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Assessing social protection influence on health status in the European Union
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionHealth status and access to healthcare services are crucial factors that directly impact the well-being of individuals and societies. In the European Union (EU), social protection measures are significant in supporting citizens’ health and ...
Claudiu George Bocean +1 more
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Socio-economic determinants of out-of-pocket Payments on healthcare in Pakistan [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket (OOP) payment on healthcare is dominant mode of financing in developing countries. In Pakistan it is 67% of total expenditure on healthcare.
Malik, Ashar Muhammad +1 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Background We investigated the mortality and disability rate, as well as the healthcare expenditure, for patients with newly diagnosed seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were followed-up for up to 10 years, compared to the general population in ...
I. Choi, J. Lee, Y. Song, E. Lee
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Auditory–Tactile Congruence for Synthesis of Adaptive Pain Expressions in RoboPatients
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.In this work, we explore auditory–tactile congruence for synthesizing adaptive vocal pain expressions in robopatients. Using a robopatient platform that integrates vocal pain sounds with palpation forces, we conducted 7680 trials across 20 participants.
Saitarun Nadipineni +4 more
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Who’s going broke? Comparing growth in Public healthcare expenditure in Ten OECD Countries [PDF]
Government healthcare expenditures have been growing much more rapidly than GDP in OECD countries. How much of this growth is due to demographic change versus increases in benefit levels (expenditures per person at a given age)?
Christian Hagist, Laurence J. Kotlikoff
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 As a result of China’s economic growth, air pollution, including carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, has caused serious health problems and accompanying heavy economic burdens on healthcare.
Linhong Chen +4 more
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Bioinspired Soft‐Skeleton Robotics With Cooperative Shape Transformation and Stiffness Adaptation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A bioinspired soft‐skeleton robot that integrates variable‐stiffness chain skeletons into a soft textile skin is developed. The chain skeletons are highly flexible initially but can stiffen upon pneumatic actuation, enabling large deformation and enhanced load‐bearing capacity.
Mengyuan Niu +5 more
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The Economics of Information Technology in Public Sector Health Facilities in Developing Countries: The Case of South Africa [PDF]
The public healthcare sector in developing countries face many challenges, including weak healthcare systems and under resourced facilities that deliver poor outcomes relative to total healthcare expenditure. Healthcare delivery, access to healthcare and
Gregory B. Cline, John M. Luiz
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Impacts of the Crisis on Access to Healthcare Services in the EU [PDF]
, 2013 [Excerpt] This report is the first output of Eurofound’s research project on the impacts of the recent financial and economic crisis on access to publicly financed healthcare services in the EU. It aims to provide an overview of context and developments,
Anderson, Robert, Dubois, Hans
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Fiber energy harvesters offer unprecedented flexibility and a unique capacity for integration into commercial textiles, overcoming the limitations of bulky and rigid conventional devices. This review summarizes recent advances in fiber‐based energy harvesting and provides strategic outlooks to accelerate technological progress in the field. ABSTRACT As
Hanhwi Jang +8 more
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