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of Lesotho: Macroeconomic Analysis and Labour Market Trends to their offering. MCAC members are valued for their background,
education and expertise in a wide variety of scientific , clinical and other
related fields.

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Luce has been invited to serve as a member
of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC).

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Luce is the
Scientific Policy Director and founder of The MEDTAP Institute, the scientific
research arm of UBC. Bryan Luce has spent many years as a health care industry executive,
and has served as a consultant to numerous government agencies as well as
pharmaceutical and device firms worldwide. Luce was
Chairman, President and CEO of MEDTAP . The MCAC advises the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) on whether specific medical items and services are reasonable
and necessary under Medicare law. It performs this task through a careful
review and discussion of specific clinical and scientific issues, and it does
so in an open and public forum.

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This report provides up-to-date economic + social statistics and
macroeconomic analysis focusing on labour market trends in Lesotho.

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This report provides information and analysis regarding the socio-economic
developments that will influence living standards and working conditions
around the world.

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The report provides an understanding of
the labour market in Lesotho by general discussion of recent macroeconomic and
labor market conditions that affect working people in each country. Previously , he held positions as the
Director of Battelle's Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation ,
Director of the Office of Research and Demonstrations at the Health Care
Financing Administration , and Senior Analyst in the former Congressional
Office of Technology Assessment.

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UBC is based in Bethesda,
Maryland.

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"As the emphasis on evidence-based
medicine continues to grow, especially in light of the Medicare Modernization
Act, the government is under greater pressure to make informed and supportable
coverage decisions.

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The contents of this report are as follows:

Introduction + Methodology
- What does this report cover?

Introduction

Economic Overview

Labour Market
Snapshot
Analysis

Macroeconomic Analysis
Unemployment: overall and by sex and ethnic group
Long-term unemployment and underemployment rates
Real wages: production workers and/or median wage
Output (GDP): population and per capita GDP growth
Poverty rates
Income distribution by quintile (fifth)
Unionization rates
Maximum working time (legal or collectively negotiated)
Minimum wage (legal or collectively negotiated)

Commentary
Annexure - Data + Statistics

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Luce will serve on the MCAC for a period of two years beginning in the
summer of 2005.

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The report
contains a detailed labour market analysis along with an overview of relevant
macroeconomic statistics and trends.

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United BioSource Scientific Policy Director Appointed to Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee

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in exactly this sort of evaluation, so our expertise should be very useful to
the Committee."
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