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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
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The Impact of Health Care Reform On Hospital and Preventive Care: Evidence from Massachusetts [PDF]

In April 2006, the state of Massachusetts passed legislation aimed at achieving near universal health insurance coverage. A key provision of this legislation, and of the national legislation passed in March 2010, is an individual mandate to obtain health
Amanda E. Kowalski, Jonathan T. Kolstad
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Hospitals, finance, and health system reform in Britain and the United States, c. 1910-1950: historical revisionism and cross-national comparison. [PDF]

, 2012
Comparative histories of health system development have been variously influenced by the theoretical approaches of historical institutionalism, political pluralism, and labor mobilization.
Gorsky, Martin, Martin Gorsky
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intermittent fasting produces antidepressant-like effects by modulating dopamine D1 receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex

Neurobiology of Disease
Nutritional psychiatry has gained increasing attention, particularly in exploring dietary interventions for depression treatment. As a potential non-drug intervention, intermittent fasting (IF) has gradually attracted the interest of researchers, but its
Jingjing Piao, Hongyu Chen, Xinmiao Piao, Ziqian Cheng, Fangyi Zhao, Ranji Cui, Bingjin Li   +6 more
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Hospital productivity and the Norwegian ownership reform – A Nordic comparative study [PDF]

In a period where decentralisation seemed to be the prominent trend, Norway in 2002 chose to re-centralise the hospital sector. The reform had three main aims; cost control, efficiency and reduced waiting times.
Medin, Emma, Linna, Miika, Magnussen, Jon, Häkkinen, Unto, Olsen, Kim Rose, Rehnberg, Clas, Kittelsen, Sverre A.C., Sarheim Anthun, Kjartan   +7 more
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Exploration on undergraduate curriculum reform of hospital-oriented biomedical engineering major [PDF]

, 2004
This paper focuses on improving the status quo ofundergraduate education of biomedical engineering students inChina. With consideration of the particular job requirement andneeds of hospitals for biomedical engineering professionals, weaddress a series ...
Chen Fuyi, Zeng Bixin, Huang Min, Chen Liangliang   +3 more
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Hospital contracting reforms : The lebanese ministry of public health experience [PDF]

, 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.
Ekman, Bjorn,, Ammar, Walid S., Hamadeh, Ghassan, Khalife, Jade, Khalife, Jade,, El-Jardali, Fadi, Hamadeh, Ghassan N., Kronfol, Nabil,, Hamadeh, Ghassan,, Makouk, Jihad,, Ammar, Walid, Kronfol, Nabil, El-Jardali, Fadi,, Ekman, Bjorn, Makouk, Jihad, Rafeh, Nadwa,, Kronfol, Nabil M., Ekman, Björn Olof, Ammar, Walid,, Rafeh, Nadwa, Lund University.   +20 more
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Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald, Lee Cubis, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting Aged Care Worker Wellbeing: A Qualitative Document Analysis of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart, Kate Churruca, Maree Saba, Janet C Long, Peter D. Hibbert, Amy Nguyen, Viviana Wuthrich, Bronwyn Newman, Leonard C. Gray, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source