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Welfare Reform and Indirect Impacts on Health [PDF]

The stated goals of welfare reform are to increase work, reduce dependency on welfare, reduce births outside marriage, and to increase the formation of two parent families. However, welfare reform may also have indirect impacts on health.
Marianne Bitler, Hilary W. Hoynes
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Cell‐Based Biohybrid Micro/Nanorobots for Biotherapy

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review systematically evaluates cell‐based biohybrid micro/nanorobots (CB‐BMRs), highlighting their cell selection criteria, fabrication strategies, and diverse actuation modes. Furthermore, it surveys the promising therapeutic applications of CB‐BMRs in targeted cancer, thrombosis, and inflammation treatments, while comprehensively discussing ...
Lin Wang, Chenlu Liu, Yu Zhao, Chuanhua Li, Xuyang Chen, Shixiao Ding, Lizhou Dai, Guokun Wang, Tianlong Li, Jiaxin Li, Xuejia Liu, Haocheng Wang   +11 more
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Engineering Approaches to Modify Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs): Tissue Regeneration and Clinical Application

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) show promise for treating immune‐related disorders through immunomodulation and tissue regeneration. This review gives a brief overview of current clinical approval of MSC therapies. It also discussed how bioengineering, including genetic modification, biomaterial delivery, extracellular vesicles, and iPSC‐derived MSCs,
Sichen Yang, Kejia Li, Ning Wang, Zhen Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Rocky S. Tuan, Yangzi Jiang   +6 more
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Barriers to and facilitators of coalface primary care reform in England: a qualitative study

BJGP Open
Background: Since the Declaration of Alma-Ata in 1978, global health policy has prioritised primary and integrated care reform to better manage chronic illness, improve health access, and prevent disease.
Claire Jackson AM, Caroline Nicholson, Jenny Job, Jon Sussex, Steven Morris   +4 more
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Reforming Health Care Reform [PDF]

JAMA Health Forum, 2020
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Welfare Reform and Health [PDF]

We investigate the relationship between welfare reform and health insurance, health care utilization, and self-reported measures of health status for women aged 20-45, using nationally representative data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance ...
Marianne Bitler, Jonah Gelbach, Hilary Hoynes   +2 more
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
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Medical deserts in Finland: measuring the accessibility and availability of primary health care services

BMC Health Services Research
Background Well-functioning primary health care (PHC) systems are needed to meet the challenges of aging populations and increasing care needs. However, “medical deserts”, areas with poor accessibility and availability of PHC services, remain a ...
Visa Väisänen, Markku Satokangas, Moona Huhtakangas, Harri Antikainen, Timo Sinervo   +4 more
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Hospital Contracting Reforms: The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health Experience

Health Systems & Reform, 2017
—Since 2009, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in Lebanon has been going through a major reform initiative to improve its contracting system with private and public hospitals. The private sector is the main provider of hospital care in the country and
Jade Khalife, Nadwa Rafeh, Jihad Makouk, Fadi El-Jardali, Bjorn Ekman, Nabil Kronfol, Ghassan Hamadeh, Walid Ammar   +7 more
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Leveraging health financing to strengthen mental health services in Ukraine

, 2023
viii, 19 p.Ukraine has faced significant challenges in recent decades, including the effects of war since 2014 and the COVID-19 pandemic, each with profound impacts on population mental health; 2022 estimates suggest around 9.6 million people in Ukraine ...
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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