PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the experience of living with a preexisting functional disability and a cancer diagnosis and to identify strategies that promote health in the growing population of cancer survivors. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative, descriptive. SETTING Four sites in the United States. PARTICIPANTS 19 female cancer survivors with preexisting disabling conditions. METHODOLOGIC...

PURPOSE This article describes a project undertaken as part of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Healthcare Quality Indicator (HCQI) Project, which aimed to develop a set of quality indicators representing the domains of primary care, prevention and health promotion, and which could be used to assess the performance of primary care systems. METHODS Existing q...

In this paper, a promotion tournament is considered, where, at the beginning of the tournament, it is unknown how long the tournament lasts. Further, the promotion decision is based on the assessments of a supervisor with imperfect recall. In line with psychological research, the supervisor is assumed to either value early or recent impressions more strongly. It is shown that e¤ort may increase...

O agir econômico como motor da política de saúde na Alemanha: consequências para a prevenção e promoção da saúde Economic behaviour as leitmotiv in health policy in Germany and its consequences for prevention and health promotion Abstract Since the mid 1970s the health policy in Germany has focused on cost containment – precisely reduction of employer's contribution for statutory health insuran...

When plaintiffs prevail in a discrimination case, a major component of the calculation of economic loss is the length of time they would have been in the higher position had they been treated fairly during the period in which the employer practised discrimination. This problem is complicated by the fact that one’s eligibility for promotion is subject to termination by retirement and both the pr...

The tourism sector, which has high inter-industry and cross-country linkages, is well suited to be the leading sector to accelerate regional economic growth and integration. International and domestic tourism are leading economic activities in the world today. Tourism has been known to generate goods and services directly and indirectly, attract foreign currency, stimulate employment, and provi...

Many believe that the "next generation" of health promotion or health management programs will likely include a much more extensive alignment of environmental ['actors that support a healthy and productive workforce. To address this possibility, a model was conceptualized that integrates an environmentally-based intervention within a comprehensive health management effort. Intervention is dired...

Several studies and statistics have indicated that non-hydrocarbon exports in Algeria represent a low rate of around 5% total exports. This weakness means the Algerian economy is fragile, which depends on prices hydrocarbons (oil, gas) unstable international market. factors are cause situation remain difficult to identify. ambiguity has led us dig into field investigation get closer reality rea...

In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on the incentive role of personnel control in post-reform China. Employing the turnover data of top provincial leaders in China between 1979 and 1995, we find that the likelihood of promotion of provincial leaders increases with their economic performance, while the likelihood of termination decreases with their economic performance. This finding is ...