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Reaching the millennium development goal for child mortality : improving equity and efficiency in Ecuador's health budget [PDF]
health care; infant mortality; health policy;
Cuesta, J.D. +4 more
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Infant mortality rates: Time trends and fractional integration [PDF]
, 2011 This paper examines the time trends in infant mortality rates in a number of countries in the 20th century. Rather than imposing that the error term is a stationary I(0) process, we allow for the possibility of fractional integration and hence for a much
Caporale, GM, Gil-Alana, LA
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The effect of distance to health-care facilities on childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso.
, 2011 This study aims to investigate the relation between distance to health facilities, measured as continuous travel time, and mortality among infants and children younger than 5 years of age in rural Burkina Faso, an area with low health facility density ...
Akello +32 more
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Infant and child mortality in Afghanistan: A scoping review
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Since 1990, global child and infant mortality rates have typically stabilized or decreased due to improved healthcare, vaccination rollouts, and international funding.
Khulud Qamar +5 more
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Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Nicotine has been associated with cognitive functions such as memory and attention, with serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) as a biomarker for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS).
Qianqian Ji +5 more
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Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970 [PDF]
This paper examines the racial gap in infant mortality rates from 1920 to 1970. Using state-level panel data with information on income, urbanization, women's education, and physicians per capita, we can account for a large portion of the racial gap in ...
Melissa A. Thomasson, William J. Collins
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Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development, EarlyView.Abstract Endogenous oxytocin plays an important role in lactation, but its effectiveness as an exogenous galactagogue has been modest due to dose‐limiting side effects related to off‐target effects at the vasopressin V2 receptor. Merotocin (FE 202767) is a short‐acting peptidic oxytocin receptor agonist with the potential to aid mothers experiencing ...
Yu Bagger +4 more
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Why Young People With Eating Disorder Symptoms Do Not Seek Help—Exploring Barriers to Help‐Seeking
International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Rates of help‐seeking and treatment uptake are low in eating disorders. Delayed initiation of treatment has a negative impact on prognosis and treatment outcome and leads to a higher burden on the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to explore factors associated with help‐seeking and their interactions in a large sample of ...
Johanna Stadler +46 more
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An Assessment of OECD Health Care System Using Panel Data Analysis [PDF]
The health care delivery system of twenty five OECD nations is analyzed in this paper. This study seeks to assess the significance of various factors contributing to life expectancy and infant mortality for the 1990-2002 period.
Mirmirani, Sam, Mohan, Ramesh
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