FACTORS AFFECTING CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND IMPOVERISHMENT FROM MEDICAL EXPENSES IN CHINA: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to explore the health system and structural factors influencing the first of these outcomes.METHODS: Data were derived from the Fourth National Health Service Survey.An analysis of catastroph

Belief is the core of every religious teaching in advanced civilizations and remote indigenous communities.The existence and religious practice cannot be separated from the traditions that develop in the community.The interplay between religion and Dining Height Table Bases tradition is nearby.A qualitative approach was used to answer research ques

Increasing evidence suggests that gut dysbiosis is associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and may persist long after disease resolution.The excessive use of antimicrobials in patients with COVID-19 can lead to additional destruction of the microbiota, as well as to the growth and spread of antimicrobial resistance.The problem

AIM: To identify the pathogenic genes in pterygium.METHODS: We obtained mRNA expression profiles from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GEO) to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between pterygium tissues and normal conjunctiva tissues.The Gene Ontology, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis, protein-protein inter