Economic Forces and their Effect on Civic Participation Throughout United States History

Health Insurance in the United States | Economic History Services

Prior to 1920, the state of medical technology generally meant that very little could be done for many patients, and that most patients were treated in their homes. Table 1 provides a list of pioneering early advances in medicine. Hospitals did not assume their modern form until after the turn of the century when antiseptic methods were well established. Even then, surgery was often performed i...

Chapter 4 IMPACTS ON COASTAL WETLANDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES

uncertainties inherent in making future projections, the major factors controlling wetland sea level responses can be modeled. This chapter considers possible coastal wetland responses to future sea level rise in the conterminous United States, in order to provide information needed to understand future threats to coastal resources during an anticipated period of unprecedented climatic change. ...

The Genetics of Political Participation, Civic Duty, and Political Efficacy across Cultures: Denmark and the United States

Recent studies have shown that variation in political attitudes and participation can be attributed to both genes and the environment. This finding begs the question of why genes matter to participation, and by which pathways. Two hypotheses suggest that feelings of civic duty and sense of political efficacy intermediate the relationship between genes and political participation and, thus, that...

Economic perspective on the political history of the Second Bank of the United States

Public Spending on Health Service and Policy Research in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Modest Proposal

Health services and policy research (HSPR) represent a multidisciplinary field which integrates knowledge from health economics, health policy, health technology assessment, epidemiology, political science among other fields, to evaluate decisions in health service delivery. Health service decisions are informed by evidence at the clinical, organizational, and policy level, levels with distinct...