The direct and indirect economic costs incurred by living kidney donors—a systematic review

KS Clarke, S Klarenbach, S Vlaicu… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Despite the many benefits of living donor kidney transplantation, economic
consequences can result for donors. We reviewed studies which quantified the direct and …

Progress and pitfalls in underrepresented minority recruitment: perspectives from the medical schools.

JR Agrawal, S Vlaicu, O Carrasquillo - Journal of the National …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE: To assess current initiatives at US medical schools to recruit underrepresented
minorities (URM) and to identify perceived barriers to enrollment of URM students. METHODS…

[HTML][HTML] Living organ donors face financial barriers: A national reimbursement policy is needed

S Klarenbach, AX Garg, S Vlaicu - CMAJ, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
In one centre, 24% of patients’ relatives did not donate because of anticipated financial
hardship. provinces (Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and …

Exploring institutional hiring trends of women in the US STEM professoriate

CL McNeely, S Vlaicu - Review of Policy Research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of women in the United States science and technology professoriate depends
on various factors, including the availability of a pool of qualified women with relevant …

Current Canadian initiatives to reimburse live organ donors for their non-medical expenses

S Vlaicu, S Klarenbach, RC Yang, T Dempster… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Living organ donors frequently incur non-medical expenses for travel, accommodation,
prescription drugs, loss of income, and child care in conjunction with organ donation. Despite …

Lack of evidence for racial disparity in 30-day all-cause readmission rate for older US Veterans hospitalized with heart failure

RE Kheirbek, J Wojtusiak, SO Vlaicu… - Quality Management in …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Heart failure is the leading cause for 30-day all-cause readmission. Although
racial disparities in health care are well documented, their impact on 30-day all-cause …

The influence of culture and values on policy-making and teenage pregnancy rates in the United States, Canada, and Italy

S Vlaicu - Policy and Society, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Ignoring the heated morality debates and millions of dollars invested in educational programs,
the teenage pregnancy rate (and consequently the adolescent birth rate) in the United …

Reimbursing living organ donors for incurred costs

S Klarenbach, S Vlaicu, AX Garg - American journal of …, 2007 - amjtransplant.org
Despite differences in organization and funding of health care between the US and Canada,
the financial burden incurred by living organ donors from out of pocket expenses, loss of …

Mapping inequalities in access to health and health outcomes in Ontario and the Commonwealth of Virginia

SO Vlaicu - The 132nd Annual Meeting, 2004 - aphanew.confex.com
This paper promotes a new perspective on inequalities in access to health and health outcomes,
while looking at the role governmental policies play in widening (or narrowing) the gap …

Influence of culture and values on teenage pregnancy rates in three developed countries: United States, Canada, and Italy

SO Vlaicu - The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA, 2002 - aphanew.confex.com
Influence of culture and values on teenage pregnancy rates in three developed countries:
United States, Canada, and Italy The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA 3057.0: Monday …