“Medicare: Legislative Modifications Have Resulted In Payment Adjustments for Most Hospitals,” (GAO-13-334, April 2013, .pdf format, 41p.).
May 16, 2013
CAAR – US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing Testimony – May 16, 2013
“Fraud on the Elderly: A Growing Concern for a Growing Population,” a hearing held May 16, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format, running time 1 hour 39 minutes).
energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/fraud-elderly-growing-concern-growing-population
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CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletin – May 16, 2013
“The gender gap in unpaid care provision: is there an impact on health and economic position?” (May 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 27p.).
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CAAR – UK Parliamentary Library Research Notes – May 16, 2013
A. “Pensions Bill 2013-14,” by Djuna Thurley (SN06634, May 2013, .pdf format, 12p.).
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06634
B. “State pension: 25 pence age addition,” by Djuna Thurley (SN00321, May 2013, .pdf format, 6p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – May 16, 2013
A. “Diagnostic Value of the Impairment of Olfaction in Parkinson’s Disease,” by Swaantje Casjens, Angelika Eckert, Dirk Woitalla, Gisa Ellrichmann, Michael Turewicz, Christian Stephan, Martin Eisenacher, Caroline May, Helmut E. Meyer, Thomas Bruning, and Beate Pesch (PLoS ONE 8(5): e64735. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064735, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0064735
B. “Movement Disorders in Elderly Users of Risperidone and First Generation Antipsychotic Agents: A Canadian Population-Based Study,” by Irina Vasilyeva, Robert G. Biscontri, Murray W. Enns, Colleen J. Metge, and Silvia Alessi-Severini (PLoS ONE 8(5): e64217. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064217, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0064217
C. “Intravenous Immunglobulin Binds Beta Amyloid and Modifies Its Aggregation, Neurotoxicity and Microglial Phagocytosis In Vitro,” by Susann Cattepoel, Alexander Schaub, Miriam Ender, Annette Gaida, Alain Kropf, Ursula Guggisberg, Marc W. Nolte, Louis Fabri, Paul A. Adlard, David I. Finkelstein, Reinhard Bolli, and Sylvia M. Miescher (PLoS ONE 8(5): e63162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063162, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0063162
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CAAR – Institute of Economic Affairs [UK] Working Paper – May 16, 2013
“Work Longer, Live Healthier: The relationship between economic activity, health and government policy,” by Gabriel Sahlgren (IEA Discussion Paper No. 46, May 2013, .pdf format, 50p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
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