International Comparison of Geriatric‐Associated Variables in Major Gastroenterological Surgery Between National Clinical Database and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program [PDF]
Annals of Gastroenterological SurgeryBackgrounds Incidence of malignant disease in older patients has been increasing. These geriatric patients have more comorbidities and frailty than younger patients, necessitating different approaches in evaluation and treatment.
Yasuhide Kofunato +13 more
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Businesses, 2023 This study addresses the empirical problem of improving sales channels in countries like Tunisia, with a specific focus on the sales channels of Tunisian olive oil.
Hiroko Oe, Yasuyuki Yamaoka
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How Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, and the USA Pay for Variable, Specialized and Low Volume Care: A Cross-country Comparison of In-patient Payment Systems [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022 Background Diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based hospital payment can potentially be inadequately low (or high) for highly variable, highly specialized, and/or low volume care.
Wilm Quentin +7 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare and societies, exacerbating existing inequalities for women and girls across every sphere. Our study explores health system responses to gender equality goals during the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Ellen Kuhlmann +9 more
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Around the Tables – Contextual Factors in Healthcare Coverage Decisions Across Western Europe [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020 Background Across Western Europe, procedures and formalised criteria for taking decisions on the coverage (inclusion in the benefits basket or equivalent) of healthcare technologies vary substantially.
Tineke Kleinhout-Vliek +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The cognitive diagnosis model is an emerging evaluation theory. The mastery of fine-grained knowledge points of students can be obtained via the cognitive diagnostic model (CDM), which can subsequently describe the learning trajectory.
Bing Jia, Bing Jia, Zhemin Zhu, Hang Gao
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International Sports League Comparisons [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Comparisons between European and North American sports leagues have occurred over the years. In this paper, we attempt to bring these comparisons down to the essential elements – what has come to be called Rottenberg’s (1956) invariance principle and theoretical insights into attempts to alter competitive balance using revenue sharing, talent drafts ...
Dietl, Helmut +2 more
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Aging, Pensions and Long-term Care: What, Why, Who, How?; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020 Japan has been aging faster than other industrialized nations, and its experience offers useful lessons to others. Japan has been willing to expand its welfare state with a long-term care (LTC) insurance to finance home care and nursing home care for ...
Kieke Okma, Michael K. Gusmano
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Scientific explanation is one of the most core concepts in science education, and its mastery level is crucial for a deep understanding of the nature of science.
Tao Hu +4 more
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IS THE REGIONAL DIVERGENCE A PRICE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE? THE CASE OF THE VISEGRAD GROUP [PDF]
Journal of Competitiveness, 2017 The main goal of this article is to verify whether the Visegrad Group countries are achieving social convergence at national level at the expense of internal divergence.
Kuc Marta
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