The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what extent this may be driven by differential access to and utilization of high quality treatment options....

Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 Forms of internationalization in higher education 4 2.1 Student mobility 4 2.2 Teaching staff mobility 6 2.3 Internationalization of curricula 7 2.4 Branch campuses 9 2.5 Institutional cooperation agreements and networks 9 2.6 Mutual recognition agreements 9 2.7 Transnational university networks (incl. mergers of institutions) 10 2.8 Transnational virtual delivery of...

background:  depression is the world’s fourth most prevalent health problem which is ‎associated with substantial mortality, direct medical cost, diminished life quality, and ‎significant physical and psychosocial impairment. this study aimed to investigate the ‎effect of psycho-educational intervention on the life quality of major depressive patients.‎ materials and methods:  sixty patients wh...

Educating healthcare professionals is a key issue in the provision of quality healthcare services, and interprofessional education (IPE) has been proposed as a means of meeting this challenge. Evidence that collaborative working can be essential for good clinical outcomes underpins the real need to find out how best to develop a work force that can work together effectively. We identify barrier...

The aim of this study is to determine the service quality perceptions of students being educated at Drexel University and Gazi University. The study is comprised of final year students in Schools of Education. 250 Turkish students and 101 American students have participated in the study. It has been determined through the data that the students of Drexel University are satisfied with service qu...

One of the most important goals in treating chronic diseases, especially asthma, is the promotion of quality of life (QOL). The present study aimed at identifying the effect of educating method on the QOL of children, who suffered from asthma.In this clinical trial study, 80 children aged 6-12 years with asthma were divided into two groups: control (face-to-face method) and experimental (visual...

Educational quality varies in the degree to which they attempt to deal with different completing aspects of quality such as relative importance of various quality attributes of key process areas. With the emerging of information and communication technology, educational quality has drastically changed. This revolution has brought radical change in the way educational data are generated for ease...

Using data from TIMSS 2015, this study investigated determinants of inequality between classrooms in mathematics performance Sweden. Applying multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance frameworks to identify latent constructs with which build a two-level structural equation model, integrated teacher certification, preparedness school emphasis on academic success into...