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Out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Turkey: analysis of the household budget surveys 2002-2008 [PDF]

, 2012
This paper analyses the prevalence of ‘catastrophic’ out-of-pocket health expenditure in Turkey and identifies the factors which are associated with its risk using the Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2002 to 2008.
Basar, D., Brown, S., Hole, A.R.
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Sufficiency, Comprehensiveness of Health Care Coverage, and Cost-Sharing Arrangements in the Realpolitik of Health Policy [PDF]

, 2016
This chapter explores two questions in detail: How should we determine the threshold for costs that individuals are asked to bear through insurance premiums or care-related out-of-pocket costs, including user fees and copayments?
Persad, Govind, Schmidt, Harald
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple Sclerosis and Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Iran

Global Journal of Health Science, 2016
<p><strong>BACKGROUND: </strong>There are many disabling medical conditions which can result in catastrophic health expenditure. Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most costly medical conditions through the world which encounter families to the catastrophic health expenditures.
Juyani Y, Hamedi D, Hosseini Jebeli SS, Qasham M   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Household catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from Georgia and its policy implications

BMC Health Services Research, 2009
Background To quantify extent of catastrophic household health expenditures, determine factors influencing it and estimate Fairness in Financial Contribution (FFC) index in Georgia to establish the baseline for expected reforms and contribute to the ...
Zoidze Akaki, Gotsadze George, Rukhadze Natia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Small‐for‐Size Syndrome Grade B/C After Simultaneous Splenectomy in Adult Living‐Donor Liver Transplantation

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
In a single‐center cohort of 577 adult LDLT recipients who underwent simultaneous splenectomy, clinically significant SFSS grade B/C (ILTS‐iLDLT‐LTSI 2023) occurred in 18.2% and was associated with inferior graft survival. Multivariate analysis identified MELD ≥ 30, NLR ≥ 4.5, and donor age ≥ 50 years as independent risk factors, which risk rising ...
Kyohei Yugawa, Takeo Toshima, Shinji Itoh, Takashi Motomura, Shohei Yoshiya, Norifumi Iseda, Tomoharu Yoshizumi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the Exposure of Households to Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditures in Iran in 2001: the World Health Organization and the World Bank\'s Approach

بیمارستان, 2013
Background: Achieving equitable financial contribution and removing the risk of householdschr('39') exposure to catastrophic expenditures are the most important challenges for health systems all over the world.
M Soofi, A Rashidian, F Aabolhasani, A Akbari Sari, M Bazyar   +4 more
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Information Dense and Industry Scalable Accelerated Formation

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Pulsed formation can reduce lithium‐ion battery formation time by over 50% while maintaining or enhancing performance. Validated on 25 Ah prismatic cells, this industry‐scalable method yields thinner, more homogeneous solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs).
Leon Merker, Markus Blessing, Bojing Zhang, Helge Sören Stein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditure and their welfare implications in a South African context

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2018
This study aims to quantify the extent of catastrophic household health expenditures on welfare and determine factors influencing it. A logistic regression model based on the logit link function was used to predict the probability of catastrophic health ...
Ali Babikir, Ali Satty, Henry Mwambi
doaj   +1 more source