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Less cash on the counter: Forecasting Finnish payment preferences [PDF]

Finnish payment methods have changed rapidly as payment cards have gained increasing popularity and have, to an extent, replaced cash. This article examines this phenomenon and the trends in cash and electronic payment methods in Finland.
Jyrkönen , Hanna
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How do stakeholders assess Jordan's institutional readiness for universal health coverage? An exploratory qualitative interview study in Jordan. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Alyahya MS, Abu Rumman S, Ibrahim M, Khatatbeh M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa, Silvia Bobba, Cynthia E. L. Latunussa, Enrica Leccisi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selling Federal Reserve payment services: one price fits all? [PDF]

Federal Reserve banks ; Payment ...
John A. Weinberg
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Six decades of modern emergency medical services in the USA: achievements, unfinished business, and the road ahead. [PDF]

World J Emerg Med
P Cozzi N, M Goodloe J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Central Banks and Payment Instruments: a Serious Case of Schizophrenia [PDF]

This article analyses the competition between cash and payment cards against the backdrop of the dual role of central banks - as issuers of cash and as institutions with a mandate to foster the efficiency of payment systems in general.
VAN HOVE, Leo
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Health system governance and pharmaceutical policy in Australia and Qatar: a comparative overview of access, reform, and equity. [PDF]

J Pharm Policy Pract
Abushanab D, Al-Badriyeh D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Return‐To‐Work and Working Status After Surgery for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer: A Prospective Observational Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
In this multicenter prospective study of 158 working‐age patients undergoing curative‐intent surgery for gastric or esophageal cancer, 78.5% were working at 18 months. Postoperative appetite loss, financial difficulties, and ≥ 10% weight loss at 6 months were associated with non‐working status.
Kentaro Goto, Shigeo Hisamori, Kohei Ueno, Hiroyasu Abe, Ryosuke Okamura, Hisahiro Hosogi, Yoshito Yamashita, Dai Manaka, Hiroaki Hata, Tatsuto Nishigori, Sanae Nakajima, Michihiro Yamamoto, Koichi Kinoshita, Shintaro Okumura, Masazumi Sakaguchi, Shigeru Tsunoda, Yu Sakagami, Koya Hida, Kazutaka Obama   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics of payment cards: a status report [PDF]

This article surveys the recent theoretical literature on payment cards (focusing on debit and credit cards) and studies this research's possible implications for the current public policy debate over payment card networks and the pricing of their ...
Wilko Bolt, Sujit Chakravorti
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