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Improving service delivery in the public sector through strategic cost management: the case of a public private partnership in South Africa [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The key objective involved the research to discover how strategic cost management may improve service delivery.
Arendse, Kevin Brian
core  

Strategic Partnerships

, 2013
Partington, J, Simpson, K
openaire   +3 more sources

Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby, John Boscardin, Andrea Knight, Daniel B. Horton, Karine Toupin‐April, Emily von Scheven, on behalf of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry Investigators and for the CARRA Health Equity Work Group, R. Aamir, K. Abulaban, A. Adams, C. Aguiar Lapsia, H. Ahmed, S. Akoghlanian, A. AlBijadi, E. Allenspach, M. Alpizar, G. Amarilyo, M. Amoruso, S. Angeles‐Han, S. Ardoin, S. Armendariz, N. Aviran Dagan, I. Balboni, S. Balevic, S. Ballinger, S. Baluta, L. Barillas‐Arias, L. Barillas‐Arias, M. Basiaga, K. Baszis, M. Becker, A. Begezda, E. Beil, H. Bell‐Brunson, H. Benham, S. Benseler, L. Bermudez‐Santiago, W. Bernal, T. Bigley, C. Bingham, B. Binstadt, C. Black, B. Blackmon, M. Blakley, J. Bohnsack, A. Boneparth, H. Bradfield, J. Bridges, E. Brooks, M. Brothers, D. Brown, H. Brunner, L. Buckley, Mary Buckley, Meredith Buckley, H. Bukulmez, D. Bullock, A. Cancino, S. Canna, L. Cannon, S. Canny, V. Cartwright, E. Chalom, Johanna Chang, Joyce Chang, M. Chang, A. Chang‐Hoftman, A. Chen, P. Chiraseveenuprapund, K. Ciaglia, M. Cidon, D. Co, E. Cohen, R. Connor, K. Cook, A. Cooper, J. Cooper, K. Corbin, C. Correll, R. Cron, M. Curry, A. Dagci, A. Dalrymple, E. Datyner, T. Davis, D. De Ranieri, J. Dean, C. DeCoste, F. Dedeoglu, M. DeGuzman, N. Delnay, E. L. DeSantis, R. Devine, M. Dhalla, A. Dhanrajani, D. Dissanayake, B. Dizon, J. Drew, K. Driest, Q. Du, E. Duncan, K. Dunnock, D. Durkee, J. Dvergsten, A. Eberhard, K. Ede, B. Edelheit, C. Edens, M. Elder, Y. Elzaki, C. Failing, D. Fair, L. Favier, B. Feldman, J. Fennell, I. Ferguson, P. Ferguson, C. Figueroa, E. Flanagan, L. Fogel, E. Fox, M. Fox, L. Franklin, R. Fuhlbrigge, J. Fuller, T. Futch‐West, S. Gagne, M. Geiszler, D. Gerstbacher, M. Gilbert, A.C. Gironella, D. Glaser, I. Goh, S. Gorry, N. Goswami, B. Gottlieb, T. Graham, S. Grevich, T. Griffin, A. Grim, A. Grom, M. Guevara, L. Guzman, T. Hahn, O. Halyabar, E. Hammelev, T. Hammond, S. Haro, J. Harris, O. Harry, J. Hausmann, A. Hay, K. Hays, K. Hayward, L. Henderson, M. Henrickson, A. Hersh, L. Hiraki, M. Hiskey, P. Hobday, C. Hoffart, M. J. Holland, M. Hollander, S. Hong, D. Horton, J. Hsu, A. Huber, J. Huggins, J. Hui‐Yuen, M. Ibarra, A. Imlay, L. Imundo, C. Inman, A. Jackson, K. James, G. Janow, Y. Jiang, L. Johnson, N. Johnson, J. Jones, D. Kafisheh, K. Kaidar, S. Kasinathan, R. Kaur, E. Kessler, B. Kienzle, S. Kim, Y. Kimura, D. Kingsbury, M. Kitcharoensakkul, J. Klauss, K. Klein, M. Klein‐Gitelman, A. Knight, L. Kovalick, D. Krajewski, C. Kremer, T. LaFlam, B. Lang, S. Lapidus, B. Lapin, A. Lasky, E. Lawson, R. Laxer, A. Lee, Patricia Lee, Pui Lee, T. Lee, E. Leisinger, L. Lentini, M. Lerman, Y. Levinsky, D. Levy, S. Li, S. Lieberman, L. Lim, E. Limenis, C. Lin, N. Ling, G. Lionetti, R. Livny, M. Lo, A. Long, M. Lopez‐Peña, D. Lovell, S. Lvovich, A. Lytch, M. Ma, A. Machado, J. MacMahon, J. Madison, M. Mannion, C. Manos, L. Mansfield, B. Marston, K. Marzan, T. Mason, S. Matossian, L. McAllister, K. McBrearty, D. McCurdy, K. McDaniels, J. McDonald, L. McIntosh, E. Meidan, E. Mellins, Z. Mian, P. Miettunen, M. Miller, D. Milojevic, R. Mitacek, R. Modica, S. Mohan, K. Moore, T. Moore, L. Moorthy, J. Moreno, E. Morgan, A. Moyer, B. Murante, A. Murphy, E. Muscal, O. Mwizerwa, A. Najafi, K. Nanda, L. Nassi, S. Nativ, M. Natter, J. Neely, L. Newhall, A. Nuyen, P. Nigrovic, J. Nocton, B. Nolan, A. Nowakowski, K. Nowicki, R. Oakes, E. Oberle, S. Ogbonnaya‐Whittesley, E. Ogbu, M. Oliver, R. Olveda, K. Onel, A. Orandi, J. Padam, N. Pan, J. Pandya, S. Panupattanapong, A. Pappo Toledano, J. Patel, P. Patel, A. Patrick, S. Patrizi, S. Paul, J. Perfetto, M. Perron, M. Peskin, C. Pinotti, L. Ponder, R. Pooni, S. Prahalad, M. Quinlan‐Waters, J. Rafko, H. Rahimi, S. Ramsey, R. Randell, L. Ray, Ann Reed, Annelle Reed, H. Reid, D. Reiff, I. Reyhan, B. Richard, M. Riebschleger, E. Rife, M. Riskalla, A. Robinson, L. Robinson, L. Rodgers, M. Rodriquez, D. Rogers, T. Ronis, A. Rosado, M. Rosenkranz, N. Rosenwasser, H. Rothermel, D. Rothman, E. Rothschild, K. Rouster ‐ Stevens, T. Rubinstein, N. Ruth, S. Sabbagh, R. Sadun, L. Santiago, V. Saper, A. Sarkissian, L. Scalzi, J. Schahn, K. Schikler, A. Schlefman, B. Schlichting, H. Schmeling, E. Schmitt, G. Schulert, C. Schutt, C. Seper, B. Shaham, R. Sheets, A. Shehab, S. Shenoi, M. Sherman, J. Shirley, M. Shishov, N. Singer, V. Sivaraman, E. Sloan, C. Smith, J. Smith, E. Smitherman, J. Soep, M. B. Son, C. Spencer, L. Spiegel, J. Spitznagle, H. Srinivasalu, H. Stapp, A. Stephens, Y. Sterba Rakovchik, S. Stern, B. Stevens, R. Stevenson, C. Stingl, M. Stoll, E. Stringer, S. Sule, J. Sullivan, R. Sundel, M. Sutter, C. Swaffar, N. Swayne, T. Symington, G. Syverson, A.M. Szymanski, S. Taber, R. Tal, A. Tambralli, A. Taneja, T. Tanner, S. Tarvin, A. Taxter, M. Tesher, T. Thakurdeen, A. Theisen, G. Thieroff, B. Thomas, L. Thomas, N. Thomas, L. Timmerman, T. Ting, C. Todd, D. Toib, K. Torok, H. Tory, M. Toth, E. Treemarcki, S. Tse, T. Tse, C. Tsin, J. Twachtman‐Bassett, M. Twilt, T. Valcarcel, R. Valdovinos, A. Vallee, H. Van Mater, S. Vandenbergen, C. Varghese, N. Vasquez, P. Vega‐Fernandez, J. Verbsky, R. Verstegen, E. von Scheven, S. Vora, L. Wagner‐Weiner, D. Wahezi, S. Wakefield, B. Walker, S. Wallgren, H. Walters, M. Waterfield, J. Weiss, P. Weiss, E. Wershba, V. Westheuser, K. Widrick, C. Williams, S. Wong, S. Wooldridge, L. Woolnough, T. Wright, E. Wu, A. Yalcindag, R. Yeung, K. Yomogida, A. Zeft, Y. J. Zhang, Y. D. Zhao, Z. Zheng, A. Zhu, C. Zic   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

DIPLOMAȚIA CHINEI ÎN ORIENTUL MIJLOCIU SUB CONDUCEREA LUI XI JINPING: ÎNTRE PRAGMATISM ECONOMIC ȘI AFIRMARE GEOPOLITICĂ [PDF]

Revista de Știinţe Politice şi Relaţii Internaţionale
This article examines the transformation of China’s policy toward the Middle East during the Xi Jinping era, analyzing how Beijing seeks to balance its economic objectives (energy security, infrastructural connectivity, and the financing of the Belt and ...
Toma, Paula-Sorina
doaj  

Clinical, Histologic, and Serological Predictors of Renal Function Loss in Lupus Nephritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Kidney survival is the ultimate goal in lupus nephritis (LN) management, but long‐term predictors remain inadequately studied, requiring long‐term follow‐up. This study aimed to identify baseline and early longitudinal predictors of kidney survival in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership LN longitudinal cohort.
Shangzhu Zhang, Laurence Magder, Daniel Goldman, Judith A. James, Joel M. Guthridge, Carla Guthridge, Peter Izmirly, Jill P. Buyon, H. Michael Belmont, Richard A. Furie, Noa Schwartz, Chaim Putterman, Jennifer L. Barnas, Jennifer H. Anolik, Sarah French, Maria Dall'Era, Avi Z. Rosenberg, Jeffrey Hodgin, Dawit S. Demeke, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RA/SLE) Network, Michelle Petri, Andrea Fava   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining substance use recovery housing for people taking medications for opioid use disorder: diverse funding, strategic partnerships, and charging rent. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zoschke IN, Gallardo KR, Gillespie D, Stewart HLN, Rodriguez SA, McCurdy SA, Wilkerson JM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Lupus Damage Index Revision Program: Results From the Item Generation and Reduction Phases

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A data‐driven and expert/patient consensus‐based project to develop a revised Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index (SDI) is under way supported by SLICC, ACR, and the Lupus Foundation of America. Our objective is to report the item generation and reduction phase results
Burak Kundakci, Megan R. W. Barber, Ann E. Clarke, Sindhu R. Johnson, Anselm Mak, Hermine I. Brunner, Murat Inanc, Rosalind Ramsey‐Goldman, Guillermo Ruiz‐Irastorza, Ellen M. Ginzler, John G. Hanly, Alexandra Legge, Cynthia Aranow, Laurent Arnaud, Nathalie Costedoat‐Chalumeau, Dafna D. Gladman, Søren Jacobsen, Michelle Petri, Clovis A. Silva, Évelyne Vinet, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, SDI Revision Literature Review Groups, SDI Revision Delphi Panel, SDI Revision Item Reduction Committee, SDI Revision Clinical Domain Groups, Ian N. Bruce   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source