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Differences in medical specialist utilization among older people in need of long-term care – results from German health claims data

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Elderly in need of long-term care tend to have worse health and have higher need of medical care than elderly without need for long-term care.
Maike Schulz, Jonas Czwikla, Chrysanthi Tsiasioti, Antje Schwinger, Daniel Gand, Guido Schmiemann, Annika Schmidt, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Stephan Kloep, Franziska Heinze, Heinz Rothgang   +10 more
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The dilemma of “sustainable welfare” and the problem of the future in capacitating social policy

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2022
This article discusses a dilemma of welfare states in the ecological transition. While the principle of “sustainability” is increasingly accepted, there are very different concrete declinations of it.
Francesco Laruffa
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Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects

Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2020
This paper investigates trends in Swiss women’s and men’s gender attitudes in the period 2000–2017 using the Swiss Household Panel data. Based on pooled OLS and fixed-effects models, we establish the following for women and men: (1) over this time period,
Bornatici Christina, Gauthier Jacques-Antoine, Le Goff Jean-Marie   +2 more
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The Noborder Movement: Interpersonal Struggle with Political Ideals

Social Inclusion, 2017
Over the last decade, self-organized refugee protests in Europe have increased. One strand of activism in Europe, noborder, involves a transnational network of people who are heterogeneous with regards to legal status, race, or individual history of ...
Leslie Gauditz
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Measuring the effectiveness of digital nursing technologies: development of a comprehensive digital nursing technology outcome framework based on a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Digital nursing technologies (DNT) comprise an expanding, highly diverse field of research, explored using a wide variety of methods and tools.
Tobias Krick, Kai Huter, Kathrin Seibert, Dominik Domhoff, Karin Wolf-Ostermann   +4 more
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Region of birth differences in healthcare navigation and optimisation: the interplay of racial discrimination and socioeconomic position

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background While a large body of research has documented socioeconomic and migrant inequities in the effective use of healthcare services, the reasons underlying such inequities are yet to be fully understood.
Ivana Paccoud, James Nazroo, Anja K. Leist   +2 more
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Protest Event Analysis Under Conditions of Limited Press Freedom: Comparing Data Sources

Media and Communication, 2021
The investigation of long-term trends in contentious politics relies heavily on protest event analysis based on newspaper reports. This tends to be problematic in restricted media environments.
Jan Matti Dollbaum
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Re-examining inequality persistence [PDF]

, 2020
Although it is not a new phenomenon, in recent years inequality has moved to the top of the political agenda given the concern that will result in political instability and social resentment.
Ghoshray, Atanu, Monfort Bellido, Mercedes, Ordonez, Javier   +2 more
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Economic evaluation of health promotion interventions for older people: do applied economic studies meet the methodological challenges?

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background In the light of demographic developments health promotion interventions for older people are gaining importance. In addition to methodological challenges arising from the economic evaluation of health promotion interventions in general, there ...
Kai Huter, Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk, Ewa Kocot, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek, Heinz Rothgang   +4 more
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Generalizability and reach of a randomized controlled trial to improve oral health among home care recipients: comparing participants and nonparticipants at baseline and during follow-up

Trials, 2022
Background The generalizability of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a low response can be limited by systematic differences between participants and nonparticipants.
Jonas Czwikla, Alexandra Herzberg, Sonja Kapp, Stephan Kloep, Heinz Rothgang, Ina Nitschke, Cornelius Haffner, Falk Hoffmann   +7 more
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