Sökning: "cross-national research"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 40 avhandlingar innehållade orden cross-national research.

  1. 1. Life expectancy in Africa : A cross-national study

    Författare :Kwame Gbesemete; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; life expectaocy; cross-national; environmental; behavioural and cultnral; demographic; socio-economic; medical and external factors; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis seeks to investigate the factors underlying the differences in life expectaocy in 28 low and middle-income African countries. The thesis is divided into two parts. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The international diffusion of new chemical entities : A cross-national study of the determinants of differences in drug lag

    Författare :Fredrik Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International diffusion; Drug Jag; New chemical entities; Drugs; Determinants of diffusion; Econometric analysis; Cross-national; NCEs; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The two main objectives of this thesis are to make a general contribution to the understanding of the international diffusion of new chemical entities (NCEs) and to improve the research methods by applying econometric methodology.The study is based on a data base including all 553 NCEs introduced in Sweden during the period 1960-1987 and their introductions in France, West Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and Norway. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Equal opportunities? : a cross-national comparison of immigrant organisations in Sweden and Italy

    Författare :Roberto Scaramuzzino; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :corporatism; social welfare; integration; civil society; diversity; political opportunity structures; resource mobilisation; cross-national research; immigrant organisations;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract This thesis concerns the role played by immigrant organisations today. It focuses on the way in which the national context and especially the corporative, social welfare, and integration systems affect such roles. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The state and the medical profession : A cross-national comparison of the health policy arena in the United Kingdom and Sweden 1945 - 1985

    Författare :Peter Garpenby; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health policy; cross-national comparison; medical profession; consultative process; professional autonomy; medical advisory machinery; national policy style; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The present study analyses the relationship between the State and the medical profession in the United Kingdom and Sweden in the period 1945 to 1985. They are nations which have adopted similar principles for providing health services to the population in the post-war period. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on international comparisons of health care expenditure

    Författare :Ulf Gerdtham; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International comparisons; Health care expenditure; Econometric analysis; cross-national; Determinants of health care expenditure; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The five papers of this thesis continue the tradition of international comparisons of aggregate health care expenditure. The studies focus on econometric aspects, such as temporal stability of the estimated relationships, their functional form, and discrimination between different regression models. LÄS MER