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October 7, 2011 in Current Events | No comments
Nyjer Morgan (a.k.a.) Tony Plush comes through with the game winning hit and the Brewers win 3-2 over the Arizona Diamondback to advance to the NLCS. Go Brew Crew!!!
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May 25, 2012 in HC Statistics, Health Insurance
This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend. It is a time to celebrate the service of current and former members of the military. Although military veterans garner a lot of attention around Memorial Day, some veterans are not having their needs met the rest of the year. A recent study, for instance, finds that many veterans [...]
May 24, 2012 in Current Events
What projects are funded by the CMS Innovation Center? Sick in America. Does drinking coffee improve your health? Diagnostic technology and variation in treatment choices. Healthcare Economist on Find The Best. Stephen A.
May 23, 2012 in Carnivals
Jaan Sidorov of the Disease Management Care Blog hosts this week’s edition of the Health Wonk Review.
May 23, 2012 in Econometrics
Fixed effects (FE) regressions are a useful tool for controlling for time-invariant factors in a regression specification. When using a linear OLS model, FE represent the average value of the dependent variable for that individual after controlling for covariates. Estimating a fixed effects model for non-linear regressions, however, can be problematic. For instance, if you [...]
May 21, 2012 in Uncategorized
Despite lower costs than previously projected, the Medicare Trust Fund is still in bad shape. he estimated exhaustion date for Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, “…remains at 2024,the same year shown in last year’s report. As in past years…the fund is not adequately financed over the next 10 years. HI expenditures in 2011 were [...]
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