Financing to foster community health care: a comparative analysis of Singapore, Europe, North America and Australia

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This article examines the impact the aging populations of affluent countries will have on the cost of health care. The author, using Singapore's health care financing policy in which community care is emphasized, evaluates the effectiveness of community care in regards to containing costs and quality of care and argues collective communities such as Singapore will offer better community care over individualistic societies.

Australia, Care and treatment, Aged, Elderly, Management, Health care industry, International aspects, Social policy, Public health

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Internet-mediated networking and academic dependency in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States

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The shape of international academic networking namely, email in the field of Southeast Asian studies is examined. The effects of Internet access and communications highlight the question of whether this medium promotes broader participation in scholarship or entrenches relationships of academic dependency.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Management dynamics, Malaysia, Usage, Online services, Internet services, Practice, Cable television/data services, Scholars

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Convergence or resilience? A hierarchical cluster analysis of the welfare regimes in advanced countries

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A set of quantitative social indicators is examined, using hierarchical cluster analysis in order to identify welfare regimes in Western Europe and North America. This analysis also allows to identify Canada's place in the world of welfare capitalism.

Comparative analysis, Social service, Social indicators, Social welfare

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