Search for dissertations about: "payment systems"

Showing result 26 - 28 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words payment systems.

  2. 26. Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context

    Author : Sayem Ahmed; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizable proportion of households (15.7%) faced catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and a number of them fell into poverty in 2010. READ MORE

  4. 27. Societal Impacts of Modern Conscription : Human Capital, Social Capital and Criminal Behaviour

    Author : Daniel Almén; Heléne Berg; Mårten Palme; Yann Algan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conscription; Military; Human Capital; Social Capital; Civic Engagement; Crime; Criminal Behaviour; Labour Market; Election Participation; Nation-building; School for the Nation; Opportunity Cost; Welfare State; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Opportunity Costs and Conscription: An Unintended Progressive Tax?Throughout history to present days, policymakers, social commentators and others have oftentimes viewed conscription as a natural extension of secondary education, and an important institution for vocational training. This paper uses Swedish administrative data and exploits a reform in 2004, implying a sudden downsizing of the military, to identify the causal effects of peacetime conscription on later labour market outcomes and education. READ MORE

  5. 28. Tipping the scale of resources : de-implementation of low-value care from an operant perspective

    Author : Sara Ingvarsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The overarching goal within the field of implementation science is to generate knowledge that can contribute to bridging the gap between research and practice. Most studies focus on how to implement research findings, with the aim of using evidence-based interventions. READ MORE