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Morbidity of Returning Travelers Seen in Community Urgent Care Centers throughout Israel

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Information regarding post-travel morbidity is usually reported via dedicated post-travel clinics and mainly relates to travelers returning from low–middle-income countries (LMIC), however, the spectrum of morbidity seen within the community setting is ...
Eyal Itzkowitz, Evan A. Alpert, Abdulhadi Z. Farojeh, Deena R. Zimmerman, Eli Schwartz, Tamar Lachish   +5 more
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Economic evaluation of HIV testing options for low-prevalence high-income countries: a systematic review

Health Economics Review, 2021
Introduction This study reviewed the economic evidence of rapid HIV testing versus conventional HIV testing in low-prevalence high-income countries; evaluated the methodological quality of existing economic evaluations of HIV testing studies; and made ...
Olanrewaju Medu, Adegboyega Lawal, Doug Coyle, Kevin Pottie   +3 more
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Growth, Income Distribution, And well-Being In Transition Countries [PDF]

, 2000
In this paper we use several well-being measures that combine average income with a measure of inequality to undertake international and intertemporal well-being comparisons in transition countries.
Klasen, Stephan, Grün, Carola
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Analysis of Symmetric and Asymmetric Effects of Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Inflation-Targeting Countries

JIET (Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi Terapan), 2023
The main purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of symmetry and asymmetry of the exchange rate pass-through in Middle-Income and High-Income countries that implement inflation-targeting policies.
Syamad, Rossanto Dwi Handoyo
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The Efficiency of the Financial System: A Comparison of Developed and Less Developed Countries [PDF]

Financial Markets, Institutions and Risks, 2020
In this study, our objective is to find whether high-income countries have a more efficient financial system when compared to middle- and low-income countries.
Halil Dincer Kaya
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Does vulnerable employment narrow income inequality? Evidence from developing countries: Vulnerable employment and income inequality

, 2023
Most people at the lower end of the income spectrum in developing countries rely on vulnerable employment for their survival. In the absence of alternative sources of income, vulnerable employment narrows income inequality (inequality) by providing ...
Yerrabati, Sridevi
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Ending preventable stillbirths and improving bereavement care: a scorecard for high- and upper-middle income countries [PDF]

, 2023
Background Despite progress, stillbirth rates in many high- and upper-middle income countries remain high, and the majority of these deaths are preventable.
Leisher, Susannah Hopkins, E. P. S. in High-Resource Countries Scorecard Collaboration Group, Draper, Elizabeth S, Cassidy, Paul Richard, Flenady, Vicki, de Graaff, Esti Charlotte, Ravaldi, Claudia, Heazell, Alexander EP, Kinney, Mary, E. P. S. in High-Resource Countries Scorecard Collaboration Grou, Lawford, Harriet, Storey, Claire, Blencowe, Hannah, Quigley, Paula, Vannacci, Alfredo, Cassidy, Jillian   +15 more
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Corruption’s Crossroads: Exploring Firm Performance and Auditors’ Role in Emerging Markets

Economies
This study examines the relationship between country-level corruption (proxied by the Corruption Perception Index, CPI) and firm performance (measured by Return on Assets, ROA) across 18,286 firms in the East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions.
Sheela Sundarasen, Izani Ibrahim, Ahnaf Ali Alsmady, Tanaraj Krishna   +3 more
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The hazards of smoking and the benefits of cessation: A critical summation of the epidemiological evidence in high-income countries

eLife, 2020
In high-income countries, the biggest cause of premature death, defined as death before 70 years, is smoking of manufactured cigarettes. Smoking-related disease was responsible for about 41 million deaths in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada ...
Prabhat Jha
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source