The electronic document authentication is a subject of active research because, with the release of very efficient program for documents, images and video processing, the manipulation of such digital content becomes easier. Then, the development of efficient methods allowing the protection of sensitive digital material, avoiding unauthorized manipulations, without degradation of the original ma...

OBJECTIVE The world population is aging rapidly and the well-being of older people is of great interest. Therefore, this study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the oldest-old (i.e. individuals aged 80 or over) in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS We use the 2011/2012 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data (n = 6530) for this paper. Logistic regression is used to...

INTRODUCTION Uganda is currently designing a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, with the aim of raising additional resources for the health sector. Very little was known about the health insurance market in Uganda before this study, so one of our main objectives was to investigate the nature of the private health insurance market in Uganda and the opinions of various stakeholders on NHI, w...

Purpose: To demonstrate that funding is an essential component of integrated care, even in a universal publicly funded health care system. Context: The PRISMA coordination-type model is actually being generalized in the Province of Québec (Canada) concurrently with the creation of Health and Social Services Centers (HSSC), a merging of hospitals, community centers and nursing homes in a local a...

OBJECTIVES While the benefits of Seguro Popular health insurance in Mexico relative to no insurance have been widely documented, little has been reported on its effects relative to the pre-existing Social Security health insurance. We analyse the effects of Social Security and Seguro Popular health insurances in Mexico on access to healthcare of older adults, and on financial risk protection to...

Abstract Background China has nearly achieved universal health insurance coverage, but considerable unmet healthcare needs still exist. Although this topic attracted great attention, there have been few studies examining the relationship between coverage and needs. This study aimed to clarify impact of other associated factors on Chinese residents’ Methods Data was derived from fourth, fifth, s...