Category Archives: Health
FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION AND OBESITY
Fast food consumption has been considered as a major cause for obesity in the US. The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between the average frequencies of eating a meal from a fast-food restaurant per week and the obesity measured in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI). Our analysis based on a …
Pharmaceutical R&D Spending: Do Legal Origin and Prices Matter?
In this paper, we examine whether legal origin of a country and pharmaceutical prices have any impact on the pharmaceutical R&D spending. Our analysis shows that countries with Socialist and French legal origins have lower pharmaceutical R&D intensities than English legal origin countries. Scandinavian legal origin countries have higher pharmaceutical R&D intensities than English legal …
Health systems performance: a statewide analysis.
In this study, we examine the statewide consumption of health care resources. We assume that the physicians, hospital beds, nurses, and pharmaceuticals represent inputs to the health care delivery system required to treat the population of each state. Since health care resources needed by the various age groups of the population are different, we categorize …
THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON CESAREAN RATES : A CROSS – COUNTRY STUDY
The values and beliefs of a country do have impact on the medical practice. In this paper, we examine the relationship between cesarean rates and socioeconomic, demographic, healthcare, and cultural variables. We use the Spearman Rank correlation and multiple regression analysis to study the variations in cesarean rates in 25 countries belonging to the Organisation …
Patent term extension strategies in the pharmaceutical industry
The purpose of this paper is to discuss patent term extension strategies for pharmaceutical companies in the United States. Market exclusivity acquired through patents can yield higher prices and profits for pharmaceutical products. Therefore, pharmaceutical companies use a variety of strategies to increase market exclusivity of their products. Some of the strategies discussed in this …
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