“Achieving Real Savings through Better Care: Policy Options for Improving Care and Slowing Cost Growth through Bipartisan Delivery System and Payment Reform,” (September 2013, .pdf format, 40p.).
September 16, 2013
CAAR – Moment of Truth Project/National Coalition on Health Care Report – September 16, 2013
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CAAR – Vienna Institute of Demography Working Paper – September 16, 2013
“The Longevity of Academicians: Evidence from the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig,” by Maria Winkler-Dworak and Heiner Kaden (VID Working Paper 03/2013, 2013, .pdf format, 17p.).
Abstract:
This study addresses the mortality of the members of the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. In fact, learned societies have been shown to present vanguard groups in the achievement of longevity. We use biographical records from the members of the Saxonian Academy of Sciences from 1846 to 2010 and compare their mortality to German life table estimates, where particularly attention is paid to the mortality differentials between eastern and western Germany. The Saxonian academicians show indeed a higher life expectancy at age 60 than the general German male population, where the gap has been widening since the 1950s. Comparing the life expectancy values for the Saxonian academicians to available estimates of various European learned societies yields a similar longevity, suggesting that the survival of the academicians is less determined by national mortality conditions but that academicians rather share a common health advantage.
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunity – September 16, 2013
“Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15),” (PA-13-313, a reissue of PA-12-006, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with other agencies, application deadlines are Feb. 25, June 25, and Oct. 25).
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