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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What has driven the spatial spillover of China’s out-of-pocket payments? [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Even though China launched a series of measures to alleviate several financial burdens (including health insurance scheme, increased government investment, and so on), the economic burden of health expenditure has still not been alleviated. Out-of-pocket payments (OPPs) show not only a time correlation but also some degree of spatial correlation.
Ruijie Zhang, Jinghua Li, Xiaochun Du, Tianjiao Ma, Li Zhang, Qian Zhang, Fang Xia   +6 more
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Spatial disparities in impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket health payments in Malawi

Global Health Action, 2022
Out-of-pocket health payments as a means of financing health services are a cause of concern among households in low and middle-income countries. They prevent households from accessing health care services, can disrupt households' living standards by reducing consumption of other basic needs and push households into poverty.
Atupele N. Mulaga, Mphatso S. Kamndaya, Salule J. Masangwi   +2 more
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Complementary or Competitive? Emerging Interactions Between Restoration and Protection in the Conservation Reserve Program

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski, Tyler Lark, Rich Iovanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAN THE POOR IN LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME COUNTRIES REDUCE OUT OF POCKET PAYMENT AND CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDINGS? A LITERATURE REVIEW

International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
Objective: This paper aims to review, analyze, and discuss the incidence, severity, and effects of out-of-pocket-induced catastrophic health expenditure to understand its drivers and impacts, and to explore strategies to reduce it.
Omar Ame, Alphonce G Kyessi, Wilbard Kombe   +2 more
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When Biology Meets Medicine: A Perspective on Foundation Models

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence, and foundation models in particular, are transforming life sciences and medicine. This perspective reviews biological and medical foundation models across scales, highlighting key challenges in data availability, model evaluation, and architectural design.
Kunying Niu, Yuxing Wang, Limin Zou, Jing Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frequency of out-of-pocket payment for healthcare: Age and sex differences [PDF]

Medicinski Podmladak
Out-of-pocket payments for health care as one of the ways of health care financing is present in numerous countries and can lead to a financial burden of healthcare. This could lead to restrictions on other necessary goods and lower the expected standard
Vojvodić Katarina, Terzić-Šupić Zorica   +1 more
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AS‐pHopt: An Optimal pH Prediction Model Enhanced by Active Site of Enzymes

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
To address the low accuracy of enzyme optimal pH (pHopt) prediction, this study develops active site‐based pHopt (AS‐pHopt), a prediction model enhanced by active site information and pseudo‐label prediction. Integrating key structural and physicochemical features affecting enzyme pHopt, AS‐pHopt uses Evolutionary Scale Modeling (ESM)‐2 with active ...
Wenxiang Song, Xinmin Li, Hongbo Yu, Le Xiong, Guixia Liu, Weihua Li, Yun Tang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gaining Access to Major Elective Surgeries in a Public Tertiary Health Institution in Southeast Nigeria: Evaluating Household Payment Coping Strategies

The Annals of African Surgery, 2019
Background: The Lancet Commission on Global Health recommends that by 2030 no household should be impoverished while accessing needed surgical operation. Meeting this target in Nigeria is challenging.
Ikenna Ifeanyi Nnabugwu, Chikezie Nwankwor, Fredrick Ugwumba   +2 more
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