The evidence in the demographic and family planning literature of the range and diversity of the barriers to fertility regulation in many developing countries is reviewed in this article from a consumer perspective. Barriers are defined as the constraining factors standing between women and the realistic availability of the technologies and correct information they need in order to decide wheth...

The evidence in the demographic and family planning literature of the range and diversity of the barriers to fertility regulation in many developing countries is reviewed in this article from a consumer perspective. Barriers are defined as the constraining factors standing between women and the realistic availability of the technologies and correct information they need in order to decide wheth...

Background: Home health care (HHC) as a part of the health care delivery continuum has continued to be developed over the past decade. The number of patients receiving home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is increasing. The continuity of care from the hospital to the home is very important. However, these patients have various special care needs, and different conditions may affect the quality of ...

The Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) aims to increase competition and to foster client protection in the European …nancial market. Among other provisions, it abolishes the concentration rule and challenges the market power of existing trading venues. The directive introduces venue competition in order to achieve better execution and ultimately lower trading costs. In this paper...

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of combination vaccine use and the associated financial barriers faced by pediatric practices, and to identify determinants of adoption of combination vaccines. DESIGN Mailed national survey. SETTING Pediatric practices during the period from August through October 2008. PARTICIPANTS Pediatricians randomly selected from the American Medical Associatio...

Reforming the US vaccine-financing system is a promising means of increasing vaccine coverage among US children; however, it is a significant undertaking that calls for creativity and cooperation by a diverse group of stakeholders. In this commentary, we present a consumer’s viewpoint on the vaccine-financing recommendations of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). Because immunizatio...

In this article, we present the results of a series of focus groups with people with disabilities, in which we took a cross-disability, lifespan perspective of disability. Consumers were asked about a broad set of barriers, such as problems with communication, transportation, and insurance, as well as about barriers related to physical accessibility. We used the Institute of Medicine’s framewor...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the association between financial stress and health care outcomes. Our objective was to examine the association between self-reported financial stress during initial hospitalization and long-term outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS We used prospective registry evaluating myocardial infarction: Event and Recovery (PREMIER) da...

Former offenders face a variety of barriers to successful re-integration into society, particularly in the areas of labor market prospects, debt obligations, and public policy. This paper conducts a comparative analysis of several in-prison and community-based re-entry programs to determine their potential for improving financial outcomes for this population. The analysis uses an asset-based fr...