Are We Confident of Across-Hospital Mortality Comparisons?

Are Americans Confident Their Ballots Are Counted?

Building on the literature that investigates citizen and voter trust in government, we analyze the topic of voter confidence in the American electoral process. Our data comes from two national telephone surveys where voters were asked the confidence they have that their vote for president in the 2004 election was recorded as intended. We present preliminary evidence that suggests confidence in ...

Socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: comparisons across nine developing countries.

This paper generates and analyses survey data on inequalities in mortality among infants and children aged under five years by consumption in Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, and Viet Nam. The data were obtained from the Living Standards Measurement Study and the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Mortality rates were estimated...

Molecular Targets for Endometriosis Therapy: Where We Are and Where We Are Going?

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Can hospital mortality comparisons ever be fit for purpose?

Mortality Assumptions : Where Are We Going ?

Hemoglobin A1c and the Elderly ...................... 6 Continued next page In today’s competitive term life insurance market, direct writers are revisiting their list of pricing assumptions to develop more accurate forecasts of future performance. The mortality improvement assumption is one that is under close scrutiny. Historically, even companies that did not incorporate an improvement assum...