"This book examines applied and theoretical aspects of industrial engineering and related areas. It also explores empirical and theoretical research on the development, improvement, implementation, and evaluation of integrated systems in engineering"--Provided by publisher

Background: Spoon dosing has been identified as 1 of the 3 major causes of dosing errors and pediatric poisonings (1). Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends against using kitchen silverware to dose liquid medicine (accessed June 28, 2009) most persons still use spoons when...

We study medical progress within an economy of overlapping generations subject to endogenous mortality. Individuals demand health care with a view to lowering mortality over their life-cycle. We characterise the individual optimum and the general equilibrium of the economy and study the impact...