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The Economic Costs of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...
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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
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Dietary Patterns and Non-Communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia; Vazquez, Luis T Marcano; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
To raise awareness among policymakers and health practitioners about unhealthy diets, this document examines dietary patterns in selected Latin American countries using household surveys. The analysis shows that a large percentage of households in the countries examined have inadequate diets....
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Racial differences in the effects of hypertension and obesity on health expenditures by diabetes patients in the US
Condliffe, Simon; Link, Charles R. - In: Applied economics letters 21 (2014) 4/6, pp. 280-283
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The Influence of Social Supports on Employment for Hispanic, Black, and White Unmarried Mothers
Radey, Melissa - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 29 (2008) 3, pp. 445-460
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LGBT workplace inequality in the federal workforce : intersectional processes, organizational contexts, and turnover considerations
Cech, Erin A.; Rothwell, William R. - In: ILR review : a publication of the New York State School … 73 (2020) 1, pp. 25-60
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From SIGNALS to success? : the effects of an online advising system on course grades
Main, Joyce B.; Griffith, Amanda L. - In: Education economics 27 (2019) 6, pp. 608-623
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Above the glass ceiling : when are women and racial/ethnic minorities promoted to CEO?
Cook, Alison; Glass, Christy - In: Strategic management journal 35 (2014) 7, pp. 1080-1089
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A broken pipeline : effects of gender and racial/ethnic barriers on college students' educational aspiration-pursuit gap
Li, Xu; Kim, Young Hwa; Keum, Brian T. H.; Wang, Yu-Wei; … - In: Journal of career development 49 (2022) 4, pp. 753-768
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Gender heterogeneity in self-reported hypertension
Bonsang, Eric; Caroli, Eve; Garrouste, Clémentine - 2021
We investigate the gender gap in hypertension misreporting using the French Constances cohort. We show that false … individual characteristics. As a second step, we investigate the causes of the gender gap in hypertension misreporting. We show …. Once these differences are taken into account, the gender gap in false negative reporting of hypertension is reversed. This …
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