Under-reporting of ADR may be associated with poor knowledge, attitudes and practices to pharmacovigilance. This study evaluated knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals about ADR monitoring and reporting following interventions. This longitudinal study included 36 healthcare professionals participating in ART program in a tertiary hospital. Interventions included group tr...

Using hand-collected data on directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (D&O insurance), we analyze the effect of D&O insurance on the cost of debt. We find that higher levels of D&O insurance coverage are associated with higher at-issue bond yields (to maturity) and higher loan spreads. This evidence suggests that debtholders view D&O insurance coverage as increasing credit risk (potentially...

OBJECTIVES To examine the strengths and weaknesses of the national and local schemes for preregistration house officers to spend four months in general practice, to identify any added value from such placements, and to examine the impact on career choices. DESIGN Review of all studies that reported on placements of preregistration house officers in general practice. SETTING 19 accounts of p...

The impact of community-based family planning programs and access to credit on contraceptive use, fertility, and family size preferences has not been established conclusively in the literature. We provide additional evidence on the possible effect of such programs by describing the results of a randomized field experiment whose main purpose was to increase the use of contraceptive methods in ru...

under the new Family Member Appointment. This position allows them to begin accruing retirement credit. However, these individuals are not allowed to pay back into the FERS for time worked in PIT positions, As a result, many Foreign Service spouses who worked as a PIT between 1989 and 1998 have lost up to nine or ten years of retirement credit. Mr. Speaker, this is a matter of grave consequence...

The Earned Income Tax Credit subsidizes earnings from both the wage sector and the self-employment sector. This paper uses tax return data to investigate how the EITC affects the reporting of self-employment income to the IRS. A difference-in-difference strategy is used, considering three expansions in the EITC and comparing changes across filers with and without children. The expansions are pr...

BACKGROUND Chronic diseases cause a tremendous burden to the military medical system. However, the prevalence rates of major chronic diseases among military officers remain unclear in China. METHODS China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Database, VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP), PubMed and Web of Science were searched for studies (from 2000 to 2016) conc...

Abstract More and more companies worldwide are appointing a chief sustainability officer (CSO) to anchor the topic of at top management level. This study examines how CSO on board influences quantity quality reports. While is measured by amount information disclosed (sustainability disclosure), as decision for external assurance report, using Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines reporti...