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Munchausen syndrome - a case series at Camp Jail Lahore, Pakistan
Khyber Medical University Journal, 2023 INTRODUCTION: Munchausen syndrome is a rare condition where individuals intentionally simulate illness despite the absence of actual symptoms. The objective of our case series was to underscore the importance of recognizing this mental disorder ...
Khawar Saeed +2 more
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Reforming Social Security to save Social Security [PDF]
Chicago Fed Letter, 2019 The biggest social safety net in the United States is the Social Security program, which provides retirement benefits totaling almost $900 billion to 54 million individuals. It is a concern for all but the wealthiest, then, that Social Security faces insolvency: The U.S.
Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Lisa Camner McKay
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Statistical Security for Social Security [PDF]
Demography, 2012 Abstract The financial viability of Social Security, the single largest U.S. government program, depends on accurate forecasts of the solvency of its intergenerational trust fund. We begin by detailing information necessary for replicating the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) forecasting procedures, which until now has been ...
Soneji, Samir, King, Gary
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Is Social Security Secure with NDC? [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 The introduction of NDC public pension scheme in few European countries, such as Latvia, Sweden, Italy, and Poland, in the nineties was motivated, among other things, by the need (i) to ensure the long term financial sustainability of the public pension system by linking pension returns to economic growth; (ii) to reduce the existing distortions in the
BOERI, TITO MICHELE, GALASSO, VINCENZO
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Correlation between type D personality and quality of life in heart failure patients [PDF]
International Journal of Biomedicine and Public Health, 2018 Introduction: The quality of patient’s life with heart failure is affected by various physiological, psychosocial factors. This study is conducted to determine the correlation between type D personality and quality of life in heart failure patients ...
Sharareh Zeighami Mohammadi +5 more
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O-41 CIRRHOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ALFA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; WHAT ARE WE MISSING?
Annals of Hepatology, 2023 Introduction and Objectives: It's common to include alfa 1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) in the diagnostic workup of children with cirrhosis, unlike in adults, where we seldom test for it.
Francisco Hevia +16 more
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O-38 FULMINANT WILSON: A WELL-DEFINED ENTITY. HOW TO DIAGNOSE IT QUICKLY TO PREVENT MORTALITY
Annals of Hepatology, 2023 Introduction and Objectives: Mccullough published in 1983 a series of 3 cases from the Mayo Clinic and nine from the rest of the world, proposing a specific clinical entity of Wilson´s disease (WD) with a fatal outcome if not transplanted. Costa Rica has
Francisco Hevia +17 more
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis in Guatemala
Kidney International Reports, 2021 Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is public health concern across the world. Data on the epidemiology among patients on hemodialysis in Latin America and low- and middle-income countries are limited.
Regina Sosa +14 more
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Families and social security [PDF]
European Economic Review, 2015 Abstract The present paper quantifies the importance of family insurance for the analysis of social security. We therefore augment the standard overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic labor productivity and longevity risk in that we account for gender and marital status. We simulate the abolition of pay-as-you-go pension payments, calculate
Fehr, Hans +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Permanent occupational disability is one of the most severe consequences of diabetes that impedes the performance of usual working activities among economically active individuals.
Iván de Jesús Ascencio-Montiel +14 more
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