Use of selected ambulatory dental services in Taiwan before and after global budgeting: a longitudinal study to identify trends in hospital and clinic-based services

Abstract Background The Taiwan government adopted National Health Insurance (NHI) in 1995, providing universal health care to all citizens.It was financed by mandatory premium contributions made by employers, employees, and the government.Since then, the government has faced increasing challenges to control NHI expenditures.The aim of this study wa

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Linoleic acid supplementation of cell culture media influences the phospholipid and lipid profiles of human reconstructed adipose tissue.

Reconstructed human adipose tissues represent novel tools available to perform in vitro pharmaco-toxicological studies.We used adipose-derived human kuza growth premium oil stromal/stem cells to reconstruct, using tissue engineering techniques, such an adipose tridimensional model.To determine to what extent the in vitro model is representative of

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Training program to support posbindu cadre knowledge and community health centre staff in the Geriatric Nutrition Service

The geriatric minimal service standard (SPM) coverage in Depok has steadily decreased from 37.53% in 2013 to 11.8% in 2018.One factor affecting the problem is a lack of patient participation and the inability of posbindu (integrated service post for older people) cadres to perform their tasks.To increase the coverage of older people visiting posbin

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Necessary, sufficient and contributory factors generating illegal economic activity, and specifically drug-related activity, in Colombia

The international drug control regime is formulated under a basic paradigm: all drugs included in the convention schedules I, II and IV can only have medical and research uses.The policies derived from these conventions forbid all recreational, ritual, kuza growth premium oil experimental, or self-medicating consumption of coca, copyright, opium, h

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