Results 91 to 100 of about 1,043,722 (370)

Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care [PDF]

, 2007
Presents findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey, and demonstrates how having stable insurance, a regular provider and, in particular, a medical home, improves health care access and quality among vulnerable ...
Anne C. Beal, Karen Davis, Katherine K. Shea, Michelle M. Doty, Susan E. Hernandez   +4 more
core  

SARS‐CoV‐2 Is Linked to Brain Volume Loss in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The impact of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on brain and spinal cord pathology in patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) remains unclear. We aimed to describe changes in brain lesion activity and brain and spinal cord volumes following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.
Tomas Uher, Dominika Stastna, Ingrid Menkyova, Vaclav Capek, Jiri Lindner, Petra Nytrova, Jan Krasensky, Eliza Varju, Miguel D'haeseleer, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Dana Horakova, Manuela Vaneckova, Niels Bergsland   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare needs, expectations and experiences of people experiencing homelessness in Western Switzerland: a qualitative and quantitative descriptive study

Swiss Medical Weekly
AIMS: The literature from Canada, the UK and the USA reports health inequities among people experiencing homelessness; however little is known about this population’s health in Switzerland.
Luana Schaad, Evelyne Hangartner, Chantal Berna, Justin Nikles, Laurent Hyvert, Tshahé Anonga Varela, David Campbell, Olivier Hugli, Susan E. Collins, Caroline Leblanc, Christine Loignon, Patrick Bodenmann, Véronique S. Grazioli   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shielding the vulnerable in an epidemic: a numerical approach [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
The death toll for Covid-19 may be reduced by dividing the population into two classes, the vulnerable and the fit, with different lockdown regimes. Instead of one reproduction number there now are four parameters. These make it possible to quantify the effect of the social distancing measures.
arxiv  

Rising Poverty in the Midst of Plenty: The Case of Working-Age People with Disabilities over the Business Cycles of the 1980s and 1990s. Policy Brief [PDF]

, 2005
“When you cannot measure, your knowledge is meager and unsatisfactory”—Lord Kelvin. (Chiseled on the archway of the University of Chicago Social Sciences Building).
Burkhauser, Richard V., Houtenville, Andrew J., Rovba , Ludmila   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Vulnerable Users’ Perceptions of Transport Technologies [PDF]

, 2016
As the global population continues to grow, age and urbanize, it is vital to provide accessible transport so that neither ageing nor disability constitute barriers to social inclusion.
Alexandros Nikitas, Alsnih R, Arthur WB, Daatland SO, Gilleard C, Heidegger M, Hine J, Horne C, Jana Sochor, Karlsson J, Lucas K, Moseley MJ, Nikitas A, Nikitas A, Otter A, Pragnell M, Rhodes R, SCB (Statistics Sweden), Sochor J, SP (Swedish Parliament), Trafikanalys, WHO (World Health Organization), Xie B   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Longitudinal Relationship Between Pain and Depression in People With Inflammatory Arthritis: A Narrative Review

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
As many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have chronic pain, understanding how to best assess and manage pain in IA is a priority. Comorbid depression is prevalent in adults with IA, affecting 15% to 39% of people. Although pain and depression are thought to be associated in IA, this concept is largely based on cross‐sectional data.
Natasha Cox, Saeed Farooq, Helen Twohig, Ian C. Scott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of State Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage at the County Level [PDF]

, 2016
The purpose of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was to make health care more accessible to low-income populations. By early 2015, 28 states had expanded Medicaid eligibility.
Rhubart, Danielle
core   +1 more source

Dactylorhiza elata, Stately Dactylorhiza [PDF]

, 2017
Mediterranean regional assessment: Near Threatened (NT) The species is found from southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa. In two countries within the Mediterranean distribution (France and Portugal) populations or habitat of this species have ...
Pinto-Cruz, Carla, Tison, J.-M., Vela, E.V.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Giraffe translocation population viability analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Most populations of giraffes have declined in recent decades, leading to the recent IUCN decision to upgrade the species to Vulnerable status, and some subspecies to Endangered.
Carter, Kerryn D., Deacon, Francois, Fienieg, Elmar, Lee, Derek E., Muller, Zoe, Scheijen, Ciska P. J., Strauss, Megan, van Oosterhout, Cock   +7 more
core   +1 more source