TY  - BOOK
AU  - Iversen,Torben
AU  - Rehm,Philipp Benjamin
TI  - Big data and the welfare state: how the information revolution threatens social solidarity 
T2  - Cambridge studies in comparative politics
SN  - 9781009151368
U1  - 368.4 23/20211215
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Social security
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Big data
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Risk
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -