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Germany's "disease-management programs" began in 2002 and cover some 3 million chronic patients. The results are promising. One survey by the University of Heidelberg of some 11,000 patients in the Saxony Anhalt and Rhineland-Palatinate regions found that the death rate in older diabetics in the program was about 8% lower than among diabetics who received regular care. And when one of Germany's largest insurers tracked 20,000 coronary heart disease and diabetes patients enrolled in disease-management programs for 15 months, it found the percentage of patients requiring hospitalization dropped from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Lessons from Europe | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

France's state-run health insurance scheme reimburses 60% to 70% of most medical bills. The remaining costs are assumed by the patient. More than 90% of French citizens pay for supplementary health insurance to cover these costs - mostly from state-run providers called mutuals. But those who can afford it are increasingly abandoning mutuals in favor of private insurance. For most ailments, that makes little difference: 80% of France's general practitioners work under a regime that caps how much they can charge. But the reverse is true for specialists and surgeons - 80% of them set their own fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Lessons from Europe | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Beijing is expected to fall from 25 hours to seven by 2015. That's just the start. Another runway will be added to Chongqing's airport, the electrical grid will be upgraded, $5.8 billion will be spent on improving public water supplies, and wastewater treatment will be expanded to cover 90% of urban sewage, up from about 70% now. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's New Deal: Modernizing the Middle Kingdom | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...much as we may try to remove ourselves from the sports we cover, as those responsible for conveying trends and outcomes, our passion and devotion for our beats is what ultimately makes us successful...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Key Chapters in the Evolution of a Sportswriter | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

...Sports Board for the past four years is a love of the craft. That love of the craft of sports has translated into a life choice, the choice of this institution as our principal extracurricular exploit. The pursuit of writing, editing, and reporting has symbolized the very events we cover: we aim to be our best, engage in (friendly) rivalry with publications both down the street and down the interstate, and we become close because of our mutual goal to make the best product possible every...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Sport and Literature Provide Lasting Life Lessons | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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