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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Universal health care"”.
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The use of explicit health benefits packages increases support for universal health care for people with high objective numeracy
Purpose: Universal health care lacks support in the US. Explicit health benefits packages (HBPs) may improve support for UHC by heightening comprehensibility and increasing perceived equality through outlining the cost and scope of care. To test these hypotheses, we compared support for UHC after a …
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Surveys as communication : it's not just what you ask, but how you ask it
… survey experiment about one of four issues (universal health care, same-sex marriage, copyrighted music file-sharing, or space exploration) in one of two question formats (open- or closed-ended). Regression analysis was used to test the effect of these variables on time to complete the …
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Shadow Standards and the Logic of Costs: Care, Stewardship, and Data in U.S. Community Health
… the delegation of responsibility for providing health care to particular categories of marginalized populations in the United States in the absence of a uniform and universal health care system. It explores how the U.S. federal government governs patient populations at a distance by mandating …
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Reading the tea leaves : the Tea Party movement, the conservative establishment and the collapse of climate change legislation
… package and later coalesced around opposition to universal health care, union collective bargaining rights, and raising the debt ceiling. In a less visible fashion, however, the movement has also set its sights on another target-environmental regulation. In fact, the Tea Party played an important …
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Gender Affirmative Monopoly: Who is "Trans* Enough" to Receive Gender Affirmative Treatment In Norway?
… covers gender affirmative treatment through universal health care in Norway. This thesis examines this topic in the context of a broader debate regarding trans* people’s rights in Norway. This debate, which took place in multiple national newspapers, was incited by the decision of the …
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Effects Of Managed Care On The Health And Health-Care Of The Non-Elderly With Diabetes
… to examine the quality effect of managed care plans (as compared with traditional fee-for-service plans, or FFS) on the health outcome and health care use of patients with diabetes. As the number of diabetics is growing rapidly with many of them are relying on managed care plans, knowing …
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Unmet Health Care Needs and Adverse Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Disease
… many Canadians do not receive optimal care for these conditions. This may be due to a number of factors, including reduced access to health services. The overall objective of this thesis was to improve knowledge of barriers to care and their association with adverse outcomes among …
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Palaeoepidemiological study of the post-medieval Gloucester 13/83 Skeletal Assemblage.
… prior to death and suffering general poorer health than individuals from Southgate Congregational Church. Metabolic and neoplastic conditions were found in similar frequencies indicating that these conditions affected the individuals of Gloucester equally. Trends showed increased risk of …
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Denied Boarding in Health Care: A Critical Understanding of the Lived Experiences of Patients with Lyme Disease in Alberta
… of being excluded from the benefits of Canada’s universal health care system. In Alberta, as elsewhere, patients struggle to access the health care system for diagnosis and treatment for late-stage Lyme disease. Little is known about the lived experiences of late-stage Lyme disease patients …
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The Role of Christian Faith in Public Moral Discourse: A Comparison of Selected Works from H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Stanley Hauerwas, and Richard A. McCormick
… their treatment of the issues of euthanasia and universal healthcare. The comparison of the three ethicists begins with an examination of their understanding of the nature of ethics. It then examine how each of these ethicists answers fundamental questions regarding the role of Christian faith in …
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Non-communicable diseases and economic outcomes in South Africa: a cohort study for the period of 2008-2018
… burden in low to middle income countries (LMIC). Universal Health Care and up scaled prioritisation at Primary Health Care level is needed as NCDs accounted for half the global burden of disease but only received 2% of international donations compared to human immune-deficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) …
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The development of a framework to guide and support the implementation of ICT solutions for community health workers in resource-constrained settings within the South African context
Globally, community health workers (CHWs) are recognised as a common equaliser in both developing and developed contexts to realise universal health care coverage (UHC). In South Africa, the longstanding impact of CHWs predates the establishment of post-democratic governmental structures, with …
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Health Equity in Financing Healthcare: The Turkish Case (2003-2013)
<p>In 2008, Turkey introduced a new health system reform called Health Transformation Project (HTP) with universal health coverage. HTP aims equity in financing healthcare and distribution as well as sustainability, efficiency and quality within the healthcare system. There are claims that HTP has …