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Precautionary Saving and Social Insurance [PDF]

open access: yes
Microdata studies of household saving often find a significant group in the population with virtually no wealth, raising concerns about heterogeneity in motives for saving.
Jonathan Skinner   +2 more
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In vitro and in vivo evaluation of hypoglycemic potential and acute toxicity of microencapsulated turmeric instant powder

open access: yesPhytomedicine Plus
Background: Curcuma longa L. (turmeric), traditionally used to treat various ailments including diabetes, has demonstrated beneficial health effects. However, its potential in food formulations requires further investigation. Purpose: This study examined
Maritza Barriga-Sánchez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short‐Term Outcomes of Robot‐Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer: A Propensity Score‐Matched Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study compared short‐term outcomes of robot‐assisted versus laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer using 1:1 propensity score matching. Among 218 matched pairs, robot‐assisted colectomy was associated with reduced blood loss, fewer conversions to open surgery, lower overall complication rates, and shorter hospital stays, despite longer operative ...
Akira Inoue   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlated Risks: A Conflict of Interest Between Insurers and Consumers and Its Resolution [PDF]

open access: yes
This contribution starts out by noting a conflict of interest between consumers and insurers. Consumers face positive correlation in their assets (health, wealth, wisdom, i.e. skills), causing them to demand a great deal of insurance coverage.
Patrick Eugster, Peter Zweifel
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Effect of Broad‐Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Post‐Pancreatoduodenectomy Infectious Complications: Nationwide Inpatient Database Study in Japan

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using a nationwide Japanese inpatient database, we evaluated whether broad‐spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis improves postoperative outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy compared with narrow‐spectrum antibiotics. In propensity score–weighted analyses of 45 099 patients, broad‐spectrum prophylaxis was associated with significantly lower rates of intra ...
Hiroki Kitagawa   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting the Vulnerable through Social Health Insurance: PhilHealth's KASAPI as a Strategy [PDF]

open access: yes
To help ease the burden of medical expenses on the part of lower-income households during times of illness and emergencies, the Philippine government, through the PhilHealth, launched the KASAPI program that aims to reach the poorer population in the ...
Llanto, Gilberto M.
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Social Security: The Trust Fund [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Social Security program pays benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members, and to family members of deceased workers. Program income and outgo are accounted for in two separate trust funds authorized under Title II of the Social ...
Nuschler, Dawn, Sidor, Gary
core   +2 more sources

Surgical Outcomes of Sequential Robot‐Assisted Hepatobiliary–Pancreatic Surgery in a Single Operating Room: A Single‐Center Retrospective Analysis of a High‐Volume Center in Japan (TAKUMI‐6)

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study investigated the surgical outcomes of sequential robot‐assisted hepatobiliary–pancreatic (HBP) in a single operating room. The outcomes and operating room timelines were comparable between the first and second cases. The median turnover time was 49 min, and the day‐shift completion success rate was 34.4%.
Tomokazu Fuji   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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