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Rules Rather Than Discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina [PDF]

This paper explores options for programs to be put in place prior to a disaster to avoid large and often poorly-managed expenditures following a catastrophe and to provide appropriate protection against the risk of those large losses which do occur.
Howard Kunreuther, Mark Pauly
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Sequencing Finance for Climate Resilience: Instruments, Institutions and Hong Kong's Role in Mobilising Private Capital in Southeast Asia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina, Madeleine Rachel Widia, Olivia Felice Janice Boedijanto, Sharon Feliza Ann P. Macagba, Johanne Rei R. Castro, Rainbow Yi Hung Lam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are health care payments in Albania catastrophic? Evidence form ALSMS 2002, 2005 and 2008 [PDF]

The absent or poorly functioning risk pooling mechanisms and high amounts of out-of-pocket payments for health care expose households to financial risks associated with major illnesses or accidents. The aim of this paper is to analyse the extent to which
Packard, Truman G., Tomini, Sonila
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Households encountering with catastrophic health expenditures in Ferdows, Iran

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2014
Out-of-pocket payments are the main sources of healthcare financing in most developing countries. Healthcare services can impose a massive cost burden on households, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to calculate households encountered with catastrophic healthcare expenditures in Ferdows, Iran.The sample included 100 ...
Javad, Ghoddoosinejad, Ali, Jannati, Kamal, Gholipour, Elham, Baghban Baghestan   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Rebound Effects in Circular Manufacturing: Overview of Potential Rebound Mechanisms Activated by Circular Strategies Across Key Business Processes

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante, Claudio Sassanelli, Daniela C. A. Pigosso   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ensemble‐based soil liquefaction assessment: Leveraging CPT data for enhanced predictions

Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 23-35, March 2025.
Abstract This study focuses on predicting soil liquefaction, a critical phenomenon that can significantly impact the stability and safety of structures during seismic events. Accurate liquefaction assessment is vital for geotechnical engineering, as it informs the design and mitigation strategies needed to safeguard infrastructure and reduce the risk ...
Arsham Moayedi Far, Masoud Zare
wiley   +1 more source

Health expenditures by households after implementation of health transformational plan: a cross-sectional study

Payesh, 2018
Objective (s): health transformational plan was executed as one the most important plans by the ministry of health and medical education in order to reduce admission fees. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan, this study was conducted with
Mohammad Khammarnia, Mostafa Peyvand, Fatemeh Setoodezadeh, Eshagh Barfar, Nader poormand, Ali Mirbaloch zehi, faroogh Rastadel, Ayube kord Tamini, Umm al-Banin Arefi, Hamed Azar Pira, Vahed bakhsh Baloch   +10 more
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Expression, Purification, and Microscopy‐Based Assays for Engineered Recombinant Tyrosinated, Detyrosinated, and Δ2 Human Tubulin

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microtubules are noncovalent polymers assembled from α/β tubulin dimers. Their structure, dynamics and interaction with effectors are regulated through the expression of diverse tubulin isotypes and chemically diverse posttranslational modifications, also known as the “tubulin code.” Understanding the biophysical correlates between tubulin ...
Jiayi Chen, Agnieska Szyk, Antonina Roll‐Mecak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Long Term Determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditures Case Study: Hossein Abad District of Uremia

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2014
Introduction: Financing the health expenditures in societies which lack the prepaid mechanisms, and is often done through pay out of pocket, cause to take the financial burden to households and they face catastrophic health expenditures.
Shahram Fattahi, Ameneh Naderi
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Measuring the Impact of the Substitution of Innovator Biologics With Biosimilars on Uptake and Costs Among Ontario Public Drug Benefit Recipients

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
In Ontario, biologics have historically represented a small proportion of public drug claims but a large proportion of spending. Biosimilars, lower cost alternatives to biologics, offer a potential solution to the rising spending on biologics. From March 2023 to January 2024, the Ontario Ministry of Health required public drug program beneficiaries on ...
Anita Iacono, Martin K. H. Ho, Joanna Yang, Tonya Campbell, William Wynne, Dana Shearer, Lene Andersen, Eric Majer, Shaleesa Ledlie, Mina Tadrous, Tara Gomes   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source