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HOW MANY PLUS ONE AND FOR HOW LONG? A BRIEF CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHINA-CEE COOPERATION [PDF]

Global Economic Observer
This paper looks at the meteoric rise and downfall of the 16+1 platform, created by China in 2012 for its “win-win” cooperation with sixteen Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.
SARMIZA PENCEA
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Science, technology, and innovation in health for the next twenty years: A survey analysis in Colombia

Health Care Science
Background Colombia is a Latin American country with a very complex social and political context that has not allowed the allocation of sufficient resources to the fields of science, technology, and innovation (STI). This is particularly worrying for the
Oscar Espinosa, Gabriela Puentes, Jhonathan Rodríguez, Adriana Robayo, Juan‐Manual Anaya   +4 more
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Equiprobability, Entropy, Gamma Distributions and Other Geometrical Questions in Multi-Agent Systems

Entropy, 2009
A set of many identical interacting agents obeying a global additive constraint is considered. Under the hypothesis of equiprobability in the high-dimensional volume delimited in phase space by the constraint, the statistical behavior of a generic agent ...
Xavier Calbet, Ricardo López-Ruiz, Jaime Sañudo   +2 more
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Economic models of consumer protection policies [PDF]

This paper summarizes some of my recent work on consumer protection. I present three theoretical models which illustrate the merits and drawbacks of a number of common consumer protection policies, namely: policies which prevent firms from setting unduly
Armstrong, Mark
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Economic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on households, health systems, and society in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods Electronic databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL were searched using keywords related to RA and cost of illness.
Tadesse Gebrye, Chidozie E. Mbada, Clara T. Fatoye, Faatihah Niyi‐Odumosu, Ushotanefe Useh, Zalmai Hakimi, Francis Fatoye   +6 more
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Study on the concentration, distribution, and persistence of health spending for the contributory scheme in Colombia

BMC Health Services Research
Colombia is among the countries with the most robust financial protection against personal health spending in the world, with out-of-pocket spending ranking lowest across OECD countries.
Oscar Espinosa, Rocco Friebel, Valeria Bejarano, Martha-Liliana Arias, Don Husereau, Adrian Smith   +5 more
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Cost-Based Models of Economic Growth [PDF]

In this paper we highlight the importance of the operational costs in explaining economic growth and analyze how the industrial structure affects the growth rate of the economy.
Daniel Cardona, Fernando Sanchez Losada
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Physician Referral Patterns to Physical Therapists for Managing Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From an Integrated Health System

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PTs) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja, Joel M. Stevans, Gustavo J. Almeida, Clair Smith, Janet K. Freburger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Admissible target paths in economic models [PDF]

Social Psychology ...
Engwerda, J.C.
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Cost‐Effectiveness of Low‐Dose Colchicine Prophylaxis When Starting Allopurinol Using the “Start‐Low Go‐Slow” Approach for Gout: Evidence From a Noninferiority Randomized Double‐Blind Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of low‐dose colchicine prophylaxis for preventing gout flares when starting allopurinol using the “start‐low go‐slow” approach. Methods Participants with gout, fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology recommendations for starting urate‐lowering therapy and with serum urate
Yana Pryymachenko, Ross Wilson, Nicola Dalbeth, J. Haxby Abbott, Lisa Stamp   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source