Reforming Social Security: Issues and Challenges for Personal Retirement Accounts
We seek to analyze a number of important issues related to the ownership of government pensions. In the United States, Social Security is operated on a pay-as-you-go basis, with some limited pre-funding to prepare for the baby boom retirement.
Pfau, Wade Donald
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Law enforcement responses to mental illness in rural Uganda: A qualitative study of practices, challenges, and opportunities for training. [PDF]
Lee YJ +11 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji +13 more
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Digital payments of health workers within vaccination campaigns: a mixed-methods study in Chad. [PDF]
Bedingar EKN +10 more
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Clustering Algorithm Reveals Dopamine‐Motor Mismatch in Cognitively Preserved Parkinson's Disease
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the relationship between dopaminergic denervation and motor impairment in two de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) cohorts. Methods n = 249 PD patients from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) and n = 84 from an external clinical cohort.
Rachele Malito +14 more
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The universal health coverage crossroads for Mauritius, a small island developing state: progress, paradox, and the path forward. [PDF]
Nundoochan A.
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ABSTRACT Introduction Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative ‘tauopathy’ with predominating pathology in the basal ganglia and midbrain. Caudal tau spread frequently implicates the cerebellum; however, the pattern of atrophy remains equivocal.
Chloe Spiegel +8 more
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Projecting National Outpatient Health Expenditures Under Health Literacy Improvement Scenarios: A Simulation Study. [PDF]
Moon S, Jang H, Yoo J, Go D, Lee H.
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ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang +10 more
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Ecosystem accounting through first nations' lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems. [PDF]
Larson S +8 more
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