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Inequality in Private Health Care Expenditures: A 36-Year Trend Study of Iranian Households [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022 Objectives Throughout history, societies have been impacted by inequality. Many studies have been conducted on the topic more broadly, but only a few have investigated inequalities in out-of-pocket health payments (OHP).
Ehsan Aghapour +3 more
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Motivators and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers in Latvia
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This study aims to identify motivators and barriers regarding Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination among Latvian healthcare workers (HCWs). Data were collected from March to May 2021 using an online survey.
Sintija Lielsvagere-Endele +4 more
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Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2022 In June 2020 the government of Zimbabwe issued a statement of intent towards embracing a developmental social welfare approach by changing the name of the Department of Social Welfare to the Department of Social Development.
Wilberforce Kurevakwesu +5 more
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Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023 The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games (the Games) were held from 23 July to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, after a 1-year delay due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Yoshiyuki Sugishita +8 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background The study aim was to analyse how mental health services are used in different parts of the Kainuu region in Finland and whether travel time to primary health care services is associated with the use of different contact types (in-person visits,
Tiina Lankila +4 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objective. Estimate the acceptability and adoption by health care workers of clinical practice guidelines and treatment protocols for women with preeclampsia/eclampsia and identify the facilitating factors and barriers to their implementation. Methods. A
Andelys De la Rosa +6 more
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Public and Private Social Welfare
, 2021 Abstract This chapter contributes to the discussion of public and private social welfare by drawing together recent information on these different ways of providing social benefits. It presents data on public social expenditure for 2015–17 and accounts for the impact of the tax system and private social expenditure to develop indicators ...
Whiteford, Peter, Adema, Willem
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Social Welfare and Coercion in Public Finance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 This paper develops an expanded framework for social planning in which the existence of coercion stemming from the provision of public goods is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion, its difference from redistribution, and its incorporation into normative analysis.
Stanley L. Winer +2 more
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Non-participation in mammographic screening – experiences of women from a region in Sweden
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Understanding women’s life conditions regarding their non-participation in different health-promoting and disease-preventing activities is important as it may draw attention to potential areas for improvement in the healthcare sector ...
Maria Norfjord van Zyl +3 more
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Archives of Public Health, 2021 Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer type among women globally. To facilitate early detection, all 40–74-year-old female residents of Sweden are invited to participate in a population-based mammographic screening programme. Approximately 20%
Maria Norfjord van Zyl +2 more
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