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Barriers of effective health insurance coverage for rural-to-urban migrant workers in China: a systematic review and policy gap analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background More than 90% of the Chinese population was covered by its three basic social health insurances. However, the Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers (RUMWs), accounting for about one-fifth of China’s total population, seem to be put on a ...
Shanquan Chen   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Insurance for Long-term Care

open access: yesJournal of Population Ageing, 2022
The issue of how best to finance long-term care (LTC) is the subject of recent reforms, forthcoming reforms or continuing debate in various countries and remains as relevant and challenging as ever.
M. Karagiannidou, R. Wittenberg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The German Social Long-Term Care Insurance - Structure and Reform Options

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2007
Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking social networks are leading to a greater need for a public long-term care system.
M. Arntz   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unmet Social Needs And Worse Mental Health After Expiration Of COVID-19 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.

open access: yesHealth Affairs, 2021
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) provided unemployment insurance beneficiaries an extra $600 a week during the unprecedented economic downturn during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but it initially expired in July 2020.
Seth A. Berkowitz, S. Basu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social protection response to the COVID-19 crisis: options for developing countries

open access: yesOxford review of economic policy, 2020
The public health response to COVID-19 in many countries has involved strict restrictions on movement and economic activity which threaten the livelihoods of economically vulnerable households.
F. Gérard   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Strategies for financing social health insurance schemes for providing universal health care: a comparative analysis of five countries

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2021
Background: Universal Health Coverage has become a political priority for many African countries yet there are clear challenges in achieving this goal. Though social health insurance is considered a mechanism for providing financial protection, less well
A. Fenny, R. Yates, Rachel Thompson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Re-estimating the Income Gap between Urban and Rural Households in China

open access: yes, 2007
It has been intensely debated about estimation of urban-rural income gap in China in recent years. One argument is that the gap is overestimated because the regional differences in living costs are not taken into account.
Li Shi, Chuliang Luo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour repression and social justice in Franco’s Spain: the political objectives of compulsory sickness insurance, 1942-1957 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
[Abstract:]This article analyzes the basic characteristics of the labor and social policies of the Franco dictatorship established in Spain after the Civil War (1936-1939), and the links which existed between them.
Pons Pons, Jerònia   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B‐Lymphoblastic Leukemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A routine baseline echocardiogram is often obtained prior to anthracycline administration in children with cancer. The utility of baseline echocardiogram is unclear in patients with standard risk B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (SR B‐ALL) as their anthracycline cumulative dose is low.
Ziyad Alrajhi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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