estimate the effect of weather and mobility on the spread of the pandemic. We find a strong and significant effect of the … weather: lower temperaturas are associated with a higher Rt, and this effect is bigger at temperatures below 0ºC. At low …

delivers pregnancy health information via telephone required a novel approach. While there are some methodological challenges …BACKGROUND:Teratology Information Services (TIS) educate the public and health professionals via telephone regarding … the safety of drugs and other exposures during pregnancy and lactation. Currently TIS consultations are free, but funding …

total patient costs. However, when patient costs are added to the total costs of pregnancy, they did not substantially … costs during pregnancy.Given that the majority of missed cardiac anomalies were amongst low risk women, a decision …Research and Development Division of the Department of Health …

weather relative to another sector, industry productivity from 1977-2000 was modeled against measures of temperature and …This study quantifies the impact of weather on eleven two-digit SIC sectors of the U.S. economy ranging from … agriculture and construction to retail trade and utilities. Although it is obvious that weather affects the output of most sectors …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

fundamental to evidence-based health policy, monitoring and evaluation. Yet few of the countries with the greatest need for these … existing health information strategies at the national and district levels; governance structures; and agendas for social …