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Sci Rep
January 2025
School of Management, Shandong Second Medical University, No. 7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261053, Shandong, China.
This study examines the impact of micro-level land prices on corporate carbon emission intensity and identifies the underlying mechanisms. Using a unique dataset of Chinese industrial enterprises from 2000 to 2014, we employ a two-way fixed effects econometric model, alongside instrumental variable and Difference-in-Differences (DID) techniques, to address endogeneity concerns. Our findings reveal that a 1% increase in land prices leads to a 0.
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January 2025
Healthcare Management Program, School of Social Sciences Hellenic Open University Patras Greece.
Background And Aims: In recent years, In Vitro fertilization (IVF) science has grown by leaps and bounds in the field of assisted reproduction, helping millions of couples worldwide. The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which infertile women are willing to pay for IVF services in Greece.
Methods: Through the distribution of questionnaires, willingness to pay (WTP) is recorded according to IVF success rates, and the relationship between WTP and the respondents' demographic characteristics is analyzed.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beihang University, No. 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
Background: To address the health inequity caused by decentralized management, China has introduced a provincial pooling system for urban employees' basic medical insurance. This paper proposes a research framework to evaluate similar policies in different contexts. This paper adopts a mixed-methods approach to more comprehensively and precisely capture the causal effects of the policy.
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January 2025
Department of Health Policy and Medical Technology Research Group, LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Disparities in access to oncology medicines in European Union (EU) member states can impact patient outcomes profoundly, with availability and timely access varying significantly across and within member states. This paper discusses the intersection of the new European Health Technology Assessment Regulation (HTAR), the provisions of the proposed pharmaceutical legislation and their potential impacts on access to oncology medicines across EU member states. The HTAR, seeking to standardise the clinical evaluation of new medicines, has the potential to streamline the evaluation process but also risks oversimplifying diverse national healthcare needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProc Nutr Soc
January 2025
Ulster University Business School, Ulster University, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland 028 7012 3964).
Food insecurity (also known as food poverty) is the inability to afford or access a healthy diet. It has become recognised as a public health emergency and is a priority in the context of the environmental, geopolitical and socio-economic implications on businesses, households and civic society. This review paper aims to discuss the merits of collecting food insecurity data and its importance in informing cross-sectoral government and others' understanding, policymaking and action on hunger.
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