Cost of illness
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. It is also a major risk factor for ischemic stroke. The main objective of our study was to identify direct and indirect costs of AF and AF-related stroke in Slovakia.
8p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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In recent years, patients' out-of-pocket costs for cancer care have been rising rapidly. These costs include health insurance deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments for covered services, as well as services that are not covered by insurance. Many cancer patients are especially vulnerable financially because their illness and/or treatment impedes their ability to work, with some patients losing employment altogether.
75p vimeyers 29-05-2024 3 2 Download
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Rapidly and efficiently identifying critically ill infants for whole genome sequencing (WGS) is a costly and challenging task currently performed by scarce, highly trained experts and is a major bottleneck for application of WGS in the NICU. There is a dire need for automated means to prioritize patients for WGS.
9p vicwell 29-02-2024 5 1 Download
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To estimate health care systems' value in treating major illnesses for each US state and identify system characteristics associated with value. Substantial variation in the value of health care exists across states. Key health system characteristics such as market concentration and provider density were associated with value.
11p vigamora 25-05-2023 4 2 Download
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Ebook Environmental health and child survival: epidemiology, economics, experiences - Part 1 presents the following content: Chapter 1 introduction; chapter 2 environmental health, malnutrition, and child health; chapter 3 how environmental health supplements other child survival strategies; chapter 4 how large is the environmental health burden? Chapter 5 estimating the environmental health burden and costs at the country level.
97p runthenight08 12-04-2023 5 1 Download
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Ebook Environmental health and child survival: epidemiology, economics, experiences - Part 2 presents the following content: Chapter 6 approaches to environmental health; chapter 7 conclusion; appendix a: technical review of cohort studies; appendix b: review of studies on nutritional status and education; appendix c: new estimates for burden of disease from water, sanitation, and hygiene; appendix d: computing country-level environmental health burden of disease; appendix e: methodological aspects of assessing environmental health burden of disease; appendix f: monetary valuation of the co...
129p runthenight08 12-04-2023 3 1 Download
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Organizations have long struggled with the successful completion of projects within the time, cost and performance indicators with respect to a customer product or solution that is expected to ultimately meet the customer’s expectations. This thesis demonstrates the link between the successful creation, management and dissemination of project requirements throughout the entire project process using a knowledge management overlay model to ensure the success of the overall project to meet stakeholder needs through the successful creation and transfer of project requirements.
353p runthenight04 02-02-2023 5 2 Download
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National efforts to control US healthcare spending are potentially undermined by changes in patient characteristics, and in particular increases in rates of obesity and overweight. The objective of this study was to pro‑ video current estimates of the effect of obesity and overweight on healthcare spending overall, by service line and by payer using the National Institutes of Health classification for BMI.
7p viferrari 28-11-2022 6 2 Download
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Excess body weight (EBW), herein defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2 , is a well-known modifiable risk factor for cancer and a pivotal vector for growing healthcare costs. We estimated the future (2030) federal direct healthcare costs of cancer in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) attributable to EBW.
10p viferrari 28-11-2022 7 2 Download
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Community-Based Health Insurance is an emerging concept for providing financial protection against the cost of illness and improving access to quality health services for low-income households excluded from formal insurance and taken as a soft option by many countries.
13p viferrari 28-11-2022 14 2 Download
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There is substantial evidence that immunization is one of the most significant and cost-effective pillars of preventive and promotive health interventions. Effective childhood immunization coverage is thus essential in stemming persistent childhood illnesses.
11p viferrari 28-11-2022 30 2 Download
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Early mobilisation of critically ill patients is safe and beneficial, but the metabolic cost of exercise remains unquantified. This study compared the acute exercise response in critically ill participants during passive and active sitting.
8p viisaacnewton 26-04-2022 9 1 Download
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This population-based study estimated the health-economic costs of dementia from a societal perspective using nationally representative data from 2015 to 2019 and analysed recent trends in Korea.
9p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 14 5 Download
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Salmonella enterica is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide resulting in considerable public health and economic costs. Testing for the presence of this pathogen in food is often hampered by the presence of background microflora that may present as Salmonella (false positives).
13p vijeeni2711 24-07-2021 9 0 Download
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Musculoskeletal pain is a major contributor to short and long term work absence. Patients seek care from their general practitioner (GP) and yet GPs often feel ill-equipped to deal with work issues. Providing a vocational case management service in primary care, to support patients with musculoskeletal problems to remain at or return to work, is one potential solution but requires robust evaluation to test clinical and cost-effectiveness.
11p viannito2711 20-04-2021 17 1 Download
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition that is often associated with chronic pain. Pain often leads patients to seek healthcare advice and treatment. In this retrospective cohort analysis of German longitudinal healthcare claims data, we aimed to explore the healthcare resource utilisation (HRU) and related healthcare costs for patients with OA who develop chronic pain.
10p vianttinic2711 20-04-2021 9 1 Download
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Symptom-based questionnaires can be a cost effective tool enabling identification and diagnosis of patients with respiratory illnesses in resource limited setting. This study aimed to determine the correlation of respiratory symptoms and spirometric lung patterns and validity of ATS respiratory questionnaire in a rural community setting.
9p vianthony2711 16-04-2021 9 1 Download
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is associated with increased risk of respiratory-related hospitalizations. Studies suggest mechanical ventilation (MV) use in IPF does not improve outcomes and guidelines recommend against its general use. Our objective was to investigate MV use and association with cost and mortality in IPF.
9p vimaine2711 26-03-2021 14 1 Download
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This study aimed at describing pain-related health care resource use, direct costs, and productivity loss among patients suffering from fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Methods: A cost-of-illness study with a sample of 57 adults having a diagnosis of FMS was conducted in the province of Quebec (Canada).
9p vioregon2711 22-02-2021 8 1 Download
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refers to a number of rare chronic inflammatory diseases. Although JIA imposes a significant societal burden, limited data are available on the cost of JIA. The study’s objective is to quantify the socioeconomic burden of JIA patients in the United Kingdom (UK), along with their health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
9p vioregon2711 22-02-2021 6 1 Download