BACKGROUND There are contradictory results regarding whether there is a social gradient in common mental disorders or not, or if this relation differs for different indicators or by gender. We analysed the relation between various measures of socio-economic position and later psychological distress among men and women in a Swedish context. METHODS The study is based on data from the Northern ...

he traditional banking business has been to make long-term loans and fund them by issuing short-dated deposits, a process that is commonly described as “borrowing short and lending long.” In recent years, fundamental economic forces have undercut the traditional role of banks in financial intermediation. As a source of funds for financial intermediaries, deposits have steadily diminished in imp...

OBJECTIVE To explore a possible link between authors' financial conflicts of interest and their position on the association of rosiglitazone with increased risk of myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes. DATA SOURCES On 10 April 2009, we searched Web of Science and Scopus for articles citing and commenting on either of two index publications that contributed key data to the controver...

Last December it became known about the outbreak of a new virus – COVID–19. The spread coronavirus infection and announcement in this regard by World Health Organization (WHO) beginning pandemic, led to failure system economic activity general all countries world. This article is devoted preparation financial statements context global problem- pandemic. A significant problem has brought mind st...

In many countries, expenditure on health care has increased dramatically over recent years. There have been parallel improvements in many indicators of population health, but too many patients continue to be harmed by health care or receive care that is supply-sensitive, ineffective, or poorly aligned with their needs and values. In addition to human costs, this translates into substantial wast...

This paper applies performance evaluation of ceramic industry of Bangladesh and to test its financial soundness. The main aim is achieved through ratio analysis of four selected ceramic (Fu Wang, Monno, Shinepukur and Standard) companies in Bangladesh. Measurement of financial performance by ratio analysis helps identify organizational strengths and weaknesses by detecting financial anomalies a...

This paper explores the linkage between strategic grouping and performance of the Indian banking sector. Strategic grouping and performance were identified using published financial information for all public sector banks. Grouping of Indian public sector banks following comparable financial strategy – with similar asset quality, operational efficiency and profitability – was operationalized us...