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Dollar a day revisited [PDF]

The paper presents the first major update of the international"$1 a day"poverty line, first proposed in 1990 for measuring absolute poverty by the standards of the world's poorest countries.
Chen, Shaohua, Ravallion, Martin, Sangraula, Prem   +2 more
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

Significant but small: the modest impact of population ageing on reported COVID-19 case rates worldwide. [PDF]

Future Sci OA
You W, Donnelly F, Garcia L, Chang R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Nonlinear Adjustment, Purchasing Power Parity and the Role of Nominal Exchange Rates and Prices [PDF]

Although the literature on purchasing power parity (PPP) is rich in controversy, the relative contribution of prices and nominal exchange rates to real exchange rate movements which restore PPP disequilibria has rarely been put under any close scrutiny ...
Joscha Beckmann
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Personal Birth Experiences and Clinician Attitudes About Cesarean Birth: A Cross‐Sectional Study With Female Labor and Delivery Unit Staff

Birth, EarlyView.
Labor and delivery staff's personal experiences with birth are associated with their attitudes about clinical practice. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of female labor and delivery staff employed at birthing hospitals in Arkansas. A total of 378 staff (physicians, nurses and midwives) from 29 facilities (of 33 birthing hospitals) participated in ...
Tanvangi Tiwari, Emily White VanGompel, James P. Selig, Nirvana Manning, Dora Smith, William Greenfield, Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Sleep Disorders in Europe. [PDF]

Eur J Neurol
Bassetti CLA, Welter LS, Montes-Martinez M, Mühlberger N, Boon P, Berger T, Deuschl G, Arvandi M, Konti M, Lolich M, Pajediene E, Fronczek R, Moro E, Siebert U, Dodel R.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What determines European real exchange rates? [PDF]

We study a newly constructed panel data set of relative prices of a large number of consumer goods among 31 European countries. We find that there is a substantial and nondiminishing deviation from PPP at all levels of aggregation, even among euro zone ...
Martin Berka, Michael B. Devereux
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Substantial international variation in the cost of blood group and save and crossmatch: A systematic review

British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
Summary Blood transfusion is one of the most common interventions in hospitals. Blood tests that support this widespread practice are considered routine, such as ‘group and save’ (also known as ‘type and screen’), yet there has been very limited evaluation of the needs for these tests and the associated costs.
Gianluca Fabiano, Rafael Pinedo‐Villanueva, Shona Kirtley, Sophie Cole, Artin Manafi‐Khosroshahi, Bilal Qureshi, Isabel Singleton, Biruk Tsegaye, Wei Shao Tung, Florian Tomini, Hayley G. Evans, Mike F. Murphy, Simon J. Stanworth, Paula Dhiman, Antony J. R. Palmer   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Radiotherapy access in Latin America: Socio-economic determinants and equity challenges socio-economic determinants in Latin America for radiotherapy. [PDF]

Clin Transl Radiat Oncol
Sarria GR, Torales S, Rossi F, Ricagni L, Baldeon D, Felix A, Li B, Gkika E, Ferraris G, Sarria GJ.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cost‐effectiveness of percutaneous nephrostomy vs JJ stent in obstructive urolithiasis: economic evaluation alongside the STent Or NEphrostomy (STONE) randomised controlled trial

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is cost‐effective compared to JJ ureteric stent in the acute treatment of obstructive urolithiasis. Patients and Methods A randomised controlled non‐inferiority trial with 204 patients with obstructive urolithiasis requiring decompression.
Hugo W. Schuil, Nora Hendriks, Mohamed El Alili, Judith E. Bosmans, Ruben G. Duijnhoven, Bart C.H. Oskam, Tom J.H. Arends, Diederick Duijvesz, Alexander D. Horsch, Bart van der Heij, Irene Tjiam, Hans van Overhage, Armand B.G.N. Lamers, Otto M. van Delden, Wout Scheepens, Jamie M.A. Drossaerts, Frank C.H. d'Ancona, Steven Boering, Janneke I.M. van Uhm, Rutger W. van der Meer, Herman J.H. van Roijen, Martin de Kiefte, Ad J.M. Hendrix, Saskia Weltings, Rob C.M. Pelger, Harrie P. Beerlage, Guido M. Kamphuis, Barbara M.A. Schout   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source