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Impact of geographic localization on hospital length of stay: Evidence of a dose–response relationship

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Geographic localization of patients and clinicians is a common approach to improve teamwork and efficiency, reduce hospital length of stay (LOS), and improve patient experience. We implemented a multidisciplinary initiative, called Patient‐Centered Teams (PaCT), which reengineered bed management procedures and localized several ...
Deonni P. Stolldorf   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identities, Not Money: CEE Countries’ Attitudes to the Euro [PDF]

open access: yesCentral European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2011
The research conducted in this research challenges more conventional views that Central and East European (CEE) countries are driven by financial and materialistic concerns in their attitudes towards the adoption of the Euro.
Michal Parizek
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Structural Balance as an Indicator of the Assessment of Fiscal Policy in the Euro Area Countries

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2016
The main aim of this article is to submit an idea of the structural balance within the euro area fiscal surveillance framework, characterising its main methodological aspects and analysing the level of structural balance in the euro area countries in the
Juliusz Giżyński
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the Stability and Growth Pact: grand design or internal adjustment? [PDF]

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The Stability and Growth Pact is under fire. Problems have appeared in sticking to the rules. Proposals to reform the Pact or ditch it altogether abound. But is the Pact a flawed fiscal rule?
Daniele Franco   +2 more
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Time and Free Trade Agreements: Implications for the AfCFTA

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how free trade agreements (FTAs) can boost economic growth by increasing trade, with clear implications for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Our main finding is that in general, the effects of FTAs are delayed by at least 3 years on average for intra‐African trade.
Michael Olabisi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information content and consensus effect of fiscal plans

open access: yesEstudios Económicos
This paper investigated the extent to which fiscal plans provide novel information to investors and induce consensus over governments’ fiscal forecasts.
Claudio Columbano, Andrea Bafundi
doaj   +1 more source

The Stability and Growth Pact - Essential and Unfeasible [PDF]

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The arguments for fiscal as well as monetary rules in a monetary union aiming at low inflation, the main weaknesses in the Stability and Growth Pact, and proposals for its reform are reviewed.
Jacek Rostowski
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Associations between intake of vitamins E and A and serum concentrations in preterm infants: A retrospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Infants in neonatal intensive care are at risk of both deficiency and excess of fat‐soluble vitamins, particularly E and A, due to limited reserves and the need for prolonged intravenous nutrition. We aimed to determine the effects of increased intravenous vitamin intake and to characterise the relationships between vitamin intake ...
A. Bronnert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stability and Growth Pact II? Let’s Move On to SGP III: “À la carte” [PDF]

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After the fuzziness in Europe that surrounded the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure foreseen by the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), the European Union had to restore the credibility of the weakened fiscal rule.
Thierry Warin
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Food Security Versus Environmental Health: The Nitrogen Dilemma

open access: yesJournal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and, consequently, crop production. However, the cycling of nitrogen in the environment can have negative effects. Here, we review the historical development of scientific and public awareness of these effects and the influence this has had on political action to control them.
Henrike Mielenz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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