BACKGROUND Absolute poverty and gross income inequity can foment violence through various and multiple mechanisms. Poor people are highly prone to exploitation and manipulation by those who are wealthy and more powerful. The poor are as susceptible to being victims as being perpetrators of crime. OBJECTIVE To study the trends in homicides in the Mthatha area. METHOD A review of records of 5...

objective: the main objective of this research was the economic valuation of public library services using the contingent valuation. although, estimating the average willingness to pay for public library service, demographics on the willingness to pay, and economic valuation and pricing public library services were other objectives that investigated in this study. methodology: explanatory varia...

Objective: The substantial level of out-of-pocket expenditure for health care by the population causes policy makers to draw particular attention to the proposal of a social health insurance for uninsured members of the community. Hence, it is essential to gather reliable information about the amount of Willingness To Pay (WTP) for health insurance. We assessed the WTP for health insurance in I...

There is a paucity of data on incidence, prevalence and mortality associated with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink for participants registered between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2013, we determined incidence, prevalence and mortality associated with bronchiectasis in the UK and investigated changes over time.The incidence and point prevalenc...

BACKGROUND Health insurance has many benefits including improved financial security, greater access to preventive care, and better self-perceived health. However, the influence of health insurance on major health outcomes is unclear. Sudden cardiac arrest prevention represents one of the major potential benefits from health insurance, given the large impact of sudden cardiac arrest on premature...

The yearly incidence of the acute myeloblastic leukaemias (AMLs) in European adults is 5–8 cases per 100 000 individuals, and in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) 4–5 new cases/100 000 are expected yearly. In individuals >60 years incidences of both AMLs and MDSs increase significantly, reaching 40–60 new cases of MDS per 100 000/year. Yearly mortality figures are 4–6 cases per 100 000 in AMLs a...