Health economics, equity, and efficiency: are we almost there?

Health economics, equity, and efficiency: are we almost there?

Health care is a highly complex, dynamic, and creative sector of the economy. While health economics has to continue its efforts to improve its methods and tools to better inform decisions, the application needs to be aligned with the insights and models of other social sciences disciplines. Decisions may be guided by four concept models based on ethical and distributive justice: libertarian, c...

Cancer therapy with Auger electrons: are we almost there?

Are We There Yet?

Children in the back seat on a long trip are not the only ones asking the question “Are we there yet?” At Murray State University (MSU) and other universities starting new programs, the question becomes one of validation of the program. In the late 90s, MSU, a midsize university, was entrusted with the responsibility of developing a program of distinction with financial support from special sta...

Are We There Yet?

've always been an avid traveler and often look forward to planning summer trips to faraway destinations. However , whether by train, plane, or automobile , long-distance travel for the majority of us usually comes with some degree of discomfort—long periods of time sitting in a seat with a limited selection of things to do. Fun traveling companions and a good book can help, but faced with a lo...

Are We There Yet?

Statistical approaches to Artificial Intelligence are behind most success stories of the field in the past decade. The idea of generating non-trivial behaviour by analysing vast amounts of data has enabled recommendation systems, search engines, spam filters, optical character recognition, machine translation and speech recognition, among other things. As we celebrate the spectacular achievemen...