FEDERALISM AND HEALTH CARE

Federalism and Health Care

President Barack Obama proposed a major overhaul of the American healthsystem, and in 2010 the U.S.Congress enacted his proposal, the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act.Opponents of the Act challenged itsconstitutionality in federal court, claiming that it exceeds the powers grantedto the federal government under the Commerce Clause duospiri

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Struggling with the governance of interprofessional elderly care in mandated collaboratives: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Governing interprofessional elderly care requires the commitment of many different organisations connected in mandated collaboratives.Research over a decade ago showed that the governance relied on clan-based mechanisms, while lacking formal rules and incentives for collaborations.Awareness and reflection were seen as first step

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Validating the Comparison Framework for the Finite Dimensions Model of Concentric Ring Electrodes Using Human Electrocardiogram Data

While progress has been made in design optimization of concentric ring electrodes maximizing the accuracy of the surface Laplacian estimation, it was based exclusively on the negligible sten jacket m dimensions model of the electrode.Recent proof of concept of the new finite dimensions model that adds the radius of the central disc and the widths o

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Antimicrobial peptides: a new class of antimalarial drugs?

A range of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) exhibit activity on malaria parasites, Plasmodium spp, in their blood or mosquito stages, or both.These peptides include a diverse array of both natural and synthetic molecules varying 15-eg1053cl greatly in size, charge, hydrophobicity and here secondary structure features.Along with an overview of relevant

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