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Indirect Costs of Non-Communicable Diseases within the Top Ten Causes of Mortality Worldwide: A Systematic Literature Review [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health challenge, representing the leading cause of disability and premature mortality worldwide.
Astrid Lorena Cubillos, Francisco Palencia-Sánchez, Libia Marcela Hernández, Martha Isabel Riaño-Casallas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loneliness among elderly people as a public health threat

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2023
Each day, primary care physicians see many lonely elderly people with multiple complaints, who sometimes can be labelled “over-demanding” or even “abusing health services”; in fact, this phenomenon results from general deficiencies and insufficiency in ...
Anna Susło, Sylwia Mizia, Ewa Pochybełko, Ewa Horoch-Łyszczarek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Biomaterials for Osteochondral Repair: From Source to Strategy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Biological origin‐guided overview of natural biomaterials and therapeutic strategies for osteochondral tissue engineering. The circular diagram categorizes representative materials and strategies into plant/algae‐derived, microbial‐derived, animal‐derived, and human‐derived sources, centered on an osteochondral defect repair model.
Hengyu Liu, Hanyang Zhang, Wenbo Yang, Hao Chen, Jincheng Wang, Fei Chang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The battle for mental well-being in Ukraine: mental health crisis and economic aspects of mental health services in wartime

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2023
The ongoing war in Ukraine is having profound impacts on both the local and global economy, as well as the infrastructure and overall well-being of the people.
Violetta Seleznova, Irina Pinchuk, Inna Feldman, Volodymyr Virchenko, Bo Wang, Norbert Skokauskas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organic Photoelectrochemical Cells Beyond Performance: Interface and Catalyst Engineering for Durability

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
Organic photoelectrochemical cells based on π‐conjugated semiconductors offer a versatile platform for solar fuel generation. This review outlines operating principles, device architectures, and key metrics, and highlights advances in p‐ and n‐type photoelectrodes, interfacial engineering, and catalyst integration.
Jaehyeong Kim, Jung Min Ha, Yeonjeong Lee, Seung Won Oh, Wangyeon Lee, Munsu Kwon, Soonyong Lee, Jin Young Kim, Han Young Woo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Futures Thinking: Strategy Used by Health Care Organization to Survive Economic Collapse During the Great Recession of 2008 [PDF]

American Journal of Management Science and Engineering, 2020
This case tells how a leader of a health care institution used systems thinking as a foresight tool to help survive the Great Recession of 2008. The original study on which this case is based sought to understand the essence of leaders’ interior response to the Great Recession of 2008 with regard to sustainability and leadership.
openaire   +1 more source

Catastrophic health expenditures incurred by families in 2003, 2009 and 2018 in the Federal District, Brazil: evolution and composition [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To investigate the evolution of prevalence of catastrophic health expenditure in the Brazilian Federal District at three different times (2003, 2009 and 2018), as well, to identify the composition of outof- pocket expenditure in the respective ...
Pedro Henrique Alves Santos, Theo da Fonseca Torres, Letícia Xander Russo, Everton Nunes da Silva   +3 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The surprising politics of learning health systems

Learning Health Systems
Learning Health Systems (LHS) are an increasingly common element of health policy reform efforts in a number of jurisdictions. There is little disagreement around the LHS vision, and early adopters provide some development guidance.
Adalsteinn Brown, Robert J. Reid
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source