arithmetically the outcome of counterterrorism efforts for a variety of reasons. However, this does not mean that the effect of governmental policy cannot and should not be assessed. This article argues that it is not necessarily the policy measures and their intended r…
The Difference between Legal Proof and Historical Evidence. The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Case of Srebrenica
On 11 March 2006 the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in his prison cell in The Hague, where the case against him at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was nearing its end. Many people voiced their disappointment about the fact that Milosevic would never receive his verdict. Although this disillusionment is understandable, Milosevic's death also saved the prosecutors and the Tribunal from deliv…
Hot Intelligence in the Tropics
Just before the outbreak of the first world war, the Japanese threat became a prominent issue in Dutch colonial policy. In 1912 a government committee was set up to re-evaluate the defence of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) in the light of the changed situation in Asia. In its report of May 19131 the committee concluded that developments in Asia forecast a period of unrest rather than of calm. The loss of the Indies, according to the committee,…
Bringing politics back in
While it is sensible that governments and academics endeavour to assess the effectiveness of counterterrorism policies, this article argues that it is almost impossible to measure arithmetically the outcome of counterterrorism efforts for a variety of reasons. However, this does not mean that the effect of governmental policy cannot and should not be assessed. This article argues that it is not necessarily the policy measures and their intended r…
Annual transition probabilities of overweight and obesity in older adults
How to Keep Our Youth Away From Is
The German war theorist Carl von Clausewitz pointed out that in order to defeat an opponent one had to crush his point of gravitation (Schwerpunkt).[1] In the case of non-state opponents, like the Islamic State, which do occupy territory, but more or less in a nomadic way, moving like a snake among the rocks, it is difficult to target a physical point of gravitation. In fact their Schwerpunkt is their ideological narrative, which functions as a r…
Hot Intelligence in the Tropics
Just before the outbreak of the first world war, the Japanese threat became a prominent issue in Dutch colonial policy. In 1912 a government committee was set up to re-evaluate the defence of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) in the light of the changed situation in Asia. In its report of May 19131 the committee concluded that developments in Asia forecast a period of unrest rather than of calm. The loss of the Indies, according to the committee,…
Hot Intelligence in the Tropics
Just before the outbreak of the first world war, the Japanese threat became a prominent issue in Dutch colonial policy. In 1912 a government committee was set up to re-evaluate the defence of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) in the light of the changed situation in Asia. In its report of May 19131 the committee concluded that developments in Asia forecast a period of unrest rather than of calm. The loss of the Indies, according to the committee,…
The Difference between Legal Proof and Historical Evidence. The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Case of Srebrenica
On 11 March 2006 the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in his prison cell in The Hague, where the case against him at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was nearing its end. Many people voiced their disappointment about the fact that Milosevic would never receive his verdict. Although this disillusionment is understandable, Milosevic's death also saved the prosecutors and the Tribunal from deliv…
Bringing politics back in
While it is sensible that governments and academics endeavour to assess the effectiveness of counterterrorism policies, this article argues that it is almost impossible to measure arithmetically the outcome of counterterrorism efforts for a variety of reasons. However, this does not mean that the effect of governmental policy cannot and should not be assessed. This article argues that it is not necessarily the policy measures and their intended r…
Training Intelligence Producers and Consumers for the Future
How to Keep Our Youth Away From Is
The German war theorist Carl von Clausewitz pointed out that in order to defeat an opponent one had to crush his point of gravitation (Schwerpunkt).[1] In the case of non-state opponents, like the Islamic State, which do occupy territory, but more or less in a nomadic way, moving like a snake among the rocks, it is difficult to target a physical point of gravitation. In fact their Schwerpunkt is their ideological narrative, which functions as a r…
Impact of overweight and obesity on life expectancy, quality-adjusted life years and lifetime costs in the adult population of Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Prior studies have revealed the increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated health effects among ageing adults in resource poor countries. However, no study has examined the long-term and economic impact of overweight and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, we quantified the long-term impact of overweight and obesity on life expectancy (LE), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and total direct healthcare costs. METHODS…
Health service utilization and direct healthcare costs associated with obesity in older adult population in Ghana
Obesity is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases and disabilities, with severe implications on morbidity and mortality among older adults. With an increasing prevalence of obesity among older adults in Ghana, it has become necessary to develop cost-effective strategies for its management and prevention. However, developing such strategies is challenging as body mass index (BMI)-specific utilization and costs required for cost-effectivenes…
Annual transition probabilities of overweight and obesity in older adults
The impact of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on health state utility values
Prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in Australian primary care patients
ME/CFS affects a substantial number of Australians. Whilst this study provides prevalence estimates for the Australian primary care setting, the qualitative evidence highlights the limitations of these. Future research should focus on using robust case ascertainment criteria in a community setting. Quantification of the burden of disease can be used to inform health policy and planning, for this understudied condition
The relative contribution of co-morbidities to health-related quality of life of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using the Assessment of Quality of Life-8-Dimension multi-attribute utility i…
Assessment of health-related quality of life in Australian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The EQ-5D-5L demonstrated superior performance when compared to AQoL-8D in persons with IPF. This may be attributable to the high symptom burden which is physically debilitating to which the EQ-5D-5L may be more sensitive
Critical Dialogue
Assessing health state utilities for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Australia using the EQ-5D-5L, AQoL-8D and EQ-5D-5L-psychosocial instruments
ME/CFS has a profound impact on HRQoL. The AQoL-8D and EQ-5D-5L-Psychosocial can be used interchangeably: the latter represents a reduced participant burden
Financial penalty associated with a decline in hospital-acquired complications in Australia
Evidence for pay-for-performance (p4p) and hospital patient safety has been inconclusive. • A p4p policy targeting hospital-acquired complications was introduced across Australia. • The policy’s introduction was associated with a decline in complications. • No evidence of gaming and systematic miscoding was observed. • P4p may can potentially complement other efforts to improve safety of hospital care. Adverse events during hospital care are a gl…
Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Quality of life (healthcare (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)