On the Determinants of Local Government Debt: Does One Size Fit All?

Does one size fit all?

One size does not fit all: local determinants of measles vaccination in four districts of Pakistan

BACKGROUND Rates of childhood vaccination in Pakistan remain low.There is continuing debate about the role of consumer and service factors in determining levels of vaccination in developing countries. METHODS In a stratified random cluster sample of census enumeration areas across four districts in Pakistan, household interviews about vaccination of children and potentially related factors wi...

Does One Size Fit All? The Impact of Liquidity Requirements on Bank\'s Insolvency: Evidence from Iranian Listed Banks

According to the Basel III regulatory framework, uniform minimum liquidity requirements have been imposed on all types of banks. Using an agent-based model of a banking system, we investigate the effects of liquidity requirements on banks' insolvency under two policy experiments in one of which the minimum liquidity requirements are applied uniformly and in the other differentially across banks...

A1C: does one size fit all?

D iabetes specialists almost uniformly nod their heads when I ask whether they see patients whose A1C results don't match their blood glucose monitoring data. Providers used to attribute that to unreliability of the monitors or the patient records, but technological advances overcame those barriers. Some mis-matches can be attributed to inadequate temporal distribution of glucose sampling , and...

Professionalism: one size does not fit all.

When a child is born with or acquires special needs, the parents may find some parental tasks more difficult. They may not know how to make their tasks easier, or that some parents find it exceptionally rewarding and meaningful to raise their children with special needs. This piece explores how clinicians might share this potentially life-altering information. It also explores when and why clin...