Publications by authors named "E Forget"
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- - High-income countries implement cash transfer programs to combat poverty and improve health among low-income populations, potentially reducing reliance on public healthcare.
- - A review of studies from various high-income countries found 164 relevant studies, focusing on several health outcomes such as fertility and depression, but highlighted a lack of research on healthcare utilization.
- - Of the studies analyzed, 75% indicated beneficial effects of cash transfers on health, with 62% of fertility studies showing increases, but the data lacked consistency for a comprehensive meta-analysis.
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- Modern organ allocation systems aim to effectively distribute transplanted organs, and this study explores the potential benefits of using marginal kidneys, which are at risk of being discarded, for older adults facing end-stage kidney disease in Canada.
- A cost-utility model was created to analyze the 10-year outcomes of using marginal kidneys versus traditional practices, revealing that the marginal kidney approach could lead to lower costs and better quality-adjusted life years for patients.
- Findings indicated that utilizing marginal kidneys could enhance patient survival and quality of life significantly, making it a more cost-effective option than the standard limited use of kidneys in this population.
Little is known about the impact of military conflict on sex work from the perspective of sex workers. We attempt to explore the meaning of conflict on sex work by asking women about the changes that they have experienced in their lives and work since the beginning of the 2014 military conflict in eastern Ukraine. The findings in this article are based on qualitative interviews with 43 cisgender women living and practicing sex work in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe examine the typologies of workplaces for sex workers in Dnipro, Ukraine as part of the larger Dynamics Study, which explores the influence of conflict on sex work. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 560 women from September 2017 to October 2018. The results of our study demonstrate a diverse sex work environment with heterogeneity across workplace typologies in terms of remuneration, workload, and safety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mental health outcomes vary widely among high-income countries, although mental health problems represent an increasing proportion of the burden of disease for all countries. This has led to increased demand for healthcare services, but mental health outcomes may also be particularly sensitive to the availability of social services. This paper examines the variation in the absolute and relative amounts that high-income countries spend on healthcare and social services to determine whether increased expenditure on social services relative to healthcare expenditure might be associated with better mental health outcomes.
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