disconnects and defects in care – such as duplication, poor integration between services or avoidable adverse events – are costly to the health system and potentially harmful to patients and families. for patients living with multiple chronic conditions, such disconnects can be particularly detrimental. lean is an approach to optimizing value by reducing waste (eg, duplication and defects) and ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted negatively on our society and resulted in numerous deaths. It had an effect on every facet of health-care delivery. Rules, regulations, and payment policies were changed to allow extensive use of telecommunications technology in lieu of in-person clinical visits to protect health care personnel and patients throughout the country from the risk of disease trans...

Kompresor adalah salah satu alat bantu yang dapat menggerakan mesin-mesin industri dengan sistem pneumatic dimana kompresor konsep kerja nya merubah energi listrik menjadi gerak. Tujuan penulisan memahami mekanisme dari Compressed Air System, mulai mekanisme, spesifikasi pada kompresor, particular filter, air receiver, dryer dan fine filter. Menganalisa perhitungan volume dibutuhkan industri. S...

The purpose of this study was to understand the health benefits of line dancing activity in Korean middle-aged women. This study explored how Korean middle-aged women perceive health benefits through lived experiences of line dancing in their leisure time. Three themes emerged related to health benefits: (1) psychological benefit, (2) physical benefit, and (3) social benefit. This finding sugge...

We develop a simple model of labor market participation, human capital degradation, and re-training. We focus on how non-participation, as a distinct state from unemployment and employment, is determined by the welfare system in interaction with labor market conditions and personal characteristics. We provide a tractable framework to analyze how the decisions to exit the labor force and to miti...

T HE old-age and survivors insurance program combines three types of protection for workers and their families-retirement protection for those between the ages of 65 and 75, annuities for those aged 75 or over, and survivor insurance, payable on the death of an insured worker at any age. The retirement test (or work clause) is applicable when the beneficiary is under age 75, both for retirement...

We provide a framework for understanding how disability risk and features of the disability insurance program in the US affect individual consumption and labor supply behavior in an explicit life-cycle setting. We decompose earnings risk into disability shocks (that reduce the ability to work) and shocks to general productivity. We identify structural parameters of the model using indirect infe...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes that exposure to mass media (eg, television, movies, video and computer games, the Internet, music lyrics and videos, newspapers, magazines, books, advertising) presents health risks for children and adolescents but can provide benefits as well. Media education has the potential to reduce the harmful effects of media and accentuate the positive effe...