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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural Depopulation in a Rapidly Urbanizing America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson and Daniel Lichter examine demographic trends in rural America, a region often overlooked in a nation dominated by urban interests.
Johnson, Kenneth, Lichter, Daniel
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Urbanisation and health in China. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
China has seen the largest human migration in history, and the country's rapid urbanisation has important consequences for public health. A provincial analysis of its urbanisation trends shows shifting and accelerating rural-to-urban migration across the
Carlton, Elizabeth J   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a ‘live’ map of spatial access to health services in Aotearoa New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
This paper outlines the development of a proof-of-concept real-time model that incorporates current road conditions to estimate spatial access to health services daily, at the address level.
J. Whitehead   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Changing Face of Rural America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
After a decade of population loss, rural America has seen its population grow again. Nearly three-fourths of the 2,303 counties classified as rural in 1993 gained population between 1990 and 2000.

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Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spectrum of Dermatophytes Causing Tinea Corporis and Possible Risk Factors in Rural Patients of Madurai Region, South India [PDF]

open access: yesNational Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Fungi are among the most common causes of skin infections in tropical developing countries and dermatophytes are responsible for largest number of superficial mycoses.
Anand Bhimaray Janagond   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Back to the Countryside: Rural Development and the Spatial Patterns of Population Migration in Zhejiang, China

open access: yesAgriculture, 2021
This study examines how rural development in China shapes new trends in population migration. Using first-hand, village-level data from Zhejiang—an economically developed province in China—we investigated the patterns and influencing factors of ...
Weiming Tong, Kevin Lo
doaj   +1 more source

Nonmetro Recreation Counties: Their Identification and Rapid Growth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
More than 80 percent of the Nation’s 285 million people now reside in metropolitan areas. Many in this vast city and suburban population are attracted to the recreational opportunities and attractions of rural areas, such as beautiful scenery, lakes ...
Beale, Calvin L, Johnson, Kenneth M.
core   +1 more source

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