Jessica Ho
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Congratulations to Jessica Ho! She has been named as a Dean's Scholar for the Academic Year 2011/12.
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The Preston and Ho working paper, "The US Health Care System and Lagging Life Expectancy: A Case Study." PSC Working Paper Series PSC 09-01, has been discussed on the Becker-Posner blog as well as the Greg Mankiw's blog in addition to being cited in a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 361(2):202-206) on "Prostate-Cancer Screening," by Preston.
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Now available: Preston, Samuel H. and Jessica Ho. 2009. "The US Health Care System and Lagging Life Expectancy: A Case Study." PSC Working Paper Series PSC 09-01.
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Group in Demography
BA, Economics and Health & Societies, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
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Fall 2009 Recent Publications
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"Low Life Expectancy in the United States: Is the Health Care System at Fault." In International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources, edited by Eileen M. Crimmins, H. Preston Samuel, Barney Cohen, Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries and National Research Council, 268-308. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2010.Export:
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"US Mortality in an International Context: Age Variations." Population and Development Review 36 (2010): 749-773. PMCID: PMC3140845 AbstractExport: