OBJECTIVE Excessive health expenditure (EHE) is a global issue for households suffering from high-cost medical conditions, low incomes and limited insurance coverage. After the international financial crisis of 2008, EHE became a social problem in developed countries. Such economic crisis might induce severe mental stress, resulting in suicidal ideation. METHODS We used the Korean Welfare Pan...

This study investigates the relationship between the socio-demographic characteristics of a sample of resident households and their behaviour towards environmental problems at Thetsane Industrial (TI) area, Lesotho. Using Logistic Regression Model and Descriptive Statistics on the set of data collected from a sample of 88 households in the TI area, the paper estimates factors that influence peo...

Earnings non-response in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited evidence on whether and how non-response bias affects measured earnings. This paper examines the patterns and consequences of non-response using internal Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC) individual records matched to administrative SSA data on earnings for calendar years 2005-2010. Our findings include the follow...

A recently published systematic review identifies a number of patient-, family-, physician-, and disease-related factors that account for the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at the onset of disease in children and youth (1). We propose a unifying hypothesis for these factors that the frequency of DKA at disease onset may be related to income inequality. Income inequality is defined as t...

Islamic banking is a multiple microfinance management business concept. By determining solutions and examining their methods for present future management, the Kema Logical Organization Cycle Tawhidi String Relationship technique seeks to identify any problems or restrictions in existing financial conditions. banks employ techniques including Super Choice program support Insightful Interaction....

BACKGROUND In the context of global increases in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, the objective of the present study is to investigate the factors affecting individuals' decisions to use health-promoting goods and services. METHODS The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III), consisting of 30992 respondents, was analysed. The Pearson chi-square test was applied to co...

This paper estimates the effect of immigrant legal status on Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and food stamp transfers using variation from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), which authorized the largest U.S. amnesty to date. Our empirical approach exploits both the timing of IRCA and the geographic unevenness of applications for legal status under the law. We find that areas...

We utilise data from a self-designed survey that includes information experiments to elicit the German public's attitude towards right of asylum. The was carried out in 2018. randomly assign 2048 interviewees different groups and ‘treat’ each group with about asylum seekers came Germany 2015 2016. Treatments involve (i) total number seekers, (ii) fiscal costs (iii) potential long-term benefits ...