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Rethinking Support Allocation: Mental Health and Patterns of Homelessness Support Utilisation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Homelessness support agencies face substantial puzzles in allocating scarce resources: who gets access and who stays on the waitlist? This paper examines the influence of mental illness on the patterns of consuming non‐clinical homelessness support by persons experiencing homelessness and at risk.
Godwin Kavaarpuo, Kathryn Daley
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Priorities Towards Fair Allocation of Ventilators During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Delphi Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe shortage in vital resources, including invasive mechanical ventilators. The current imbalance between demand and supply of mechanical ventilators has called for investigations on the fair allocation of ...
Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Nasim Zamani, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam, Ali-Asghar Kolahi   +4 more
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Mapping Lupinus polyphyllus density and distribution along road verges using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)–based remote sensing

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Road verges function as refuges for semi‐natural species, but they can also facilitate the spread of non‐native plants such as Lupinus polyphyllus. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)–based remote sensing is a promising tool for mapping these species; however, its application in roadside contexts remains limited.
Elin L. Blomqvist, Jan‐Olov Andersson, R. Lutz Eckstein, Jan Haas   +3 more
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Sound Financial Practices and Entrepreneurs' Socio‐Environmental Commitment: Revealing the Role of Financial Barriers

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small enterprises (SEs) constitute a major component of economic systems, and their socio‐environmental commitment is critical for promoting societal well‐being. This paper examines the direct effect of sound financial practices on socio‐environmental commitment and evaluates the mediating role of financial constraints—specifically debt and ...
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño, Sara Fernández‐López, Lucía Rey‐Ares   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Viagra: a success story for rationing?

, 2002
The 1998 launch of Viagra prompted widespread fears about the budgetary consequences for insurers and governments, all the more so since Viagra was only the first of a new wave of so-called lifestyle drugs.
Sturm, H., Klein, R., Klein, Rudolf, Sturm, Heidrun   +3 more
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Climate Stress Testing on European SME Securitised Loans Under Climate Mitigation Scenarios

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Assessing the future impact of climate risks on the probability of default (PD) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is challenging due to limited disclosure, policy uncertainty and exposure to physical risks. This paper addresses this gap by integrating macroeconomic variables from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS ...
Luca Zanin, Raffaella Calabrese
wiley   +1 more source

What should guide priority setting in health care? A study of public preferences in Sweden

Nordic Journal of Health Economics, 2019
Priority setting criteria in health care are commonly set by politicians on behalf of the public. It is desirable that these criteria are in line with societal preferences in order to gain acceptance for decisions on what health services to provide and ...
Linda Ryen, Niklas Jakobsson, Mikael Svensson   +2 more
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The inability to pay for health services in Central and Eastern Europe: evidence from six countries. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket payments for health services constitute a major financial burden for patients in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Individuals who are unable to pay use different coping strategies (e.g.
Rechel, Bernd, Golinowska, S., Groot, W., Groot, Wim, Sowada, Christoph, Golinowska, Stanisława, Pavlova, Milena, Tambor, M., Sowada, C., Pavlova, M.; id_orcid, Pavlova, M., Tambor, Marzena, Rechel, B.   +12 more
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Examining ESG Performance Through TNFD‐Aligned Disclosure Practices

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines adherence to the Taskforce on Nature‐related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework in relation to the ESG performance of non‐financial and non‐utility S&P 500 firms. Drawing on legitimacy, stakeholder, and institutional monitoring theories, we construct measures of TNFD, nature‐related risk and opportunity indicators for ...
Dauda Bola Abdulsalam, Duminda Kuruppuarachchi, Helen Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy-making for Rationing in the Healthcare System: A review to provide suggestions for Iran

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2018
Background: Rationing is considered as a solution to control the costs and increase the efficiency in using the limited resources of the healthcare system.
Keivan Rahmani, Reza Rezayatmand, Niyousha Sadeghpour, Mahsa Nikaeen, Samira Arabi, Yasamin Molavi Taleghani   +5 more
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