The political, economic, social, cultural and especially demographic aspects have put their inprints on the pension, so that it should keep in mind the way they were built and are building the European social policies in general, and EU policy on pensions

A range of alternatives are available to water companies in the UK (United Kingdom) for reducing future water supply deficits, each having different implications in terms of environmental impacts (both positive and negative), level of service provided to

This paper focuses on a presentation of two business languages, English and Spanish, with the purpose of rendering similarities and differences between them, as perceived by Romanian students. Various principles have been analysed in order to emphasize th

Background: While much is known about the association between drug regimen complexity and drug adherence, little is known about how this association is affected by patient depression. Objective: To examine whether the relationship between medication adherence and highly active antiretroviral...

Background: Standards, benchmarking, and audits are integral to quality monitoring in health and social service provision. Recent policy in the UK National Health Service dictating the need for increased consumer involvement necessitates that service users have significant input into the...

Decision making in healthcare often involves decision alternatives that vary on different dimensions in conflicting ways, such as health benefits and costs. In such cases, it is not always easy to identify the best option, as a trade-off has to be made. In preference studies, patients evaluate...

Objectives: To develop and psychometrically evaluate a domain-specific questionnaire to assess subtle but clinically relevant differences in treatment experiences and satisfaction over a wide range of currently available insulin therapy regimens. The study focussed on patients with type 2...

Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents a significant burden on healthcare resources. This study aimed to (i) identify key determinants for treatment choices in AF; (ii) analyze impacts of AF treatment on patient satisfaction and compliance; and (iii) analyze impacts of AF treatment on...

This report presents key findings of an impact evaluation of a rural road rehabilitation project in Armenia. Changes in outcomes for roads that were rehabilitated are compared to changes in outcomes for a comparison group of otherwise similar roads that were not rehabilitated.