‘We Would If We Could … but Not Sure If We Can’: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice

What if we could prevent heart failure?

a r k a p D a e c o a d i i a c t fi At 40 years of age, American men and women have a 1 in 5 lifetime risk of the development of heart failure (HF); by the latest estimates, there are 5,700,000 people in the United States who already have a diagnosis of the disease. Moreover, by the year 2030, it is predicted that an additional 3 million Americans will have HF, representing an astounding 25% i...

Can We Get There if We Don ’ t Know Where We ’ re Going ?

Can We Get There if We Don’t Know Where We’re Going? JERRY Reves’ 2006 Rovenstine lecture, which is published in this issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, accurately describes the diminutive research portfolio of American academic anesthesiology departments; among medical specialties, only family medicine garners fewer National Institutes of Health grant dollars per faculty member. His lecture identifies t...

UvA - DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) If we knew ability , how would we tax individuals ?

The suggestion to tax people on earnings capacity instead of earnings has been around for a long time and is attractive in terms of economic efficiency. In this paper we reflect on the feasibility of such a system and give an exploratory empirical implementation. We apply the Leyden Welfare Function of Income, a survey based measure of an individual’s welfare associated with income, to derive i...

If only we all cared.

If we can simulate it, we can insure it: An application to longevity risk management

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