Population decline in Lithuania: who lives in declining regions and who leaves?

Immunization Coverage in WHO Regions: A Review Article

  In 1974, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to ensure that all children have access to routinely recommended vaccines. Since then, global coverage with the four core vaccines (Bacille calmette guérin vaccine [for protection against tuberculosis], Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine [DTP], Polio vaccine, and Measles vaccine) has increase...

Women who decline breast screening.

The health related behaviour and attitudes of a random sample of 125 women aged 45-64 who declined to accept an invitation to attend a breast screening clinic are described. The women differed from attenders in their socioeconomic class and in their customary use of measures to promote health. They were basically unsympathetic towards the idea of screening and the invitation had caused them con...

Longer postpartum hospitalization options – who stays, who leaves, what changes?

BACKGROUND This paper examines the practice implications of a policy initiative, namely, offering women in Ontario Canada up to a 60-hour postpartum in-hospital stay following an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. This change was initiated out of concern for the effects of 'early' discharge on the health of mothers and their infants. We examined who was offered and who accepted extended stays, to ...

Saving lives: who picks up the tab?

Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement

We are grateful to the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department for the data employed in this paper. We appreciate comments on an earlier draft from Tim Sass, Jonah Rockoff and participants at both the Economics of Teacher Quality Conference at the Australian National University and the New York Federal Reserve Education Policy Workshop. The research is ...