... cost-cutting in the health sector remained. 10 Finally, expenditure on interest payments increased by 5.2 percent in 1998, which was solely due to the increase in public debt, since the average interest ... inter-temporal budget constraint of the public sector. If it is not, the adjustment of fiscal parameters in the budget constraint becomes necessary, either now or in the future. In the case that adjustment ... enough. 9 Similarly, spending pressures are present in the health care system. They were addressed by cost-reducing measures in the 1996 and 1997 budgets, including measures to increase the revenues of the health...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20
... environmental costs of obesity: the impact on airlines. Am J Prevent Med. 2004; 27(3):264. 38. Jacobson SH, King DM. Measuring the potential for automobile fuel savings in the US: the impact of obesity. ... factors as the date of measurement, representativeness of the sample, and scope of measurement. Differences in findings may be due to a confluence of factors in the design of the studies, rather than ... receipt of disability income. For men in the NLSY, being obese raises the probability of receiving disability income by 6.92 percentage points, which is equivalent to losing 15.9 years of education....
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 05:21
Tài liệu THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN ppt
... Operating and maintaining these housing units produces an annual economic impact in the City of Austin of $38.5 million in today’s dollars. When the remaining funds are expended in the coming ... the prospective impact of another round of bonds to be issued in 2012. Summary of Findings The construction of housing made possible by the 2006 bond funds has produced an economic impact in ... Austinites earning more than $130 million in income. The total impact on the Austin economy just from building and rehabilitating housing from these bonds is nearly $350 million. As the remaining...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20
Tài liệu From Burden to “Best Buys”: Reducing the Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pdf
... country income category). The total burden is lowest in the low-income countries, in part because the value of lost earnings in this group is low and in part because the total population of this ... incurred as a result of its use. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this overview do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health ... considered in terms of overall health spending, these costs constitute only a tiny portion of total health spending – 4% in low-income countries, 2% in lower middle-income countries and less than 1% in...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu The high price of pain: the economic impact of persistent pain in Australia pdf
... individuals out of 23 were females. Only one of the deceased individuals in the group with widespread pain had a known malignancy at the time of the initial survey. However the causes of the ... widespread pain at the outset. During the 12-year period of the study, 23 out of 214 individuals died (or 10.7%): 5 from the 73 individuals without chronic pain at the start of the study (or ... Cousins, 2004). Some of the changes in nerve functions thought to explain the abnormal sensations and sensitisation found in neuropathic pain include reduced descending inhibition in the CNS (the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 20:20
Situational analysis of the socioeconomic conditions of orphans and vulnerable children in seven districts in Botswana pot
... benefit the orphans. In cases where caregivers move in with orphans, bringing in their families, they end up taking the supplies of orphans to feed and clothe their own children. Some of the caregivers ... for interviews, such as introducing themselves, explaining the purpose of the study, and seeking consent, were used. Verbal or signed consent was invited after reading the consent form to the ... as there are cases of families where parents died leaving children behind without any form of housing. In some cases, the presence of care-takers brings in the possibility of sexual abuse. The...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:22
The Economic Impact of Cloud Computing on Business Creation, Employment and Output in Europe pdf
... on the reduction in the fixed cost associated with the introduction of cloud computing. The increase in the marginal cost of production is endogenous and depends on the technological choices of ... Evaluating the Economic Impact of Cloud Computing: Results for EU Countries In this section we report the results of our experiment on the introduction and dif - fusion of cloud computing in the ... analyze the economic impact of the gradual introduction of cloud computing and we emphasize its role in foster- ing business creation and competition thanks to the reduction of the fixed costs of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20
THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRANTS IN RECESSION AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION ppt
... but they do increase productivity and hence average income This inding is consistent with the broad existing literature on the impact of immigration in the United States A new analysis of the ... rates but they do increase productivity and hence average income This inding is consistent with the broad existing literature on the impact of immigration in the United States In the short ... of each of those terms to the net immigration rate ie to the in low of working immigrants as percentage of initial employment in the short and long run The estimated effects indicate the...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20
An estimation of the economic impact of chronic noncommunicable diseases in selected countries ppt
... presentation of the data and their sources, as well as variables applied to the model, including the approach to estimation; 4. A presentation of the results of the analysis; 5. The discussion of the ... changes in the majority of the assumptions, including the costs of treatment, suggesting that the impact on chronic diseases on the countries’ economy is not equivalent to what they cost the countries ... growth by the addition of the human capital component in addition to the labour input (9). Education capital was initially commonly added to explain the human capital impact of disease in the growth...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo sinh học: " Impact of changes in diet on the availability of land, energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture" pot
... Methodology of energy accounting Definition of the goal and scope for energy accounting in conventional agriculture in Austria In line with the goal definition and principles of LCA (ISO, ... compliance of the Austrian population with the recommendations of the DGE. Today, meat consumption in Austria exceeds the levels recommended in healthy eating guidelines. According to the DGE ... areas, and the amount of fallow land cannot increase beyond the level observed in the baseline period [47]. In the import/export scenario, net imports change in proportion to the change in food...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Understanding and assessing the impact of treatment in diabetes: the Treatment-Related Impact Measures for Diabetes and Devices (TRIM-Diabetes and TRIM-Diabetes Device)" pdf
... drafted the manuscript. MH and TC assisted in the design of the study and in the drafting of the manuscript. SL assisted in the conducting of inter- views, analysis of the data and the drafting of the ... point whereby no new information was gathered regarding the treatment impact of inhaled and pump delivered insulin. This data was then combined with the information gained from the TRIAD measure interviews ... medication, insu- lin by syringe, insulin by pen, insulin by pump or GLP-1 pen). It was not possible to include patients using inhaled insulin as it was no longer commercially available at the time of the...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
báo cáo hóa học: "Measuring the impact of health problems among adults with limited mobility in Thailand: further validation of the Perceived Impact of Problem Profile" docx
... disability in Thailand. Methods The study was conducted in urban, rural and remote areas of Khon Kaen Province in the Northeast Region (Isaan), the setting of the Thai arm of the RESILIENCE study. The Isaan ... work in the fields or participate in wage labor because of their impairment, subsequently impacting on their endorsement of the item. The construct validity of the PIPP was assessed using the Thai ... was then translated into Thai, drawing on ethno- graphic data collected during early phases of the study, with the intent and precise meanings of terms discussed and pre-tested during training....
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo toán học: " Impact of changes in diet on the availability of land, energy demand, and greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture" docx
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "On the dosimetric impact of inhomogeneity management in the Acuros XB algorithm for breast treatment" pot
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21