Relationship of Algebraic Theories to Powerset Theories and Fuzzy Topological Theories for Lattice-Valued Mathematics by S. E. Rodabaugh

“…This paper deals with a broad question—to what extent is topology algebraic—using two specific questions: (1) what are the algebraic conditions on the underlying membership lattices which insure that categories for topology and fuzzy topology are indeed topological categories; and (2) what are the algebraic conditions which insure that algebraic theories in the sense of Manes are a foundation for the powerset theories generating topological categories for topology and fuzzy topology? …”
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Assessment Of Service Quality And Consumer Satisfaction In A Hungarian Spa by Zsuzsanna Löke, Ernö Kovács, Zsuzsanna Bacsi

“…Analysis of variance proved that the patients supported by the National Health Insurance Fund were more satisfied at both locations than guests paying for themselves. …”
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Different copula types and reliability applications for a new fisk probability model by Mohammad Abiad, Najwan Alsadat, Meraou M. A, M.M.Abd El-Raouf, Haitham M. Yousof, Anoop Kumar

“…The proposed new density function of this distribution has various heavy tail forms that are useful in the field of reliability, insurance and statistical modeling. This allows for the representation and modeling of a wide range of data sets that are diverse in their form and nature. …”
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Qualitative Study of Barriers to Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Rural Women in India by Shreya Gupta, Jas Pal Dhamija, Indu Mohan, Rajeev Gupta

“…Socioeconomic barriers for low adherence to antihypertensive medication in women in India are low awareness of hypertension and complications, poor access to care, out-of-pocket payments, borrowing money, lack of insurance, and cost of medicines.…”
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Artificial intelligence in high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning for cervical cancer: a review by Junyue Shi, Junyue Shi, Jun Chen, Gaokui He, Qinghe Peng

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Financial institutions efficiency: a systematic literature review by Danijel Petrović, Goran Karanović

“…Furthermore, the results show that recent studies mainly focus on the effects of mergers and acquisitions activities, regulation, and risk management on the efficiency of banks and insurance companies. Finally, a current trend towards developing composite indices in efficiency estimation is emphasized. …”
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Distributional Nikulin-Rao-Robson validity under a novel gamma extension with characterizations and risk assessment by Hossein Hamedani, Ahmad M. Aboalkhair, Khaoula Aidi, Ali S. Hadi, Haitham M. Yousof, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…These four methods were applied for the actuarial evaluation under a simulation study and under an application to insurance claims data. For distributional validation under the complete data, the well-known Nikulin-Rao-Robson statistic is considered. …”
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KAP of influenza, streptococcal pneumonia, and herpes zoster among community-dwelling older adults with chronic diseases in Nanjing city: a cross-sectional survey by Zhengkai SHEN, Siyu TIAN, Zhiyong WANG, Wenjing ZHU, Lirong DONG, Jinshui XU

“…There were significant differences in behavioral prevention scores for the three diseases among participants with different levels of education and health insurance status (P < 0.05), with higher behavioral scores among participants with higher education or basic health insurance. …”
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Conditional value-at-risk bounds for compound Poisson risks and a normal approximation by Werner Hürlimann

“…This important class of nonnormal loss distributions finds applications in actuarial science, where it is able to model the aggregate claims of an insurance-risk business.…”
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Exploring the Determinants of Antenatal Care Services Uptake: A Qualitative Study among Women in a Rural Community in Northern Ghana by Gilbert Ti-enkawol Nachinab, Charles Ampong Adjei, Florence Assibi Ziba, Richard Asamoah, Priscilla Adumoah Attafuah

“…There is the need for establishment of registration centres of the national health insurance in all communities to make the scheme more accessible. …”
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Rural-urban disparities and socioeconomic determinants of caesarean delivery rates in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 2019 National Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by G N Musuka, G Murewanhema, H Herrera, E Mbunge, R Birri-Makota, T Dzinamarira, D Cuadros, I Chingombe, A Mpofu, M Mapingure

“…These findings show an association that could indicate this being overutilised by insured women in urban settings, rather than being accessible based on clinical needs. …”
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Outcomes and associated factors of cervical human papillomavirus infection among 608 women in Shenzhen, China, 2018–2023 by Zhenghan Lv, Xuesen He, Zhiju Li, Yue Yuan, Xinyi Zhou, Changqing Tu, Yinqi Yang, Yanshan Huang, Lili Yin, Huihui Chen, Yanling Tao, Yanling Tao

“…The study revealed that age, HPV infection status, and type of medical insurance are independent predictors of the persistence of negative HPV test outcomes.…”
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The parental care-seeking behavior of children with osteogenesis imperfecta based on the Anderson’s model: a qualitative study by Lin Mo, Fan-yan Du

“…Discussion The current rare disease insurance policies do not cater to the needs of the OI community. …”
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High Risk of Early Cataracts in Young Type 1 Diabetes Group: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Wen-Li Lu, Po-Chih Shen, Chen-Hao Lee, Yu-Tsun Su, Li-Min Chen

“…A two-part study was conducted using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Information from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) was served as a template of the general population. …”
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Validity of Self-reported Participation in Cancer Screenings and Health Checkups in Japan by Isao Muraki, Tomotaka Sobue, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Shoichiro Tsugane, Norie Sawada, Hiroyasu Iso

“…Methods: We included 3,060 men and 3,860 women insured by the National Health Insurance for residents aged <75 years or the Medical Care System for the Elderly aged ≥75 years in the Chikusei area of the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study for the Next Generation. …”
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Healthcare assessment tools—a valid source of data for pre-hospital care? Usability for ensuring medical care in the event of a disaster by Robert Konrad, Robert Konrad, Denise Schuster, HJ Heppner, HJ Heppner

“…IntroductionProviding care for vulnerable population groups in the event of a disaster or evacuation is in the interests of those affected, of local authorities, health insurance companies, other insurance companies and the responsible authorities and organizations with security tasks (BOS). …”
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Knowledge and understanding of information after taking decision to participate or not in a randomized trial of surgery vs radiotherapy among patients with locally advanced prostat... by Yvonne Brandberg, Olof Akre, Mia Bergenmar

“…Between-group differences in knowledge were found for duration of the trial, insurances in the trial, and if the trial intervention had been proven to be superior. …”
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Exploring influencing factors of healthy lifestyles in rural area among older adults with diabetes based on socioecological model by Yudong Miao, Xinran Li, Zhanlei Shen, Dongfang Zhu, Junwen Bai, Jingbao Zhang, Ruizhe Ren, Dan Guo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Jinxin Cui, Mingyue Zhen, Jiajia Zhang, Yalin Song

“…The government should further optimize medical insurance policies to facilitate patients in adopting healthier lifestyles choices.…”
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Association between a publicly funded universal drug program and antipsychotic and antidepressant medication dispensing to children by Sophie A. Kitchen, Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous, Kathleen Pajer, William Gardner, Yona Lunsky, Melanie Penner, David Juurlink, Muhammad Mamdani, Tony Antoniou

“…In 2018, Ontario introduced a universal pharmacare program (OHIP+) for children and youth, amending it in April 2019 to cover only those without private insurance. We examined the association of these policy changes with antipsychotic and antidepressant medication prescribing. …”
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Relationship between social determinants of health and cognitive performance in an older American population: a cross-sectional NHANES study by Zhen-Guo Yang, Xu Sun, Xue Han, Xiao Wang, Lei Wang

“…Data were collected during each survey cycle on self-reported domains of SDoH, which included eight subscales: employment, family income-to-poverty ratio, food security, education level, health insurance coverage, type of health insurance, home ownership, and marital status. …”
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