FACTORS AFFECTING CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND IMPOVERISHMENT FROM MEDICAL EXPENSES IN CHINA: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE

Factors affecting catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses in China: policy implications of universal health insurance

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to explore the health system and structural factors influencing the first of these outcomes.METHODS: Data were derived from the Fourth National Health Service Survey.An analysis of catastroph

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Evolution of predator dispersal in relation to spatio-temporal prey dynamics: how not to get stuck in the wrong place!

The eco-evolutionary dynamics of dispersal are recognised as key in determining the responses of populations to us polo assn mens sweaters environmental changes.Here, by developing a novel modelling approach, we show that predators are likely to have evolved to emigrate more often and become more selective over their destination patch when their pr

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Synergistic Antimicrobial Effect of Colistin in Combination with Econazole against Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Its Persisters

ABSTRACT Colistin is a last-line antibiotic which acts by causing membrane permeabilization in Gram-negative bacteria.However, its clinical value has been limited by its toxicity and the emergence chervo jacke herren of resistant organisms.In this study, we showed that econazole and colistin can act synergistically to produce a strong antimicrobial

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