Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Females, England and Wales, 2010-2011
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Survival for the ten most common cancers in females
31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: The Great Escape
The importance of defining Internet trolls properly
30 Mar 2015 1 Comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, health economics, industrial organisation Tags: information cocoons, infotopia, Internet trolls
RT Save the children, stop supporting Greenpeace
30 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
Save the kids, stop supporting @Greenpeace!
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Urs Bolt (@UrsBolt) December 08, 2014
When did administering first aid in an ambulance become lawful in Japan
30 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: Japan
One of the pluses of moving to Japan to study in 1995 was I didn’t move to study in Japan before 1992, which was when Japanese ambulances were first allowed to administer first aid.
Prior to 1992, Japanese ambulances were not permitted to administer first aid.They just loaded you into the back of the ambulance and off they went.
I know this to be true because I visited the Tokyo Fire Department in 1997 on on a field trip. On page 400 or so of their hand-out, there is a discussion of the change in Japanese ambulance law in 1992 permitting limited first aid to be administered in an ambulance under the supervision of a doctor by radio.
In our tour of the Tokyo Fire Department, we saw the control room where the doctor was sitting who administer guidance while first aid was being administered in an ambulance. Japanese ambulance professionals still have relatively limited training compared to other advanced countries.
How Obamacare affected employment
30 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, health economics, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics Tags: Obamacare
Five years later, how has the #ACA affected U.S. employment? brook.gs/1OtYpvy http://t.co/yrN5aWP4Ns—
Brookings (@BrookingsInst) March 28, 2015
Why are vegetarians special?
27 Mar 2015 6 Comments
in health economics Tags: diabetes, vegetarians
People bow down and genuflect in their presence. I am diabetic, but I still have to explain every time I turn down a cake or something that the sugar rush is a bit too much.
People still think I should eat the cake at the work morning tea despite the fact I tell them every time we have a morning tea that I can’t eat cakes because I’m diabetic. Few, if any, listen to my suggestions of putting on more fruit at work morning teas. An important part of controlling diabetes is maintaining dietary vigilance.
I am not diabetic by choice. Vegetarians are vegetarians by choice. They get far more respect than I do for having to turn away food offered in good cheer.
What annoys me is people apologise to vegetarians when they are offered the meat. People are far less deferential to diabetics were they offer them sweet foods we would love to eat but for a chronic debilitating illness.
Survival for the ten most common cancers in males
27 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: The Great Escape
Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Males, England and Wales, 2010-2011
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Middle-Aged Men and Alcohol
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Haven’t blogged on the anti-vaccination movement for a few days
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, conspiracy theories, modernity, vaccination, vaccines
Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Males, England and Wales, 2010-2011
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in health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, The Great Escape
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