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The Herfindahl neutral point: A firm‐level threshold for managing market concentration with evidence from US hog packing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper derives a firm‐level threshold, the Herfindahl Neutral Point, from the standard concentration index used in merger review. At this threshold, a marginal expansion leaves the index unchanged. Firms below the threshold reduce concentration when they expand; firms above it increase concentration.
Andrew J. Keller, Krishna P. Paudel
wiley   +1 more source

Can equity be included in a performance evaluation system? Some evidences from the tuscan health care system [PDF]

open access: yes
Objectives. Can Equity be included in a performance evaluation system? In Italy, the Tuscan Region has tested and now is adopting an integrated model for performance measurement to which the regional administration, the local health authorities, and ...
Sabina Nuti, Sara Barsanti
core  

An equity-lens analysis of policies on child health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health
Background Despite policy commitments to equitable healthcare, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to experience significant disparities in child health outcomes.
Etienne Mwokozi Bwira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilization of public health services and health outcomes among China's migrant population: an equity analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Health Services
BackgroundThe equalization of basic public health services is a core component of China's healthcare reform, which is aimed at promoting the health of the general population.
Bo Dong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Airborne Outreach

open access: yesJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2014
There is a paucity of research demonstrating how HIV-funded services in Africa have improved equity and access to non-HIV services for both HIV-infected and uninfected patients.
Michael J. A. Reid MD, MA   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to healthcare: waiting time until the surgical procedure

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine
Background Understanding the determinants that limit the population’s access to surgical care in health services is highly relevant in order to provide data to support political interventions.Objective This study aimed to evaluate the time between ...
Cassiane de Santana Lemos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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