This paper presents some simple techniques to improve the backpropagation algorithm. Since learning in neural networks …

This paper presents the backpropagation algorithm based on an extended network approach in which the algorithm reduces …

This issue brief describes organizations offering the new Medicare drug benefit and analyzes how companies are …

Medicare HMOs, PPOs, and private fee-for-service plans) and new stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs). In 2006, all …

sheds light on the effect regulatory regimes have on new drug sales across the globe. Based on a time-varying coefficient … regulatory constraints investigated, i.e. manufacturer price controls, has a positive effect on drug sales. The other forms of … regulation such as restrictions of physician prescription budgets and the prohibition of direct-to-consumer advertising tend to …

sheds light on the effect regulatory regimes have on new drug sales across the globe. Based on a time-varying coefficient … regulatory constraints investigated, i.e. manufacturer price controls, has a positive effect on drug sales. The other forms of … regulation such as restrictions of physician prescription budgets and the prohibition of direct-to-consumer advertising tend to …

Many U.S. employers have recently adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, in 2006 the U.S. began … to offer prescription drug insurance to approximately 42 million Medicare beneficiaries. We used data on individual … prescription drug prices reduce both use of and spending on prescription drugs. They also show that consumers substitute the use of …

sheds light on the effects of regulatory regimes on new drug sales across the globe. Based on a time-varying coefficient … regulatory constraints investigated, i.e., manufacturer price controls, has a positive effect on drug sales. The other forms of … regulation such as restrictions of physician prescription budgets and the prohibition of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA …