Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third…
Background: The net economic value of increased health care spending remains unclear, especially for chronic diseases. Objective: To assess…
The economic value of improvements in health status
for patients with type 2 diabetes seems to exceed or equal increases
in health care…
The author reflects on the state of public schools in the
U.S. under the administration of President Barack Obama. Ratings given
by the…
The article reviews the book
"Wrestling With Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master
Builder and Transformed the American City…
If Congress creates a public option in health-care insurance, will that inevitably lead to a single-payer system, with the government…
A broad consensus holds that increased medical capability—technology—is the primary driver of health spending growth. However, technology…
Spending on health care in markets with a larger percentage of primary care physicians (PCPs) is lower at any point in time than is true in…
Dartmouth researchers have demonstrated that there is tremendous geographic variation in the efficiency of health care delivery systems,…
What do Americans think about their schools? More important, perhaps, what would it take to change their minds? Can a president at the peak…