86. The actual states of mammography (2nd report)

2nd Year Dphil Report

2nd Annual Report on Strees

The 2nd Verified Software Competition: Experience Report

We report on the second verified software competition. It was organized by the three authors on a 48 hours period on November 8–10, 2011. This paper describes the competition, presents the five problems that were proposed to the participants, and gives an overview of the solutions sent by the 29 teams that entered the competition.

Nursing home bed capacity in the States, 1978-86

Trends in nursing home bed supply in the States show large variations in beds per population and a gradual decline in supply per aged population. A cross-sectional time-series regression analysis was used to examine some factors associated with nursing home bed supply. Variation was accounted for by economic factors, supply of alternative services, and climate. State Medicaid reimbursement rate...

Aggregate cost of mammography screening in the United States.

BACKGROUND Controversy exists over how often and at what age mammography screening should be implemented. Given that evidence supports less frequent screening, the cost differences among advocated screening policies should be better understood. OBJECTIVE To estimate the aggregate cost of mammography screening in the United States in 2010 and compare the costs of policy recommendations by prof...