When does self-interest influence public opinion on contentious public policies? The bulk of theory in political science suggests that self-interest is only a minor force in public opinion.
As the population ages and life expectancy at older ages increase, it becomes more challenging for individuals, firms, and governments to finance adequate living standards in retirement.
We investigated labor force and health outcomes in cities experiencing fiscal difficulties to assess how those difficulties might impact their employees.
epsis is a common cause of mortality and morbidity affecting over 1.5 million individuals annually in the United States alone.
An international regulatory commission convened by scientific academies is a premature and problematic approach to governing human germline genome editing.
Objective: To compare existing algorithms for classifying screening vs diagnostic colonoscopies and to quantify the increase in screening colonoscopy rates when Medicare began reimbursement in 2001 an
Ordeals are burdens placed on individuals that yield no direct benefits to others. They represent a dead-weight loss.
The article offers information on association between income and life expectancy.
Being diagnosed with cancer often forces patients and families to make difficult medical decisions.
Motivated by operational challenges facing adopters of new technologies in the service industry, we study how to admit and schedule customers from a pool of heterogeneous potential users when capacity
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