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Demographic and economic trends in medical schemes--a time series analysis [Demografiese en ekonomiese tendense vir mediese skemas--'n tydreeksanalise.]

Hartshorne J.E.; Carstens I.L. - 1991

A time series analysis was performed on medical scheme statistics with the aim of determining current and future demographic and economic trends. This would enable one to reach a better perspective on the current and future financial dilemma presently experienced by medical schemes. Data for the...

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On Hospital Competition: Quality, Efficiency, and Ownership

Herr, Annika - 2009

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

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Social Services, Water Access, and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa ; Sozialleistungen, Zugang zu Wasser, und landwirtschaftliche Produktivität in Subsahara-Afrika

Allen, Summer LaShon - 2013

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Generalized Conditionally Autoregressive Models

Kyung, Minjung - 2007

In many studies, lattice or area data are observed and spatial analysis is performed. A spatial process observed over a lattice or a set of irregular regions is usually modeled using a conditionally autoregressive (CAR) model. The neighborhoods within a CAR model are generally formed using only...

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Enabling Sustainability: Hierarchical Need-Based Framework for Promoting Sustainable Data Infrastructure in Developing Countries

Yawson, David O.; Armah, Frederick A.; Pappoe, Alex N.M. - 2009

"The paper presents thoughts on Sustainable Data Infrastructure (SDI)development, and its user requirements bases. It brings Maslow's motivational theory to the fore, and proposes it as a rationalization mechanism for entities (mostly governmental) that aim at realizing SDI. Maslow's theory,...

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Forest policy enforcement at the Amazon frontier : the case of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila Avelina - 2005

Mit dem Ziel einer erhöhten Durchsetzung der Waldgesetze zur Kontrolle von Entwaldung führte die Umweltbehörde von Mato Grosso im Jahre 1999 ein neues Umweltlizenzsystem ein. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht die Wirksamkeit dieses Umweltlizenzsystem durch eine Kombination quantitativ...

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Agricultural and Economic Convergence in the EU Integration Process: Do Geographical Relationships Matter?

Sassi, Maria; Pecci, Francesco - 2008

In the light of the reaffirmed importance ofagricultural convergence within the integration process, thepaper provides a preliminary investigation of the impact of theenlargement from the EU-15 to the EU-27 on agricultural realb-convergence and, with reference to the EU-27, of itsrelationship...

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Cash infrastructure and cash access vulnerability in Spain

Posada Restrepo, Diana

Artículo de revista ; The article highlights how the distribution of the cash infrastructure affects cash users in Spain. The more cash infrastructures are scaled down and/or concentrated, the wider the gap becomes between those who have difficulty accessing cash and those who have easy access...

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Spatial Dependence of Regional Unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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Robust Inference with Quantile Regression in Stochastic Volatility Models withapplication to Value at Risk calculation

Saha, Paramita - 2008

Stochastic Volatility (SV) models play an integral role in modeling time varyingvolatility, with widespread application in finance. Due to the absence of a closed form likelihoodfunction, estimation is a challenging problem. In the presence of outliers, and the highkurtosis prevalent in...

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