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Price sensitivity and regional variation in health care [PDF]

, 2021
Understanding the consequences of current health policy is important in order to design and develop a health care system suitable for future challenges.
Johansson, Naimi
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The sources of regional variation in Canadian self-employment [PDF]

, 2012
The regional variation of entrepreneurship and self-employment within and across nations has been carefully studied over the past 20 years. A multitude of papers covering more than a dozen countries have examined what economic and social factors drive ...
Spigel, Ben
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Regional variation in the pronunciation of /s/ in the Dutch language area [PDF]

, 2019
This paper reports on an explorative sociophonetic study of the phoneme /s/ in the Dutch language area. Our aim is to investigate the regional variation in the realisation of this phoneme, and to test experimentally the observation of Collins & Mees ...
Heeren, W.F.L., Pinget, A.F., LS OZ Lexion en syntaxis, Ditewig, S., Pinget, A.C.H., ILS Variation, Ditewig, Sanne   +6 more
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Regional differences in the perception of a consonantal change in progress [PDF]

, 2016
This study aims at testing whether there are regional differences in the perception of the labiodental fricative contrast in Dutch. Previous production studies have shown that the devoicing of initial labiodental fricatives is a change in progress in the
van de Velde, H., Engelse taalkunde, Kager, R.W.J., Pinget, A.C.H., ILS Variation   +4 more
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Trends and regional variation in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in Switzerland: a population-based small area analysis. [PDF]

, 2021
Regional variation in procedure use often reflects the uncertainty about the risks and benefit of procedures. In Switzerland, regional variation in vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty rates was high, although the variation declined between 2013 and ...
Frei, A N, Panczak, R, Wertli, M M, Chiolero, A, Haynes, A G, Gellad, W F, Aujesky, D, Rodondi, N   +7 more
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Regional variation in social isolation amongst older Australians [PDF]

, 2016
Regional studies globally has a strong focus on understanding the causes of variation in the economic performance and well-being of regions and this emphasis acknowledges that the strength of the local or regional economy plays a determinant role in ...
McKechnie, S., Beer, A., Watt, A., Buys, L., Susan Chessman, Faulkner, D., Gill Lewin, Beer, Andrew, Rebecca Bentley, Faulkner, Debbie, Bentley, Rebecca, Law, J., Tinker, A., Chessman, S., Chessman, Susan, Law, Julia, Tinker, Anthea, Anthea Tinker, Amber Watt, Lewin, G., Debbie Faulkner, McKechnie, Sue, Lewin, Gill, Andrew Beer, Watt, Amber, Laurie Buys, Tinker, Anthea; id_orcid, Bentley, R., Buys, Laurie, Sue McKechnie, Julia Law   +30 more
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High regional variation in prostate surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia in Switzerland. [PDF]

, 2021
BACKGROUND Among various treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), surgical therapy is the most invasive. As Switzerland has the highest transurethral prostatectomy rate among OECD countries, we assessed the regional variation in ...
Aujesky, Drahomir, Haynes, Alan G., Rodondi, Nicolas, Panczak, Radoslaw, Weber, Pascal, Wertli, Maria M., Chiolero, Arnaud, Zumbrunn, Brigitta   +7 more
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Contextualizing National Policies Regulating Access to Low‐Dose Aspirin in America and Europe Using the Full Report of a Transatlantic Patient Survey of Aspirin in Preventive Cardiology

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Aspirin is widely administered to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, appropriate use of aspirin depends on patient understanding of its risks, benefits, and indications, especially where aspirin is available over the counter (OTC).
Alan P. Jacobsen, Zi Lun Lim, Blair Chang, Kaleb D. Lambeth, Thomas M. Das, Colin Gorry, Michael McCague, Faisal Sharif, Darren Mylotte, William Wijns, Patrick W. J .C. Serruys, Roger S. Blumenthal, Seth S. Martin, John W. McEvoy   +13 more
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Variation in regional implantation patterns of cardiac implantable electronic device in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2022
INTRODUCTION There is a substantial geographical variation in the rates of pacemaker (PM), implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation across European countries.
Aujesky, Drahomir, Bolt, Lucy, Haynes, Alan G., Rodondi, Nicolas, Wertli, Maria Monika, Panczak, Radoslaw, Bolt, Lucy Lynne, Wertli, Maria M., Chiolero, Arnaud   +8 more
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Une aiguille en folie

TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage, 2018
In French Sign Language (LSF), the sign effort is produced with the thumb affixed to the cheek while the index finger wiggles. The sign’s etymology is mysterious, an enigma that this article sets out to resolve. Our introduction emphasizes the importance
Yves Delaporte
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