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The general health status and its relationship with life skills among service recipients of comprehensive health service centers in Iranian setting: a descriptive-analytical study

BMC Research Notes
Objective Enhancing a community’s health is essential for societal growth and development. Life skills and a healthy lifestyle can improve mental health and overall well-being.
Yalda Mousazadeh, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Azizollah Arbabisarjou, Mohaddeseh Tolouei, Heydar Mousavi, Esmail Najafi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

General practitioners and national health insurance--results of a national survey.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1999
To determine the attitudes of South African general practitioners (GPs) to national health insurance (NHI), social health insurance (SHI) and other related health system reforms.A national survey using postal questionnaires and telephonic follow-up of non-responders.GPs throughout South Africa.Four hundred and forty-three GPs were randomly selected ...
BLECHER, M, JACOBS, T, McIntyre, D
openaire   +3 more sources

Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Job Mobility: A Critical Review of the Literature [PDF]

This paper provides a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between health insurance, labor supply, and job mobility. We review over 50 papers on this topic, almost exclusively written in the last 10 years.
Brigitte C. Madrian, Jonathan Gruber
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Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: An Overview [PDF]

, 2015
[Excerpt] The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program provides health insurance to federal employees, retirees, and their dependents. This report provides a general overview of FEHB.
Blom, Kirstin B, Cornell, Ada S
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Intestinal Source Control of Lipid Metabolism by Enzyme‐Probiotic Encapsulated, Spatiotemporal Crosslinked, and Small Intestine‐Adhesive Hydrogel Microspheres

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A thiol‐modified alginate hydrogel microsphere‐encapsulated enzyme‐probiotic biohybrid (AKK‐COD) system has been developed to address the spatiotemporal delivery and colonization challenges of small intestine‐targeted probiotic for lipid metabolism regulation. The system exerts sequential functions of intragastric protection, small intestinal adhesion,
Xiaolin Wu, Weiwen Liang, Siqi He, Guangyuan Chen, Hui Zhou, Xinglong Wang, Yifei Li, Dingcai Wu, Bingna Zheng, Ruoxu Dou, Rongkang Huang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slovenian Complementary Health Insurance as a Service of General Economic Interest

Central European Public Administration Review, 2015
Slovenian legislation defines complementary health insurance as an activity of the public interest, which represents an inseparable and essential element of healthcare system and as such pursues objectives identical to those of compulsory health ...
Bruno Nikolić
doaj   +1 more source

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Macroeconomic Consequences of Financing Health Insurance [PDF]

Employer-financed health insurance systems, like that used in the United States, distort firms' labor demand and adversely affect the economy. Since such costs vary with employment rather than hours worked, firms have an incentive to increase output by ...
Jennifer M. Platania, Stephen B. DeLoach
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health screening disparities in people living with HIV; A nationwide organized screening setting

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: We identified the uptake of people living with HIV (PLWH) using health-screening services and compared the screening rate with the general population, to identify factors associated with the use of screening services by PLWH.
Boyoung Park, Yoonyoung Jang, Taehwa Kim, Yunsu Choi, Kyoung Hwan Ahn, Jung Ho Kim, Hye Seong, Youn Jeong Kim, Jun Yong Choi, Joon Young Song, Shin-Woo Kim, Sang Il Kim   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source