Preface – How much are the keywords worth?

Economics. How much are human lives and health worth?

How much is your practice worth?

he first truism regarding the value of your chiropractic practice is that no national standards exist for appraising the worth of your business. Pricing a chiropractic practice—whether for purposes of sale or purchase—more closely resembles evaluating an important work of art or an antique automobile. As with these items, each practice is unique. There may be something comparable, and there cou...

Reducing Ozone How Much Is It Worth?

In recent years, ozone alerts on hot days have become commonplace in the media. They warn the public in a given area to avoid prolonged outdoor activity and thus limit their exposure to ozone in outdoor air. It has become generally accepted that exposure to high concentrations of ozone can be detrimental to health, particularly in sensitive populations such as children, the elderly, and people ...

How much is it worth a smile?

Not long ago, about 400 orthodontists attended an Orthodontics Congress held in Maringá, a city inland of Brazil. Everyone was overjoyed with the power of quality and content disclosed by the presentations , and that was heard through the walls of the congress. One could certainly claim that was the best congress held in the last years. Many missed that opportunity; thus, the quality of the eve...

How Much Is Investor Autonomy Worth?

There is a worldwide trend towards defined contribution savings plans, where investors are often able to select their own portfolios. How much is this freedom of choice worth? We present retirement investors with information about the distribution of outcomes they could expect to obtain from the portfolios they picked for themselves, and the same information for the median portfolio selected by...