Your Daily Shower Can Kill You
Julie Ferguson of Workers Comp Insider hosts this week’s clean – but potentially deadly – roundup of risk-related posts at this week’s Cavalcade of Risk. This post’s title relates to Jared Diamond’s NYT article.
Month: September 2013
Cancer Incidence and Deaths in Europe
Which cancers have the highest incidence rates in Europe? Which ones cause the most deaths? According to an article by Karim-Kos et al. (2008), here is the answer:
Long-Term Care in 5 European Countries
Trends in long-term care spending and use has been rising over time. The graphs below, from Nadash et al. (2012) demonstrate this trend between 2000 and 2008. Annual Expenditures Long-Term Care Expenditures Annual Enrollment in Long-Term Care Programs Today, I review the long-term care systems in five European countries: Austria, England, France, Germany, and…