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The Business Case for TCAB This white paper provides a cost-benefit analysis for Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB). TCAB is a program to improve processes and outcomes in hospital medical and surgical units and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.	White papers	10/16/2009
Where Does the Wage Penalty Bite? The authors examine relationships between body mass index (BMI) and wages. Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/17/2009
Effects of Weight on Adolescent Educational Attainment The authors used measures of educational achievement such as highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status among adolescents to ascertain whether weight affected educational achievements. Analyses did not detect any strong associations between... Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/17/2009
Physical Activity: Economic and Policy Factors This policy paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines factors contributing to obesity, such as physical inactivity. Data are taken from surveys conducted as part of the 2000-2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/17/2009
Food Stamp Program and Consumption Choices This study supports findings from earlier studies showing that the Food Stamp Program does not have any statistically significant effect on food consumption. This study examined consumption patterns in families headed by single mothers with a high school education... Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/17/2009
Studying the Child Obesity Epidemic with Natural Experiments This paper is part of a series on obesity published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The authors used data from pediatric visits to estimate effects of certain changes to the environment on children's body mass. Environmental factors examined in... Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/17/2009
Economic Contextual Factors and Child Body Mass Index This policy paper is from a series published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on obesity in the United States. The authors examined the relationship between children's weight and fast food and fruit and vegetable prices, and children's weight and... Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/16/2009
The Relationship Between Neighborhood Quality and Obesity Among Children This policy paper is from a series published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on obesity in the United States. The authors examined whether maternal perceptions of neighborhood environment affect children's body weight. Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/16/2009
Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss Financial incentive programs offered by employers for employees to lose weight were no more successful than traditional medical programs in achieving weight loss, and attrition was high. Published In: NBER Working Paper Series	White papers	06/16/2009
Tax Credits for Health Insurance This paper discusses the role that tax law can play in the implementation of health reform. The tax code has served as the primary vehicle for subsidizing health care in the United States, with subsidies averaging $245 billion per year. Use of the tax code to...	White papers	06/03/2009

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