OBJECTIVES This report presents long-term trends in the number and percentage of persons under age 65 years with different types of health insurance coverage and with no coverage. It documents changes in how the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has collected information about coverage over almost 50 years. It also compares recent trends in coverage estimates based on the NHIS and the U.S...

The aims of this study were to quantify and describe the variations in respiratory symptoms and diagnosis prevalence across regions of the world according to national income. In 2002 and 2003, the World Health Organization implemented the World Health Survey (WHS), which used a standardised survey instrument to compile comprehensive baseline information on health and healthcare expenditure. We ...

The paper presents some aspects regarding the conditions of submitting the proposal of introducing new interactive learning methods for lifelong learning in Transilvania University of Brasov: problem based and projectbased learning methods, as the most appropriate for this type of learning. In the same time, the partnership, objectives, learning activities, main outcomes and dissemination of th...

Regardless the growing popularity of Virtual Reality, the design of Virtual Environments remains a complex task that requires skilled people. To overcome this, we have developed the VR-WISE approach that allows specifying a Virtual Environment at a conceptual level, free from any implementation details, allowing stakeholders not familiar with VR-technology to participate in the design of a VR a...

conclusions our findings show that, at provincial levels, a complex set of known/unknown influencing factors affect individuals’ assessments of their own health quality. understanding these patterns of srh and ls could be useful for better health policy and more targeted studies in this field. background self-rated health (srh) and life satisfaction (ls) are of increasing interest to medical re...

Reduction of health inequalities within and between countries is a global health priority, but little is known about the determinants of popular support for this goal. We used data from the World Health Survey to assess individual preferences for prioritizing reductions in health and health care inequalities. We used descriptive tables and regression analysis to study the determinants of prefer...

2004 www.thelancet.com Vol 373 June 13, 2009 4 Kendler KS, Gallagher TJ, Abelson JM, Kessler RC. Lifetime prevalence, demographic risk factors and diagnostic validity of nonaff ective psychosis as assessed in a US community sample. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1996; 53: 1022–31. 5 Haro JM, Arbabzadeh-Bouchez S, Brugha TS, et al. Concordance of the composite international diagnostic interview version 3.0...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of self-rated health assessments by examining the association between education and self-rated poor health. METHODS We used the globally representative population-based sample from the 2002 World Health Survey, composed of 219,713 men and women aged 25 and over in 69 countries, to examine the association between education and self-rated poor health. In a binary r...

We present a discussion of the potential and anticipated impact of immersive VR touch workbenches for creative 3D work in engineering and art practice. The discussion highlights three recent interaction techniques developed for these applications. Based on this experience, we formulate a set of guidelines and domain specific challenges to guide future practitioners.