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Consumer protection laws and regulations in deposit and loan services : a cross-country analysis with a new data set [PDF]

Consumer protection and financial literacy can contribute to improved efficiency, transparency, competition, and access in retail financial markets by reducing information asymmetries and power imbalances between providers and users of financial services.
Ardic, Oya Pinar, Ibrahim, Joyce A., Mylenko, Nataliya   +2 more
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Formal and informal social care in people with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal diseases: a cross‐sectional multicentre survey

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Introduction Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases(RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living(ADLs). This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disperate regions of England: Salford(urban) and Norfolk(rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H Humphreys   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF THE 2007-2008 CRISIS ON THE EUROPEAN AND ROMANIAN LEGISLATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK IN THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2021
Inadequate consumer protection, especially in the US mortgage market, has not only resulted in considerable consumer harm, but has contributed substantially to the onset of the global financial crisis.
Monica CALU
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Consumer protection in the shadow of the global financial crisis - a study on the way forward of consumer protection in European Union, Republic of Moldova and P.R. of China - [PDF]

As could be expected, the global financial crisis is on everybody’s mind and causing a lot of worries. The current crisis has reached the consumers globally and intensified conversations about consumer protection. It has threatened their wealth as people
Gojinetchi, Sergiu
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index (FI‐Lab) for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Commercial Health Insurance in India: A System-Dynamics Approach to Complex Stakeholder Incentives and Policy Outcomes

Systems
Most low- and middle-income governments are unwilling and unable to adequately fund their health systems using tax resources. Despite this route’s popularity in public discourse, it is neither a feasible nor a desirable route for financing Universal ...
Nachiket Mor, Aakriti Gupta, Rahul Roy
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Financial Reforms, Patent Protection and Knowledge Accumulation in India [PDF]

The main objective of this paper is to explore the impact of financial sector reforms, financial deepening and intellectual property protection on the accumulation of knowledge for one of the world’s largest developing countries.
Ang, James
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High Healthcare Utilization Preceding Diagnosis with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Though early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize healthcare utilization in the year preceding diagnosis.
Anna Costello, Rui Xiao, Xuemei Zhang, Jahan Jazayeri, Irit R Rasooly, Pamela F Weiss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in SLE: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semi‐structured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Christine Hariz, Christie M Bartels, Shanthini Kasturi, Wambui Machua, Amy Bennett, Kate Chiseri, Allison Plitman, Starla Hairston Blanks, April Jorge, Patti Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Shivani Garg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare utilisation patterns among individuals with noncommunicable diseases in rural households of Chengalpattu district: A community-based cross-sectional study

International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India, posing significant challenges to healthcare access and utilization, especially in rural settings.
Harishma Ramesh, Prabhadevi Ravichandran, Pavan Kumar Gollapalli, Vedapriya Dande Rajasekar, Sanjutha Arumugam, Rajan Edward Daniel Thomas, P. M. Nishanth Kumaran Shri   +6 more
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