Benefits are calculated based on lifetime earnings, and those have already been eroded by youth unemployment.
The main outcome measures were costs and QALYs, based on lifetime risk of complications and treatments, expressed as the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) (USD/QALY).
Each are above the usual occupational and environmental limits used in Europe and the United States, which are set at 1/1,000 and 1/100,000 based on lifetime exposure for the occupational and general population, respectively.
Main outcome measures were costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) based on lifetime risk of complications and treatments, expressed as the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) (USD/QALY).
FR-EXT was based on lifetime parental externalizing psychopathology and the different parenting styles (emotional warmth, rejection, and overprotection) were based on the child's perspective.
Re "Entitlement Reform for the Entitled," by Ezekiel J. Emanuel (Op-Ed, May 21), proposing graduated eligibility for Social Security and Medicare based on lifetime wealth: The reason Social Security and Medicare are called "entitlements" is that people are entitled to them: they've worked and paid for them.
While we assessed pain symptoms within the last 6 months based on the YSR, the assessment of dependent variables was based on lifetime incidents of SI and suicide attempts.
Had he been injured in a traffic accident, he would be likely to receive a settlement, based on lifetime needs, of between £3m and £5m.
The proposed design procedure is based on lifetime simulation of building loads and energy systems; therefore, according to proper cost-optimality considerations, it is possible to find the best sizing of both heat and electricity generators in the context of high-efficiency buildings (e.g. number of solar thermal and PV modules).
Re "Means Testing, for Medicare" (Economic View, July 20), which suggests allocating Medicare coverage based on lifetime earnings: I began work in 1956 and retired in 2002, and my wife worked almost as long.
