The costs and benefits of fast living

The Costs and Benefits of Fast Living By Karen

Growth rates play a fundamental role in many areas of biology (Q. Rev. Biol., 67, 1992, 283; Life History Invariants. Some Explorations of Symmetry in Evolutionary Biology, 1993; Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci., 351, 1996, 1341; Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties, 2002; Trends Ecol. Evol., 18, 2003, 471; Q. Rev. Biol., 78, 2003, 23; J. Ecol., 95, 2007, 92...

Unemployment Benefits, Wages, and Living Costs

*Bureau of Employment Security, Program Division. 1 Issues in Social Security, a report to the House Committee on Ways and Means by the Committee's Social Security Technical Staff (79th Cong., 1st sess.), 1946, p. 388. O N E FEATURE of the Sta te unemployment insurance laws in this country about which there has been very little disagreement is the principle of r e lating weekly benefits to pas ...

Clinical Governance: Costs and Benefits

Increased Living Costs and Social Security Benefits

T HE inroads of inflation on the living standards of social security beneficiaries have become familiar in many countries and have induced counter-measures of various sorts. The diversity of legislative action undertaken on behalf of retired beneficiaries serves to underline the virtually unanimous approval of higher benefits when they are required. Inspection of individual programs shows some ...

Interrelation of Preventive Care Benefits and Shared Costs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. By removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. Early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...