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- Who's Your City?: What Is a Megaregion?
- Forget the best cities to work in. Richard Florida envisions a world in which megaregions -- composed of several cities -- represent a new and powerful economic unit. Adapted from Florida's new book Who's Your City? Today, megaregions range in size from 10...
- Articles 2008-03-19
- Population-Based Health Care: Definitions and Applications
- The terms "population" or "population based" are increasingly coupled with "health," "health care," "medicine," "medical care," or "managed care" to indicate a changing reality in the organization and delivery of health care in the United States. In this brief review, we highlight key elements of this emerging phenomenon and provide...
- White papers 2000-11-01
- The Ageing Population: Implications for the Australian Workforce
- Hudson provides insight into the opportunities and challenges that Australian employers face with respect to the maturing population and its implications for workforce culture. It also canvasses potential solutions and approaches to addressing this issue in their own organisation. This whitepaper was commissioned thus, in seeking to respond to the...
- White papers 2004-07-13
- Rearranging the Life Cycle
- It's no secret that the U.S. population is aging. According to census data, 13 percent of the population is age 65 and older. By 2030, 20 percent of Americans, about 70 million, will be over 65. The population age 85 and above is currently the fastest-growing segment of the older...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Hitting the Wall: Credit as an Impediment to Homeownership
- This paper analyzes the changing trends in credit quality for the overall population and demographic subgroups in the United States. The paper discusses the role that poor credit quality plays in limiting household access to homeownership. The paper begins by tracing how the proportion of the overall, minority, and lower-income...
- White papers 2003-11-13
- Mismanaged Rib Fractures In The Elderly Population & The Burdens Of The Healthcare System
- With the elderly population expected to increase significantly over the next few decades, healthcare systems understand the burden that is projected to come. With shortages of nurses and physicians, the healthcare industry is struggling to manage and prepare for the extensive treatments needed by the elderly population, including the additional...
- White papers 2007-12-07
- VIVUS Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jason Butler - Rodman & Renshaw. Jason Butler - Rodman & Renshaw I was just wondering if you could give us some background on the methodology you’re using to assess changes in cognitive function in the EQUIP and CONQUER...
- Earnings calls 2009-03-09
- America Service Group Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes form the line of Kevin Campbell with Avondale Partners. Please proceed with your question. Kevin Campbell – Avondale Partners Thank you, good morning and thanks for taking my question. I wanted see if you guys could give us a little...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-30
- Freemales, Spuds and Salary Miners | BTalk Australia
- The 2008 MOSAIC analysis showed the emergence of three consumer groups --- Freemales, Spuds and Salary Miners. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Graham Plant, Managing Director of Pacific Micromarketing, to explain what these groups are and how demographic tools like MOSAIC compare with psychographic based techniques for segmenting...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Care for Californians
- As the elderly population grows and the majority of the dying patients from this population suffer from chronic illness, the quality of end-of-care has become increasingly important for them. This paper describes about optimizing the utilization of expensive resources, reducing unnecessary hospitalization and undesirable life-sustaining interventions to help the elderly...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- Improving Quality of Care for Californians With Heart Failure
- Heart failure HF is a widespread and costly complex clinical syndrome that primarily affects the elderly. Although mortality has steadily declined, HF remains a progressive and ultimately fatal condition. With nearly 4 million beneficiaries, California is home to 10 percent of the nation's Medicare population. Heart failure is the most...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- Dietary Intake of Fats and Fatty Acids for the United States Population: 1999-2000
- This paper presents dietary intake estimates for fats and fatty acids from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, for the U.S. population. These include: total fat; total saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fat; individual fatty acids; and cholesterol. Fat intakes are estimated from one 24-hour dietary recall interview. Population...
- White papers 2004-11-08
- Dietary Intake of Selected Minerals for the United States Population: 1999-2000
- This report presents dietary intake estimates for selected minerals from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, for the U.S. population. These minerals included: calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sodium, and zinc. Mineral intakes are estimated from one 24-hour dietary recall interview. Population means, medians, and standard...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- Dietary Intake of Selected Vitamins for the United States Population: 1999-2000
- This report presents dietary intake estimates for selected B-vitamins, carotenes, and vitamins A, C, and E from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, for the U.S. population. Vitamin intakes are estimated from one 24-hour dietary recall interview. Population means, medians, and standard errors of the mean are weighted...
- White papers 2004-03-12
- Dietary Intake of Ten Key Nutrients for Public Health, United States: 1999-2000
- This report presents dietary intake estimates of 10 nutrients for the U.S. population by sex and age groups. Nutrient intakes are estimated from one 24-hour dietary recall interview conducted in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000. Population means, medians, and standard errors of the mean are weighted to...
- White papers 2003-04-17
- Recovering Volatility From Option Prices by Evolutionary Optimization
- This paper proposes a probabilistic approach for estimating parameters of an option-pricing model from a set of observed option prices. The approach is based on a stochastic optimization algorithm, which generates a random sample from the set of global minima of the in-sample pricing error and allows for the existence...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Relationship of Broiler Flock Numbers to Litter Microflora
- Allowing litter to build up in broiler houses is a common practice. This practice is accompanied by changes in the birds' environment, such as increases in ammonia emissions and litter pH. In order to evaluate mechanisms for control of the environment, it is important to understand the microbiological population and...
- White papers 2003-03-07
- Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: Analysis of the March 2004 Current Population Survey
- This paper examines the status of health insurance coverage in the United States. The data are based primarily on the March 2004 Current Population Survey CPS, with some analysis based on other CPS surveys. The report focuses on the nonelderly population (under age 65) because this group can receive health...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Prognosis for Long-Term Survival and Renal Recovery in Critically Ill Patients With Severe Acute Renal Failure: A Population-Based Study
- Severe Acute Renal Failure sARF is associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and use of healthcare resources; however, its precise epidemiology and long-term outcomes have not been well described in a non-specified population. Population-based surveillance was conducted among all adult residents of the Calgary Health Region (population 1 million) admitted to...
- White papers 2005-10-25
- Print Readers Aging Faster than Population as a Whole
- OK, we know that print has a lot of problems, but here's another one to add to the list: the average age of those who read print publications is aging faster than the population as a whole, according to a story in Advertising Age. If that finding is a little...
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
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