Examines various aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, and more…

Summary of Enabling Discovery, Development, and Translation of Treatments for Cognitive Dysfunction in Depression: a workshop, held on February 24, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and treatment among adults has increased over the past decade in the U.S. and globally. Evidence suggests adults with ADHD may be more likely to…

Contains proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable and the National Science Foundation. This book includes assessments of challenges to their national research systems, descriptions of national…

Approximately 3.6 million live births occur every year in the United States. Between 8 and 9 percent of infants are born with low birth weight (LBW), defined by the medical…

Facial recognition technology is increasingly used for identity verification and identification, from aiding law enforcement investigations to identifying potential security threats at large venues. However, advances in this technology have…

Macroeconomic models, essential for decision making and federal budget planning, may not appropriately consider the wide breadth of climate-related impacts that potentially have large macroeconomic significance. Challenges integrating climate factors…

Part of the Medical Innovation at the Crossroads series, this book examines how economic incentives for innovation change and what that means for the future of health care. It is…