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The in- and outpatient health care use of patients with COPD before and after initiation of home care: a registry study from Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Objective Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common condition associated with age, multimorbidity and frequently involves the use of health care across levels.
Tron Anders Moger, Jon Helgheim Holte, Olav Amundsen, Silje Bjørnsen Haavaag, Øystein Døhl, Line Kildal Bragstad, Ragnhild Hellesø, Nina Køpke Vøllestad, Trond Tjerbo   +8 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond salaries: Teachers' experiences of navigating early years education amid economic instability in Türkiye

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
wiley   +1 more source

Theoretical Underpinnings of the Political Priorities of Municipal Healthcare Services in NorwayHow a Rawlsian Heuristic Can Aid Political Decision-Making in Municipal Healthcare Services

Tidsskrift for Omsorgsforskning
This paper aims to discuss the current criteria for municipal priorities in municipal healthcare services in Norway in light of major theories from political philosophy on social justice, such as John Rawlsʼs theory of justice and utilitarianism.
Daniel Rød, Vegard Stensen, Martin Sollund Krane   +2 more
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Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Few studies have estimated planned home deaths compared to actual place of death in a general population or the longitudinal course of home nursing services and associations with place of death.
Camilla Kjellstadli, Ling Han, Heather Allore, Elisabeth Flo, Bettina S. Husebo, Steinar Hunskaar   +5 more
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Public and Private Home Care Services for Elderly in Gothenburg Region, Sweden 2013

Central European Public Administration Review, 2013
The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate the public and private home care services for elderly given economic limitations after delegating them to municipality in the Gothenburg Region.
Iwona Sobis
doaj   +1 more source

The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
wiley   +1 more source

Improving maternal and child nutrition services in community based health planning and services zones in the jirapa municipality of northern ghana-challenges and strategies: the perspective of community health officers

BMC Nutrition
Background The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative plays a key role in delivering maternal and child health nutrition services in Ghana.
Francis Xavier Tengepare, Dennis Chirawurah, Stephen Apanga   +2 more
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The Use of Renewable Energy in Prominent City Buildings: A Diffusion Study on Top European Football Organizations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to investigate the rate of diffusion of renewable energy sources used by Europe's top professional football stadiums and the relationship with carbon neutrality. A discrete diffusion model estimated the diffusion of renewable energy to saturation, and a multivariate logistic ...
Chad S. Seifried, Liz Wanless, Timothy Kellison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source