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Social Security: The Windfall Benefit Provision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This report discusses the windfall elimination provision, which reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security.
Haltzel, Laura
core   +2 more sources

The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski   +59 more
wiley   +1 more source

Тhe Content of the Term “Social Protection”: a Categorial Analysis

open access: yesBanber Erevani Hamalsarani. Sots'iologia, 2016
Some terms related to “social protection” are discussed in the article the clear and precise definition of which is very important for defining the content of the term “social protection”.
Marine Yarmaloyan
doaj   +1 more source

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The windfall elimination provision (WEP) reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security.
Scott, Christine
core   +2 more sources

Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loneliness, social provision and health among older men and women with chronic physical diseases – a mixed methods study

open access: yesCogent Public Health
The purpose of the study was to explore loneliness, social provision and perceived health from a gender perspective among older persons with chronic diseases. Loneliness has become one of the main challenges facing an ageing society.
Heidi Bjørge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water service provision and social equity in a South African rural district municipality

open access: yesAfrica’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2022
Background: Equitable water governance is at the centre of sustainable development. Nevertheless, achieving this goal requires the application of social equity lenses with a focus directed to all dimensions of social equity.
Clarity Hutete, Modeni M. Sibanda
doaj   +1 more source

Happiness, taxes and social provision: A note

open access: yesEconomics Letters, 2015
AbstractThis paper has analyzed the effects of the ratio between taxes and social provision on population well-being for ten European countries. The linkages between what citizens would expect in return of the taxes paid and their well-being have clearly become stronger after the crisis and it should be taken into account in the debate on public ...
Albanese, Marina   +3 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Unheard and Under‐Supported: Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The clinical expression and psychosocial burden of SCD vary widely across geographical, cultural, and healthcare system contexts, underscoring the need for setting‐specific approaches to assessment.
Desiré Fantasia   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private provision of public goods and information diffusion in social groups [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We describe a model of fundraising in social groups, where private information about quality of provision is transmitted by social proximity. Individuals engage in voluntary provision of a pure collective good that is consumed by both neighbours and non ...
Scharf, Kimberly A.
core   +2 more sources

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