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Healthy Savings:
Medical Technology and the Burden of Disease |
Today the Milken Institute published a report, "Healthy Savings: Medical Technology and the Economic Burden of Disease." Download a free copy here.
As America ages and sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets become more common, the nation is suffering a sharp rise in the prevalence of chronic disease. As the 21st century unfolds, technology — in the form of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices — can meet the need for early detection and more effective management of illness.
Researchers at the Milken Institute undertook a comprehensive, quantitative documentation of medical technology's impact on the economic burden of disease. The study also projects how future innovation in this sector would affect the health care system and the larger economy — a benefit of more than $23 billion a year for the United States.
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Milken Institute Review: Third Quarter 2014 |
In the latest issue of the Milken Institute Review, Charles Castaldi, a former NPR reporter in Central America, explains how a Nicaraguan strongman and Chinese billionaire are planning to dig a $50 billion canal that will eclipse its rival to the south.
You'll also find a report card on Abenomics; an analysis of the emerging Trans Pacific Partnership; an attack on the prevailing wisdom that Hollywood's road to success will be paved with ever-fewer, ever-more-expensive mega-movies; an argument for a no-strings-attached, "universal basic income approach" to reducing poverty, and more. |
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Insights from Institute Experts |
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This Just In: MI goes platinum |
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On June 23, we lost a dear friend, Michael Intriligator, a distinguished economist who for more than a decade served as a Milken Institute Senior Fellow. From 1982 to 1992, he directed the UCLA Center for International and Strategic Affairs (now the current Burkle Center for International Relations). A member of the editorial boards of Economic Directions, Defense and Peace Economics and Conflict Management and Peace Science, Intriligator authored or edited over 200 articles and scholarly texts. |
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