Iversen, Torben, <br/><br/>
Big data and the welfare state :  how the information revolution threatens social solidarity / 
Torben Iversen, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Philipp Rehm, Ohio State University. 
 - pages cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "While we were writing this book, one of the authors fell ill. The diagnosis required two CAT scans, two MRIs, consultation with an oto-neurologist, an otolaryngologist, and an audiologist, while the treatment required a week in the hospital, a total of 15 hours of surgery carried out by a team of highly-skilled neurosurgeons and an anesthesiologist, with several nurses on hand. Another six weeks of recovery involved physical therapy and multiple checkups. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that the whole episode cost in excess of US$250,000, all of which was paid by a private insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield, via a standard occupational insurance plan"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781009151368 9781009151399 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021058391 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social security--Political aspects.<br/>Big data--Social aspects.<br/>Big data--Political aspects.<br/>Risk--Sociological aspects.<br/>Public welfare.<br/>Welfare state.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>368.4  / IVE.B