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Universal health coverage and equal access in Sweden : a century-long perspective on macro-level policy

Background: When today's efforts to achieve universal health coverage are mainly directed towards low-income settings, it is perhaps easy to forget that countries considered to have universal, comprehensive and high-performing health systems have also ...
Fredriksson, Mio,, Fredriksson, Mio
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity in distribution of hospital beds in Tehran province [PDF]

Payesh
Objective(s): Health equity is “the availability of health services and people's access to them, using health services based on need, paying for health services based on financial ability and having an acceptable level of health”.
Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Hamed Dehnavi, Alireza Darrudi   +2 more
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Measuring change in health care equity using small area administrative data – evidence from the English NHS 2001-8 [PDF]

This study developed a method for measuring change in socio-economic equity in health care utilisation using small area level administrative data. Our method provides more detailed information on utilisation than survey data but only examines socio ...
Mauro Laudicella, Paolo Li Donni, Richard Cookson   +2 more
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To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering Cystic Fibrosis Carrier: Insights From a Heterozygous CFTR‐F508del Rabbit Model

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a heterogeneous inflammatory disorder frequently associated with impaired mucociliary clearance and bacterial infection. Individuals carrying a single cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutation exhibit partial CFTR dysfunction and are increasingly recognized as being at risk ...
Do‐Yeon Cho, Alexis E. McFeely, Daniel Skinner, Shaoyan Zhang, Justin Hedvat, Weslee Ping‐ay, Daniel M. Beswick, Justin H. Turner, Bradford A. Woodworth, Jie Xu   +9 more
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Systemic Corticosteroids in the Management of Sinonasal Disease: An Evidence‐Based Expert Review

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a prevalent, heterogeneous inflammatory disease associated with significant morbidity. Systemic corticosteroids (SCS) are commonly prescribed for their anti‐inflammatory effects, but cumulative exposure carries risks, including metabolic, cardiovascular, and skeletal complications.
Andrew Thamboo, Deanna Gigliotti, Eugenio De Corso, Stella Lee, Benjamin S. Bleier, Christopher J. Chin, Marie‐Noelle Corriveau, Valerie Hox, Claire Hopkins, Peter H. Hwang, Arif Janjua, Ludger Klimek, Daniel Lee, John Lee, Amber Luong, Geoffrey Mortuaire, Joaquim Mullol, Zara M. Patel, John Scott, Doron Sommer, Leigh Sowerby, Marc Tewfik, Beatrice Voizard, Martin Wagenmannm, Sarah K. Wise, Jonathan Yip, Quirina Thompson, Martin Desrosiers, Yvonne Chan   +28 more
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Social inequality in the access to healthcare services in Brazil [PDF]

healthcare services; Brazil; social ...
Kenya Valeria Micaela de Souza Noronha, Mônica Viegas Andrade   +1 more
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Plant Virus Immunotherapy for HPV‐Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) nanoparticles are safe and potent cancer immunotherapy candidates with strong immunomodulatory activity. CPMV activates innate immunity, which in turn drives adaptive immune responses and promotes durable, systemic antitumor effects.
Jessica Fernanda Affonso de Oliveira, Patrick Opdensteinen, Andrea Simms, Seongwon Jung, Giuliana P. Mognol, Hui Chen, Judith A. Varner, Nicole F. Steinmetz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The global nursing workforce: realising universal palliative care

The Lancet Global Health, 2020
William E Rosa, Eric L Krakauer, Paul E Farmer, Viola Karanja, Sheila Davis, Nigel Crisp, M R Rajagopal   +6 more
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