- Chinese history and philosophy
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Global Health Care Issues
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Community Health and Development
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Diverse Academic Research Areas
- Religious Tourism and Spaces
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
University of Oklahoma
2022-2024
The University of Melbourne
2020-2023
University of San Diego
1988-2020
University of California, San Diego
1980
ABSTRACT: This paper analyses the recorded number of U.S. daily suicides, 1972–1976. The shows that: there is a dip in suicides on and just before major public holidays; peak after these and, somewhat larger than peak—hence, net decrease around holidays. On balance, holidays appear to reduce not increase them, as was previously believed. In addition, previous research has focussed negative psychological impact Our findings indicate that have positive component, which should be taken into...
Abstract Many governments with dual public and private health systems offer subsidies for insurance (PHI) the aim to ease burden on system. Understanding how elderly individuals respond these PHI is important because they typically have greater care needs but often struggle affordability of PHI. However, prior studies provide little guidance this issue mainly focused responses incentives among general population. This paper leverages a unique age‐specific policy intervention in Australia...
This ethnographic study analyzes the experiences of a group women who are HIV-seropositive and possess one or more signs socially respected symbolic capital: they White, heterosexual, married, and/or middle class. Symbolic capital translates into social power allows these to control disclosure their HIV status. Even when reveal status, them remain “nice girls” in eyes others. Ironically, attempts protect moral status help reproduce dominant cultural constructions that continue link AIDS with...
Abstract This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on household income inequality and investigates whether or domestic reforms are main factors influencing increasing in Taiwan, a middle‐income open economy. We construct an empirical model by decomposing sources disposable quintile ratio separate partners into OECD (Organisation for Economic Co‐operation Development) non‐OECD countries. Using time‐series data to estimate long‐run effect, we find that net exports countries...
The Affordable Care Act included a provision to gradually eliminate the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap between 2011 and 2020, which substantially lower medication costs in gap. Using 2007-2016 claims data, we estimate how filling affects individuals' out-of-pocket spending use, separately for branded generic drugs. One important difficulty estimating policy impact is that around same time, many blockbuster drugs commonly used by population experienced patent expiration began see...
How do public health crises affect spending at different levels of government in a federal system? This study shows that small outbreaks communicable diseases can have sizeable fiscal impact on and state governments through insurance intergovernmental grants. We examine the case Zika virus outbreak United States using nationwide county-level data from 2010 to 2019. Our event difference-in-differences estimates show medical assistance transfers immediately increased areas with higher...
We study how clinical and socioeconomic factors influence colorectal cancer (CRC) costs for patients Medicare in Australia. The seeks to extend the limited Australian literature on CRC by analysing comprehensive patient-level medical services pharmaceutical cost data.
The objective of this study was to how changes in insurance benefit design affect medication use older adults with mental disorders.US Medicare claims data from 2007 2018.Exploiting the gradual elimination prescription drug coverage gap beginning 2011, we examine effects on and out-of-pocket spending by type a difference-in-differences approach. We identify subpopulations disorder compare estimates across health groups general population.Closing substantially reduced individuals' spending,...
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Reviewed by: Gentlemen's Prescriptions for Women's Lives: A Thousand Years of Biographies Chinese Women Judith Liu (bio) Sherry J. Mou . Women. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. xvi, 301 pp. Hardcover $85.95, ISBN 0-7656-0867-7. has written an intriguing book that immediately grabs the readers attention with its provocative title. One wants to know: Who are these gentlemen? What were their prescriptions women covered a span thousand years? And finally, how have continued affect women? Mou's...
Reviewed by: Educational Reform in Republican China: The Failure of Educators to Create a Modern Nation Judith Liu (bio) Thomas D. Curran . Nation. Chinese Studies Volume 40. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005. viii, 494 pp. Hardcover $139.95, ISBN 0-7734-5952-9. Series, 0-88946-076-0. Curran's China is highly readable and enjoyable book that both measure his love history tenacity as human being. Beginning dissertation taking over 20 years complete, the gives sweeping overview...