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Paying for Payments: Free Payments and Optimal Interchange Fees [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Do consumers and merchants use the most efficient payment instruments? I examine how interchange fees, which are fees paid from merchants' banks to consumers' banks when card transactions take place, influence the choice between cash and payment cards. I show that when consumers do not pay transaction fees to banks - a common feature in bank contracts -
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Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler, Yunju Im, Sofia Pedro, Ted R. Mikuls, Edward S. Peters, Kaleb Michaud   +5 more
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Payment for performance (P4P): any future in Italy?

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Pay for Performance (P4P) programs, based on provision of financial incentives for service quality, have been widely adopted to enhance quality of care and to promote a more efficient use of health care resources whilst improving patient ...
Bevilacqua Luciana, Bodina Annalisa, Castaldi Silvana, Parravicini Elena, Bertuzzi Michaela, Auxilia Francesco   +5 more
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Master of sheets: A tale of compromised cloud documents [PDF]

, 2019
As of 2014, a fifth of EU citizens relied on cloud accounts to store their documents according to a Eurostat report. Although useful, there are downsides to the use of cloud documents.
Lazarov, Martin, Onaolapo, Jeremiah, Stringhini, Gianluca   +2 more
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A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives and Preferences in Lupus Management to Guide Lupus Guidelines Development

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg, Izzy Hartel, Lisa R. Sammaritano, Anca Askanase, Bonnie L. Bermas, Maria Dall'Era, Alí Duarte‐García, Victoria P. Werth, Brad Rovin, Reem A. Mustafa, Amy S. Turner, Bené Williams, Brian L. Ung, Hiya Bhavsar, Monique C. Gore‐Massy, Nahirannette Pulido, Natacha Guerrero, Natalie M. Smith, Wambui Machua, Linda T. Hiraki, Mary Beth Son   +20 more
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Improving access to gene therapies: a holistic view of current challenges and future policy solutions in the United States

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Gene therapies hold the promise of delivering groundbreaking improvements in health outcomes for previously intractable diseases. These therapies possess unique characteristics that differ from traditional small molecule or biologic treatments, posing ...
Tyler D Wagner, Lisabeth Buelt, Kimberly Westrich, Jonathan D Campbell   +3 more
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A Forwarding Cooperation Protocol for Plain and Cluster-based Ad Hoc Networks

Journal of Communications Software and Systems, 2008
In ad hoc networks, due to the lack of a dedicated network infrastructure, members have to collaborate ones with the others to support the basic networking functions that allowthem to communicate.
Helena Rifa-Pous, Jordi Herrera-Joancomarti   +1 more
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Standardized Payment Procedures as Key Enabling Factor for Mobile Commerce [PDF]

Companies are not going to invest into the development of innovative applications or services unless these can be charged for appropriately. Thus, the existence of standardized and widely accepted mobile payment procedures is crucial for successful ...
Kreyer, Nina, Pousttchi, Key, Turowski, Klaus   +2 more
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Sex differences in medication discontinuation in axial spondyloarthritis.

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We examined sex differences in medication discontinuation among patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) initiating tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), interleukin‐17 inhibitors (IL‐17i), or Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi). Methods Using data from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry (2003–2025), we ...
Rachael Stovall, Cinthia Blat, Eric Roberts, Jean W. Liew, Katherine Wysham, Namrata Singh, Janna Friedly, Lianne S. Gensler, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany   +9 more
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The second extended model of consumer trust in cryptocurrency payments, CRYPTOTRUST 2

Frontiers in Blockchain
Cryptocurrencies’ popularity is growing despite short-term fluctuations. Peer-reviewed research into trust in cryptocurrency payments started in 2014. While the model created then, is based on proven theories from psychology and supported by empirical ...
Alex Zarifis, Alex Zarifis, Shixuan Fu
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