OBJECTIVE Many effective medical therapies are available for treating neurological diseases, but these therapies tend to be expensive and adherence is critical to their effectiveness. We used patient-reported data to examine the frequency and determinants of financial barriers to medication adherence among individuals treated for neurological disorders. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients completed...

This paper aims to examine the relationship between financial market development and agricultural sector in Iran. The study attempts to answer these questions empirically and try to shed some light on the roles of financial development as well as other conditional variables in agricultural sector. The results of this study shows that the financial market in agricultural sector, however there is...

BACKGROUND In the European Union (EU) and neighbouring countries, HIV/AIDS, of all infectious diseases, has one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates. An estimated 30% of people living with HIV are unaware of their infection, and may therefore not benefit from timely treatment or may transmit HIV to others, unknowingly. Evidence shows that opportunities are being missed to diagnose HIV i...

Some eligible patients with financial hardship may not be referred to assistance programs because cancer care providers do not know the full extent of patients' needs. This article describes barriers cancer care providers face in identifying patients who have financial concerns by using qualitative data from 21 interviews with providers from one Canadian province. Interviews were audio recorded...

Vaccines are important tools for disease prevention and, in obstetric patients, to prevent transmission to infants. Obstetrician-gynecologists are well situated to screen for immunization status of women of child-bearing age and to provide appropriate vaccinations. A series of research investigated obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs, practices, and knowledge regarding immunization. Surveys wer...

CONTEXT Very little is known about medical students from rural areas currently enrolled in Canadian medical schools. PURPOSE We aimed to compare rural and non-rural students in terms of demographics, socioeconomic status, financial status and career choices. METHODS As part of a larger Internet survey of all students at Canadian medical schools outside Quebec, conducted in January and Febru...

Since 2003, the Government of Ghana has been implementing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as the main strategy to progressively bridge financial access barriers and provide a social risk protection system [1]. The scheme complements the Community-based Health Planning and Services program—the national strategy to progressively reduce geographical access barriers to health services [...

the aim of this study was to investigate the problems of private sport clubs in shahr-e-kord city. this study used a descriptive method and it was conducted as a survey. the statistical population and sample were all managers and owners of private sport clubs of shahr-e-kord city (n=91). a questionnaire (21 items) which evaluated the problems of these sport clubs from different perspectives was...

Data warehouses play important roles in the IT landscape of the financial industry. Banks have to deal with complex communication issues in financial data warehouse projects. Especially the creation of extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) processes depends on the project team’s communication ability and given communication barriers. We briefly present a theoretical efficiency model base...