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Internet Usage Effect on Educational Attainment: Evidence of Benefits
Since the internet became a widely adopted platform for information exchange, there has been a vari
ety of research into the effect the internet has on education.
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Educating a Workforce: Keeping Local Talent
This report investigates the means of U.S. states and the U.S. as a whole to educate and maintain a
local workforce as the economic landscape of the U.S. is seeing increasing competition for a talented workforce.
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The Costs of Chronic Disease in the U.S.
Americans' chronic health problems and diseases not only come at the expense of individuals well-be
ing, they also constitute a massive burden on the U.S. economy.
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State Health Inefficiencies
Despite spending more than any other country on health, the U.S. has a mediocre ranking across most
health care quality and health outcome indicators. According to a report published in 2012 by the Institute of Medicine, the U.S.
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Health Disparities in China: Mapping the Way Forward
The formal adoption of the ‘Healthy China 2030’ blueprint on October 25, 2016, marked a turning poi
nt in the evolution of China’s public health policy reforms.
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Beyond the Limits of Traditional Health Care: A State-Level Systematic Review of Community Health Programs in the United States
Traditional health care has not reached all pockets of the U.S. population due to income inequality
, increasing ethnic and cultural diversity, and deep fragmentation of the health care system.
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Building a Knowledge Economy—How Academic R&D Supports High-Tech Employment
Universities play an important role in determining a region’s capacity for innovation and to transf
orm new ideas into economic activity.
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Are Community Health Workers Saving Lives? A Longitudinal Analysis of State-Level Variation in Community Health Workforce
U.S. health care costs are increasing rapidly while health care outcomes and access vary significan
tly across the country.
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Best-Performing Cities China 2016
The Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities China ranks the performance of first-, second- and th
ird-tier cities according to recent developments and urbanization trends.
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Weighing Down America: 2020 Update
The economic and social cost of obesity in America is at an all-time high and continues to rise. We
estimate its cost to be roughly 6.76 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 compared to 5.57 percent in 2014.
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America's Obesity Crisis: The Health and Economic Costs of Excess Weight
This study calculates the prevalence and economic effects of diseases related to obesity and overwe
ight in the United States.
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