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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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Barriers to Use of Oral Rehydration Salts for Child Diarrhea in the Private Sector: Evidence from India
This study’s results suggested that lack of direct medication dispensing in the private sector might be a key barrier the use of oral rehydration salts in the private sector.
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Developing and Testing Informed-Consent Methods in a Study of the Elderly in Mexico
This report documents the process researchers undertook to develop an informed-consent procedure that was culturally sensitive and complied with Mexican norms and standards and with US government and RAND Corporation ethical standards for conducting research with human subjects.
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Effects of Income Supplementation on Health of the Poor Elderly: The Case of Mexico
In this study of the Mexican state of Yucatan, the researchers found strong evidence that income supplements for the poor elderly in low- and middle-income settings can have significant health benefits even in the short run.
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Economic Burden of Disease-Associated Malnutrition in China
This article reports the results of a burden-of-illness study on disease-associated malnutrition in 15 diseases in China.
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Promising Results Found for Indian Health Insurance Program
A health insurance program for India’s poor shows evidence of reduced mortality rates and lowered out-of-pocket costs.
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Comparative Performance of Public and Private Sector Delivery of BCG Vaccination: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
This study of preventive services in Sub-Saharan Africa found that the for-profit private sector performed substantially worse than the public sector in providing Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine to newborns, resulting in a longer duration of vulnerability to tuberculosis, a disparity greater for poorer children and children in rural areas.
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