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Freedom and equity in Iranian health system: a qualitative study

Payesh, 2017
Objective (s): People are the major recipients of health services, they deserve their selves to have the choice right and equitable access to healthcare services. Health system is responsible for providing the fair services and choice right to the public.
Arash Rashidian, Mohammad Arab, Hakimeh Mostafavi   +2 more
doaj  

Facilitating Expedited Drug Approval—the Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Trials for Pediatric Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Pamela F. Weiss, Hermine I. Brunner
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review

International Journal for Equity in Health
Palliative care (PC) has the potential to alleviate suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with serious progressive diseases; however, access to PC remains unequal across different populations.
Gonçalo Sítima, Carlos Galhardo-Branco, P. Reis-Pina   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of equity in access to pharmaceutical services in selected cites of Isfahan Province, Iran

Journal of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management, 2017
Background: Equity is one of the pivotal aims and priorities of the pharmaceutical system. The World Health Organization report in 2000 clarifies the important role of equity in health-care systems. Equity and efficiency are prominent features of health-
Majid Davari, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Abolfazl Aslani, Zahra Bakhshizadeh, Elahe Khorasani   +4 more
doaj  

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity in Maternal Health in South Africa: Analysis of Health Service Access and Health Status in a National Household Survey

PLoS ONE, 2013
South Africa is increasingly focused on reducing maternal mortality. Documenting variation in access to maternal health services across one of the most inequitable nations could assist in re-direction of resources.Analysis draws on a population-based household survey that used multistage-stratified sampling.
Njeri Wabiri, Matthew Chersich, Khangelani Zuma, Duane Blaauw, Jane Goudge, Ntabozuko Dwane   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Tropical 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, Paulin Beya Mutombo, Théophane Kekemb Bukele, John Kebela Kamwina, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source