The EQ-5D questionnaire was answered by voluntary face-to-face interview conducted by Greek trained personnel, and the questionnaire also incorporated questions that assessed demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (age, gender, educational level, occupation, health insurance, average monthly income, ethnicity, and place of residence).
Britain's voluntary organisations face losing almost £3bn in funding over the next five years, according to the first comprehensive report to analyse the coming impact of spending cuts on the public sector.
Ensuring back-up support by enlisting more volunteers in a climate where volunteering may be decreasing and where voluntary organisations face significant financial pressures is a challenge shared by many non-profit organisations [ 22].
Far from being strengthened, the voluntary sector faces estimated cuts of £3.3bn up to 2016, and these look set to fall most heavily on local authorities with the most disadvantaged areas, and particularly on voluntary organisations working with disadvantaged groups.
The voluntary sector faces a unsurprising challenge – greater demand at a time of reduced finances.
At the same time, further around the gulf, the steel town of Whyalla was teetering precipitously after the owner, Arrium, put the mill in voluntary administration facing debts of more than $4bn.
The prototype DFFS has been tested in Sierra Leone to assess its success in providing a substitute for face-to-face voluntary sustainability standard certification training for cocoa farmers.
Enrollment is voluntary, although seniors face higher premiums if they enroll later than when they first become eligible.
Hundreds of staff face voluntary redundancy as the university moves to curb the amount of money it spends on salaries.
A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed man five times in broad daylight outside an amusement park will face voluntary manslaughter charges, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The civil lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of three immigrants detained at CoreCivic's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, says that those who decline to participate in the voluntary work scheme face threats of retaliation, including criminal prosecution.
