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Providing Coverage for Cardiovascular Disease in India is Cost-Effective, Finds New Study
A new study analyses the economic and societal impact of expanding national insurance to include cardiovascular coverage.
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Social Security Contributions and Return Migration among Older Male Mexican Immigrants
In this study, researchers analyzed the socioeconomic and labor characteristics, health, migration histories, and transitions to retirement of male Mexican return migrants who contributed to the US Social Security system, and found that 32 percent of male return migrants reported having contributed to Social Security but only 5 percent of those who contributed received or expected to receive benefits.
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PEPFAR Funding Associated with an Increase in Employment among Males in Ten Sub-Saharan African Countries
This study compared employment trends between 10 countries that received a large amount of funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and 11 countries that received little or no funding (control countries), and found that PEPFAR was associated with a 13 percent differential increase in employment among males in focus countries, compared to control countries, though no change was observed in employment among females.
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US Funding for HIV Treatment Associated with Employment Gains in sub-Saharan Africa
Even though the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)’s dramatic health benefits are well documented, much less is known about its economic impact.
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Pobreza y Vulnerabilidad en México: El caso de los Jóvenes que no Estudian ni Trabajan
This study analyzes the composition, dynamics, poverty patterns, individual and family characteristics, as well as projections for 2030, of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), and proposes a classification for NEET that could be used for the design of public policies and that was used to identify that this population will tend to decreased due to the proportion of women who study and join the labor force and that, in the future, the unemployed will outnumber other groups.
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Aligning Incentives to Fulfil the Promise of Personalised Medicine
This article discusses the growing global policy interest of personalized medicine.
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Funding, Coverage, and Access Under Thailand’s Universal Health Insurance Program: An Update After Ten Years
In this analysis of national survey and governmental budgeting data through 2011 to examine trends in health care financing, coverage and access, including out-of-pocket payments in Thailand, the researchers found that, according to statistical results, the program is continuing to achieve its goals after 10 years of operation.
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External Quality Control for Dried Blood Spot-Based C-Reactive Protein Assay: Experience from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and the Longitudinal Aging Study in India
The researchers conducted external quality monitoring for dried blood spot-based CRP measurement for the Indonesia Family Life Survey and the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, and showed that dried blood spot-based CRP results in these two countries have excellent and consistent correlations with serum-based values and dried blood spot-based results from the reference laboratory in the US.
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Self-Employment, Health Insurance, and Return Migration of Middle-Aged and Elderly Mexican Males
In this study, researchers examined the factors associated with self-employment for Mexicans close to retirement age, including the role of US migration experience and health insurance, and found that self-employed workers are less likely to have health insurance than salaried workers and are also less likely to retire.
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Retirement Planning Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics
This study examines how middle age and older Hispanics plan for retirement, and found that most participants, whether already retired or not, are not well prepared for retirement since they have been unable to save for retirement and have not made specific retirement plans, such as determining desired retirement age, estimating retirement budget, and collecting information about expected retirement benefits.
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