Shifting responsibilities. Models of defined contribution
This report seeks to identify the advantages and drawbacks of implementing various forms of such a mechanism. It also outlines product options, contracting requirements, and responsibilities of both e...
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Health Services Coverage, Insurance Coverage, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Policy and practice. Poverty and health sector inequalities.
This paper discusses the evidence on inequalities in health between the poor and non-poor and on the consequences for impoverishment and income inequality associated with health care expenses. (Bullet...
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Poverty, Health Status, Income, Health Services Accessibility, Financing, Organized, Social Justice, Health Equity, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Towards health with justice. Litigation and public inquiries as tools for tobacco control
...This monograph has been developed in order to provide both countries and individuals at national, regional and global levels with information, support and technical assistance on litigation and pub...
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Nicotiana, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Public Health, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Tobacco control
At what price?: conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes (2002). Panel on conceptual, measurement, and other statistical issues in developing cost-of-living indexes
This book explains the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and describes it as one of the most widely used statistics in the United States; How it serves as a guide for the Federal Reserve Board's monetary po...
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Indicators (Statistics), Health Services, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Health, education and poverty reduction. Policy Brief No.19
These research summaries the results of the quality of education and health services and the impact of parental educational and measurements of poverty. Also studies with emphasis three points: The im...
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Quality of Health Care, Health Services, Education, Educational Measurement, Poverty, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
História, Ciencias, Saúde - Manguinhos
Revista da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz centro de documentação e pesquisa da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, dedicada à história das ciências e da saúde. O site disponibiliza informações sobre a revista, o c...
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Public Health, Science, Health, Ciência e tecnologia em saúde, História da saúde pública
Ensaios de Ergonomia
Revista virtual de ergonomia do Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas - EPS, da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC. Seus artigos, disponibilizados em formato PDF, abordam tem...
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Public Health, Ergonomics, Occupational Health, Occupational Diseases, Workplace, 50230, Quality of Life
Consenso Brasileiro sobre Cardiopatia e Gravidez
Diretrizes da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia para gravidez e planejamento familiar da mulher portadora de cardiopatia. Além de princípos gerais aborda a assistência pré-natal cardiológica e ...
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Public Health, Heart Diseases, Cardiomyopathies, Prenatal Care, Pregnancy, Hypertension, Chagas Disease, Family Development Planning, Contraception, 50230, Doenças crônicas e degenerativas, nitasênitasênitasênitas
Saúde e trabalho online
Um portal temático especializado para a área de segurança e saúde do trabalhador, destinado a médicos do trabalho, engenheiros e técnicos de segurança, enfermeiros e auxiliares de enfermagem do...
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Public Health, Occupational Health, 50230, Occupational Diseases, Safety, TRABALHO
How do consumers search for and appraise health information on the world wide web? Qualitative study using focus groups, usability tests, and in-depth interviews
The objective of this article is to describe techniques for retrieval and appraisal used by consumers when they search for health information on the internet.(Au) BMJ 2002;324:573-577 ( 9 March )
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Internet, Medical Informatics, Information Science, Evaluation Study, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators