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Cholestatic Jaundice as a Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Prostate Cancer

open access: yesCase Reports in Urology, 2013
Paraneoplastic syndrome associated with prostate cancer is extremely rare. We report a patient who presented with cholestatic jaundice without biliary duct obstruction, hepatic involvement, or infection. After a few detailed examinations, prostate cancer
Tomomi Kuramoto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concentration-dependent systemic response after inhalation of nano-sized zinc oxide particles in human volunteers

open access: yesParticle and Fibre Toxicology, 2018
Background Inhalation of high concentrations of zinc oxide particles (ZnO) may cause metal fume fever. In an earlier human inhalation study, no effects were observed after exposure to ZnO concentrations of 0.5 mg/m3.
Christian Monsé   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contested technology: Social scientific perspectives of behaviour-based insurance

open access: yesBig Data & Society, 2020
In this review, I analyse how ‘behaviour-based personalisation’ in insurance – that is, insurers’ increased interest in tracking and manipulating insureds’ behaviour with, for instance, wearable devices – has been approached in recent social scientific ...
Maiju Tanninen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Temporal Trends in and Associations With Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drug Prescription in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Recent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment guidelines have recommended against nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) use despite prevalent musculoskeletal symptoms and opioid overuse in this population. Given the discordance between changing national guidelines and potential clinical utility, we sought to assess national temporal
Adam S. Mayer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOCIAL INSURANCE

open access: yes, 2018
Extending coverage through contributory social insurance or other contributory programs is tempting for governments as a potential avenue for mobilizing new resources and creating new fiscal space. Such extension has clear limits, however: it applies only to those in the labor market who have employment status with high degree of formality and whose ...
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The Purpose and Limits of Social Health Insurance [PDF]

open access: yes
This contribution seeks to answer two related questions. First, what is the purpose of social health insurance? Or put in slightly different terms, what are the reasons for social (or public) health insurance to exist, even to dominate private health ...
Peter Zweifel
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Quantifying the Benefits of Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance and Health

open access: yesReview of Economics and Statistics, 2015
While the unemployment insurance (UI) program is one of the largest safety net programs in the United States, research on its benefits is limited.
Elira Kuka
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circulating long non-coding RNA GAS5 (growth arrest-specific transcript 5) as a complement marker for the detection of malignant mesothelioma using liquid biopsies

open access: yesBiomarker Research, 2020
Background For the detection of malignant mesothelioma additional markers are needed besides the established panel consisting of calretinin and mesothelin. The aim of this study was the identification and verification of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as
Daniel G. Weber   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social insurance and the completion of the internal market [PDF]

open access: yes
With the completion of the internal market in the EU pressures may arise to diminish social insurance budgets. In a two-country model with an (imperfectly) integrated consumer goods market it is shown that competitive member states use the social ...
Lejour, A.M.
core   +1 more source

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