Sentences with phrase «whether earlier estimates»

Ultimately, Cutler said, the question of whether earlier estimates of health care costs are correct will depend on whether insurers, providers and the public continue to work to keep costs under control.

Not exact matches

Climate skeptics pounced on this change as proof that earlier estimates had been overblown, while some climate bloggers questioned whether the IPCC had lowballed its estimates to avoid confrontation with skeptics.

On July 6, Lazzati's team of theorists had published a paper predicting that, contrary to earlier estimates by the astrophysics community, short gamma - ray bursts associated with the gravitational emission of binary neutron star coalescence could be detected — whether or not the gamma - ray burst was pointing at Earth.

The 14 earlier studies and the 4 later ones produce a wide distribution of estimated impacts, but the committee makes no attempt to investigate whether the unusual estimates suggest circumstances under which accountability seems particularly effective (or ineffective).

Using a difference - in - differences specification, we estimate the effects of Washington State's College Bound Scholarship Program on high school grades, whether students graduate from high school, and incarceration in state prison during high school or during early adulthood.

An early estimate of a dog's hip integrity is invaluable, whether the dog's intended purpose is for breeding, for working, or as a family pet.

And earlier this week, another study concluded that — much like today's decisions will determine the fate of West Antarctica — decisions made today about whether or not to curb emissions will have clear repercussions in future sea level rise: For each five - year delay in «peaking» global carbon emissions, median estimates for sea level rise in 2300 go up by 20 centimeters.

The purpose of the current report is to present nationally representative estimates of lifetime prevalence and age - of - onset distributions of the DSM - IV disorders assessed in the recently completed National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS - R).1 While the Epidemiological Catchment Area Study2 and the baseline National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) 3 both reported high lifetime prevalence and generally early age - of - onset distributions of most DSM - III (NCS) and DSM - III - R (NCS - R) disorders, it is not clear whether similar results will hold for DSM - IV disorders because of the greater emphasis on clinically significant distress and impairment in DSM - IV than in earlier editions.

Genetic, shared, and non-shared environmental effects were estimated for each temperamental construct and psychiatric disorder using the statistical program MX. Multivariate genetic models were fitted to determine whether the same or different sets of genes and environments account for the co-occurrence between early temperament and preschool psychiatric disorders.