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Stockholm School of Economics
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About: Stockholm School of Economics is a education organization based out in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Entrepreneurship. The organization has 1186 authors who have published 4891 publications receiving 285543 citations. The organization is also known as: Stockholm Business School & Handelshögskolan i Stockholm.
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TL;DR: In spite of the high cost of osteoporosis, a substantial treatment gap and projected increase of the economic burden driven by aging populations, the use of pharmacological prevention of osteeporosis has decreased in recent years, suggesting that a change in healthcare policy concerning the disease is warranted.
Abstract: This report describes epidemiology, burden, and treatment of osteoporosis in each of the 27 countries of the European Union (EU27). In 2010, 22 million women and 5.5 million men were estimated to have osteoporosis in the EU; and 3.5 million new fragility fractures were sustained, comprising 620,000 hip fractures, 520,000 vertebral fractures, 560,000 forearm fractures and 1,800,000 other fractures. The economic burden of incident and prior fragility fractures was estimated at € 37 billion. Previous and incident fractures also accounted for 1,180,000 quality-adjusted life years lost during 2010. The costs are expected to increase by 25 % in 2025. The majority of individuals who have sustained an osteoporosis-related fracture or who are at high risk of fracture are untreated and the number of patients on treatment is declining. The aim of this report was to characterize the burden of osteoporosis in each of the EU27 countries in 2010 and beyond. The data on fracture incidence and costs of fractures in the EU27 were taken from a concurrent publication in this journal (Osteoporosis in the European Union: Medical Management, Epidemiology and Economic Burden) and country specific information extracted. The clinical and economic burden of osteoporotic fractures in 2010 is given for each of the 27 countries of the EU. The costs are expected to increase on average by 25 % in 2025. The majority of individuals who have sustained an osteoporosis-related fracture or who are at high risk of fracture are untreated and the number of patients on treatment is declining. In spite of the high cost of osteoporosis, a substantial treatment gap and projected increase of the economic burden driven by aging populations, the use of pharmacological prevention of osteoporosis has decreased in recent years, suggesting that a change in healthcare policy concerning the disease is warranted.
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TL;DR: The results suggest that community monitoring can play an important role in improving service delivery when traditional top-down supervision is ineffective.
Abstract: This paper analyzes the importance of strengthening the relationship of accountability between health service providers and citizens for improving access to and quality of health care. How this is to be achieved, and whether it works, however, remain open questions. The paper presents a randomized field experiment on increasing community-based monitoring. As communities began to more extensively monitor the provider, both the quality and quantity of health service provision improved. One year into the program, there are large increases in utilization, significant weight-for-age z-score gains of infants, and markedly lowerdeaths among children. The findings on staff behavior suggest that the improvements in quality and quantity of health service delivery resulted from an increased effort by the staff to serve the community. Overall, the results suggest that community monitoring can play an important role in improving service delivery when traditional top-down supervision is ineffective.
612 citations
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University of Oxford1, Harvard University2, Boston Children's Hospital3, University of Washington4, University of London5, Université libre de Bruxelles6, RTI International7, University of Nottingham8, University of Notre Dame9, University of Southampton10, Fudan University11, National University of Defense Technology12, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics13, Central South University14, Pan American Health Organization15, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control16, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp17, Colorado State University18, ETH Zurich19, Karolinska Institutet20, Stockholm School of Economics21, Pasteur Institute22, Université de Namur23, University of California, Davis24, University of Melbourne25
TL;DR: It is shown that human movement patterns explain the spread of both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Europe and the United States following their introduction and predicted the future distributions of both species in response to accelerating urbanization, connectivity and climate change.
Abstract: The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases-including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika-is expanding in concert with changes in the distribution of two key vectors: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The distribution of these species is largely driven by both human movement and the presence of suitable climate. Using statistical mapping techniques, we show that human movement patterns explain the spread of both species in Europe and the United States following their introduction. We find that the spread of Ae. aegypti is characterized by long distance importations, while Ae. albopictus has expanded more along the fringes of its distribution. We describe these processes and predict the future distributions of both species in response to accelerating urbanization, connectivity and climate change. Global surveillance and control efforts that aim to mitigate the spread of chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika viruses must consider the so far unabated spread of these mosquitos. Our maps and predictions offer an opportunity to strategically target surveillance and control programmes and thereby augment efforts to reduce arbovirus burden in human populations globally.
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TL;DR: The authors examined shares of fixed capital formation in GDP and rates of economic growth for more than 100 countries over successive five-year periods between 1965 and 1985 to determine the direction of causality between them.
Abstract: This paper examines shares of fixed capital formation in GDP and rates of economic growth for more than 100 countries over successive five-year periods between 1965 and 1985 to determine the direction of causality between them. Simple regressions and multiple regressions including several standard determinants of growth, as well as a simple causality test, provide more evidence that increases in growth precede rises in rates of capital formation than that increases in capital formation precede increases in growth. High rates of fixed capital formation accompany rapid growth in per capita income, but we find no evidence that fixed investment is the only or main source of ignition for economic growth.
603 citations
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Erasmus University Rotterdam1, University of Sussex2, Odense University3, University of Antwerp4, Stockholm School of Economics5, University of Bern6, Central Bureau of Statistics7, Clark University8, Economic and Social Research Institute9, University of Kent10, University of Bristol11, Uppsala University12
TL;DR: There is little or no evidence of significant inequity in the delivery of health care overall, though in half of the countries, significant pro-rich inequity emerges for physician contacts and in countries with very diverse characteristics regarding access and provider incentives.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Magnus Johannesson | 102 | 342 | 40776 |
Thomas J. Sargent | 96 | 370 | 39224 |
Bengt Jönsson | 81 | 365 | 33623 |
J. Scott Armstrong | 76 | 445 | 33552 |
Johan Wiklund | 74 | 288 | 30038 |
Per Davidsson | 71 | 309 | 32262 |
Julian Birkinshaw | 64 | 233 | 29262 |
Timo Teräsvirta | 62 | 224 | 20403 |
Lars E.O. Svensson | 61 | 188 | 20666 |
Jonathan D. Ostry | 59 | 232 | 11776 |
Alexander Ljungqvist | 59 | 139 | 14466 |
Richard Green | 58 | 468 | 14244 |
Bo Jönsson | 57 | 294 | 11984 |
Magnus Henrekson | 56 | 261 | 13346 |
Assar Lindbeck | 54 | 234 | 13761 |