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in pneumococci would be useful to better understand the impact of more clinically-relevant antibiotics for standard care as well as the potential impact of mass-drug administration campaigns, a potential alternative intervention to reduce the pneumococcal disease burden proposed for crisis settings [42]...
Price controls are a form of government-mandated economic intervention. They are intended to make important purchases more affordable for consumers and are also commonly used to help steer theeconomyin a certain direction. For instance, these restrictions may be deemed necessary in order to curbinfla...
Models of care are often used in settings that provide medical and case management services. Case managers must be knowledgeable of models of care such as the Home Health Model, the Chronic Care Model, and the Special Needs Plan. In this lesson, we will explore the basics of these models....
Learn about child abuse and neglect. Explore different types of abuse and neglect, understand characteristics of each type of abuse or neglect, and...
Types of Disasters Paul N. Severin and Phillip A. Jacobson 5 5.1 Unique Vulnerabilities of Children Although pediatric patients are viewed as a unique population, they are the popula- tion: it has been estimated that more than 25% of the U.S. population fits within the ...
Experts use the word “heterogeneity” to refer to the slippery nature of depressive disorders. “Depression is not one single thing,” saysRudolf Uher, MD, PhD, a psychiatrist who holds the Canada Research Chair in Early Intervention in Psychiatry and is a professor of psychiatry at Dalhousie ...
One example is the conservatorship ofFannie Mae(FNMA) andFreddie Mac(FHLMC). TheFederal Housing Finance Agency(FHFA) acts as a conservator for these two agencies. The conservatorships, established during thefinancial crisis of 2008, allowed government intervention in the agencies' management in respon...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) remains a public health crisis worldwide. It is the most prevalent mood disorder and the leading cause of disability (1, 2, 3). Economically, it ranks as the most burdensome medical condition by its effects on workplace productivity (4,5). In the United St...
pattern of life, resulting in misfortune, helplessness, and suffering, with adverse effects on the socioeconomic structure of a region or a country and/or modifications of the environment to such an extent that there is a need for assistance and immediate outside intervention” (Lynch and Berman...