What's the fat content? Whether or not you notice depends on how you think
...ce cakes in the health food section, collectivists paid more attention to fat content than when the low-fat cookie was shelved taxonomically among all types of cookies. In contrast, individualists perceived the fat content uniformly across contexts. Collectivists consider context information in their pr...Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
...r a two-year period, a total of $17.55 million was paid to 123 hospitals the first year and to 115 hospitals the second year. Medicares strategy of trying to use the payment system to improve performance of hospitals is certainly laudable, said Kevin Schulman, M.D., professor of medicine and business ad...Smokers given more help to quit since GP performance pay introduced
... in April 2004, mean thatgeneral practitioners are paid more if they succeed in meetingperformance targets set by the government. The research team from Imperial College London looked at patients withdiabetes, registered in Wandsworth, South London. They found that thepercentage of smokers with diabete...Parents of chronically ill kids are helped by better access to federal and employer leave
...nuary 2004. The study examined the availability of paid and unpaid leaves of absence from work, how often ...ers, and just 15 percent reported having access to paid leave. Most parents reported missing some work in the past year to care for their ill children. O...'SCHIP funding levels too low' ACP tells Senate Finance Committee Leaders
...plans more for the same patient than what would be paid under FFS contributes to higher expenditures, higher budget deficits, and Medicare insolvency. Children and seniors alike need Congress to take action to assure continued access to good health care, said Dr. Levine. We appreciate the efforts tha...Landmark study finds adult Delawareans with disabilities in only 'fair' to 'poor' health
...regivers are family members, and about a third are paid professional staff. Of the 66 caregivers who were present during the interviews, almost 40 percent indicated that caregiving responsibilities do not leave enough time for themselves, are a financial burden (22 percent) and are stressful (12 percent)....