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Diagnostic Performance of Comprehensive Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
In children with presumptive tuberculosis, comprehensive point‐of‐care (cPOCUS) identified key thoracic abnormalities with high specificity and excellent inter‐reader reliability. Although diagnostic sensitivity was modest and examinations often incomplete, cPOCUS shows promise as a complementary, radiation‐free imaging tool.
Isabelle Munyangaju   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cities Squeezed by Pension and Retiree Health Care Shortfalls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Thirty cities at the center of the nation's most populous metropolitan areas faced more than $192 billion in unpaid commitments for pensions and other retiree benefits, primarily health care, as of fiscal 2009.

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Understanding bidirectional and transactional relations in parent and offspring mental health: Using COVID‐19 pandemic data to gain insights

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
This study found that parent internalising symptoms predicted internalising symptoms in younger children, with no evidence of child‐driven effects. Among adolescents, mental health symptoms showed bidirectional associations with parent internalising symptoms, particularly for externalising symptoms.
Martha Oakes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quiet No More: Philadelphia Confronts the Cost of Employee Benefits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Examines the financial difficulties Philadelphia's pension and healthcare benefits system faces due the stock market decline and rising healthcare costs in comparison with those of nine other cities' systems.
Laura Horwitz, Thomas Ginsberg
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Toward Faster Recalls of Dangerous Medical Devices: Does Ownership by Large Institutional Investors Matter?

open access: yesJournal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recall delays expose consumers to prolonged risk and undermine a firm's long‐term performance and reputation. Building on agency theory's conceptualization of principal‐agent relationships, we theorize that large institutional investors play an important monitoring role wherein their ownership encourages faster recalls. We then build on agency
Jessica L. Darby   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of severe periodontitis and diabetes mellitus on recurrent cardiovascular outcomes

open access: yesJournal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This post hoc analysis of the Periodontitis and Coronary Heart Disease study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01045070) aimed to determine the association between diabetes and recurrent cardiovascular events (CVEs) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and severe periodontitis.
Stefan Reichert   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF NON-STATE PENSION FUNDS IN UKRAINE

open access: yesInternational scientific journal "Internauka". Series: "Economic Sciences", 2021
Olha Smyrna   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

A survey of the UK benefit system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper describes all the main benefits in the UK system, giving details of rates and allowances, as well as numbers and types of claimants and levels of ...
O'Dea, C., Phillips, D., Vink, A.
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The substantial economic burden of rotator cuff pathology: A nationwide cost‐of‐illness study

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nationwide economic burden of rotator cuff (RC) pathology by quantifying expenditures related to outpatient consultations including out‐of‐pocket expenses, hospitalisations and occupational insurance claims, within a national healthcare system.
Umile Giuseppe Longo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
[Excerpt] Pensions for civilian federal employees are provided through two programs, the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS). CSRS was authorized by the Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 (P.L.
Isaacs, Katelin P
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