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Honesty in Difficult Conversations: Insights From Healthcare Professionals

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When being honest is expected to cause emotional distress to those it concerns, it can be difficult to practice. This study examines how honesty is understood and accounted for in situations of emotional, moral and relational complexity. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with 16 Danish healthcare professionals (8 doctors and 8 nurses), we ...
Anna Louise Z. Malfilâtre, Rachele Mazzini, Lau Lilleholt, Ingo Zettler, Séamus A. Power   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequality in the Distribution of Health Expenditures in 22 Districts of Tehran

Journal of Community Health Research, 2014
Background and purpose: In 2000 World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the fairness of financial contribution to health care costs, as one of the three goals of health systems.
Mohammad Hossein Ghafoori, Farbod Ebadifard Azar, Mohammad Arab, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Negar Yusef Zadeh, Aziz Rezapour   +5 more
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Out of pocket and catastrophic health expenditure in Tanzania: recent evidence on the incidence, intensity and distribution

BMC Health Services Research
Background In most low-income countries (LICs), health is mainly financed by out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures. However, it is claimed that this form of payment causes a massive burden on poor households. This study investigates the catastrophic impact of
John Massito, Gabriel Hinju
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The genetic architecture of epilepsy across molecular mechanisms and clinical heterogeneity

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Epilepsy comprises a highly heterogeneous group of neurological disorders unified by a persistent predisposition to recurrent seizures, yet driven by remarkably diverse genetic, molecular, and network‐level mechanisms. Advances in genomic technologies have revealed that epilepsy arises from a multilayered genetic architecture encompassing rare
Mohammad Reza Seyedtaghia, Jina Babanzadeh, Marcello Scala, Lorenzo Perilli, Pasquale Striano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic burden and cost determinants of epilepsy in Georgia: A longitudinal cost‐of‐illness study

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To assess the economic burden, cost components, and individual‐level determinants of outpatient epilepsy care in adults in Georgia. Methods This longitudinal study of epilepsy‐related costs in adults with active epilepsy attending a tertiary epilepsy centre in Tbilisi collected clinical and sociodemographic data over 6 months. Direct
Sofia Kasradze, Tamar Jishkariani, Eka Burkadze, Ketevan Mamasakhlisi, Marika Megrelishvili, Josemir W. Sander   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement and Explanation of Inequality in Health and Health Care in Low-Income Settings [PDF]

This paper describes approaches to the measurement and explanation of income-related inequality and inequity in health care financing, health care utilization and health and considers the applicability and the feasibility of these methods in low-income ...
van Doorslaer, Eddy, O'Donnell, Owen
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Can insurance reduce catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure? [PDF]

In India, the out-of-pocket health expenditure by households accounts for around 70 percent of the total expenditure on health. Large out-of-pocket payments may reduce consumption expenditure on other goods and services and push households into poverty ...
Rama Joglekar
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Flexible photocatalytic materials: From substrate engineering to multi‐field synergistic enhancement

FlexMat, EarlyView.
This review examines flexible photocatalytic systems, covering substrate evolution from polymers to biomass, fabrication methods like electrospinning, and key mechanical and optoelectrochemical metrics under deformation. Enhancement strategies are critically discussed, followed by applications in energy conversion, environmental remediation, and ...
Weiqi Wang, Xinrong Zhang, Jing Zhao, Songcan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergence of per capita health care expenditures in OECD Countries [PDF]

In this article it is investigated the convergence of health care expenditures per capita in OECD during the 1970–2005 period by applying Lima and Resende (2007) persistence methodology.
Aslan, Alper
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A Review of Probabilistic and Novel Approaches to Cost Assessment in CCUS Projects

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the renewable energy sector is making progress, there is still a long way to go before green energy can be fully utilized. In this context, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies can act as a temporary bridge between a high‐emission past and a low‐emission future.
Majid Mohajeri, Saman Azadbakht
wiley   +1 more source