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Social insurance, mutualistic insurance and genetic information [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021 While a number of jurisdictions internationally prohibit insuring companies to be able to use genetic information in their risk classification, a voluntary code of practice permits insurers the limited use of predictive genetic test results in the UK. Jonathan Pugh1 offers a pluralist justice-based argument in support of the UK practice.
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BMJ OpenObjectives To examine the prevalence and days of long-term sickness absence (LTSA) by occupational class and by most important diagnostic groups in Finland during 2011–2021.Design Population-based cross-sectional study.Setting and participants National ...
Jenni Blomgren, Riku Perhoniemi
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BMC Health Services ResearchBackground In this nationwide register study, we examined the initiation of a second-line antidiabetic medicine (ADM) among new patients receiving regular metformin monotherapy in Finland during 2011–2022.
Hanna Rättö +3 more
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The Fiscal Cost of Hurricanes: Disaster Aid Versus Social Insurance
, 2016 Little is known about the fiscal costs of natural disasters, especially regarding social safety nets that do not specifically target extreme weather events.
T. Deryugina
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Expand Social Insurance Coverage, Aiming for Universal Social Insurance in Vietnam
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, 2023 Expanding social insurance coverage, aiming for universal social insurance, is one of the important goals of the social insurance system in Vietnam and many developing countries in the world. This study uses a combination of document research methods and traditional statistical analysis methods; to synthesize, compare, and contrast to clarify the ...
Thi Xuan Huong Le +2 more
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis as a Multistep Process in the United States: A Population‐Based Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disease that typically results in death within 3–5 years from symptom onset. However, little is known about the environmental exposures, clinical aspects, or social determinants of health factors that may be associated with the disease.
Jasmine Berry +7 more
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BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Disparities in access to healthcare has been implied before in Finland, a country with universal healthcare but de facto tiered primary care. Less is however known about the content of care provided in different settings.
Hanna Rättö +2 more
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Association of the ICH Score With Withdrawal of Life‐Sustaining Treatment Over a 10‐Year Period
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective The intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score was developed to enhance provider communication and facilitate early severity assessment. We examined the association of the ICH score with mortality and withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment (WLST) in a large, multicenter stroke registry, and evaluated temporal trends in these associations.
Nina Massad +15 more
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BMJ OpenIntroduction During the last decade, extensions of therapeutic indications have been one of the most common methods to extend the lifecycle of a medical product in the post-authorisation phase and to increase the use and sales of medicines.
Kati Sarnola +4 more
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The Supply of Social Insurance [PDF]
Research Papers in Economics, 2007 We propose a theory of the welfare state, in which social transfers are chosen by a governing group interacting with non-governing groups repeatedly. Social demands from the non-governing groups are credible because these groups have the ability to generate social conflict.
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