explore the effects of ED stay duration on inpatient medical utilization and mortality risk. Methods This study analyzed data … stay duration and costs. Logistic regression assessed mortality risks after hospitalization. Results GEE analysis showed … those with ≥ 48 h had an additional 3.22 days (P < 0.001). Logistic regression indicated higher mortality risks for patients …

mortality-linked claims. We model USA age-cohort mortality data using five multi-factor affine mortality models. We focus on … without correlations in the factor dynamics. We show that for USA mortality data, the probability of negative mortality rates … performs well compared to the other affine models in explaining and forecasting USA age-cohort mortality data. …

mortality-linked claims. We model USA age-cohort mortality data using five multi-factor affine mortality models. We focus on … without correlations in the factor dynamics. We show that for USA mortality data, the probability of negative mortality rates … performs well compared to the other affine models in explaining and forecasting USA age-cohort mortality data. …

unionization's effects on COVID-19 mortality. It combines data from the NVSS with the CPS into a unique dataset. It finds that a 10 … percentage-point increase in unionization is associated with a reduction in mortality from 26 per 100,000 workers to 24 per 100 … of 10 percent, the COVID-19 mortality rate for working people would have fallen from 26 to 19 per 100,000. …

hypocritical behavior and if this judgment also translates into punishment. Results show that observers do, indeed, condemn … punishment. Punishment seems to be driven more by the violation of the norm of fair distribution than by moral pretense. From the … viewpoint of positive retributivism, it is problematic if neither formal nor informal punishment follows moral condemnation. …