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Inequality in Private Health Care Expenditures: A 36-Year Trend Study of Iranian Households [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Motivators and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers in Latvia

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A DEVELOPMENTAL WELFARE STATE IN ZIMBABWE: AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

open access: yesSocial 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
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-source surveillance conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

open access: yesWestern 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
doaj   +1 more source

Association of travel time with mental health service use in primary health care according to contact type — a register-based study in Kainuu, Finland

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Acceptability and adoption of clinical practice guidelines and treatment protocols on preeclampsia/eclampsia in the Dominican Republic

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

Public and Private Social Welfare

open access: yes, 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Social Welfare and Coercion in Public Finance [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Non-participation in mammographic screening – experiences of women from a region in Sweden

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

The politicians’ perspectives on participation in mammographic screening: an interview-based study from a region in Sweden

open access: yesArchives 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
doaj   +1 more source

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