News tagged with policy makers
School closures slow spread of pH1N1: study
Closing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work
Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Jo ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Social marketing is best option for helping consumers navigate new health care system, study says
New research out of the University of Utah (the U) David Eccles School of Business shows social marketing tools are crucial to the success of health care providers in their efforts to help consumers navigate the new ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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York researchers publish major study on crisis in Yemen
Facing the complexities of popular unrest, the threat of civil war and the continuing war on terror, Yemen poses both a major concern and challenging dilemmas for international policy makers.
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Jun 07, 2011 |
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Migration an overlooked health policy issue: New series
If internal and international migrants comprised a nation, it would be the third most populous country in the world, just after China and India. Thus, there can be little doubt that population mobility is among the leading ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Governments 'misjudging' scale of CO2 emissions
Policy makers in Europe and United States are markedly underestimating the changes needed to mitigate CO2 emission required to prevent dangerous climate change because they work in 'silos', according to pioneering research. ...
Feb 21, 2010 |
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Hospital ratings in the Dartmouth Atlas could lead health-care reform astray
A "Perspective" piece in today's New England Journal of Medicine by Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP, points out that policy makers are relying on hospital ratings from the Dartmouth Atlas that could be misleading.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Pay-for-performance may benefit doctors who care for very sick
Physicians who treat patients with multiple health problems will fare well under pay-for-performance, which bases physician reimbursement on the quality of care provided, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) ...
Jun 01, 2009 |
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