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Access to Palliative Care

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
Increasingly, there has been a push for better access to palliative care. It could be the result of the baby boomer generation reaching the end-of-life stages, recent euthanasia legalization (for children in the Netherlands, and for adults in Quebec ...
Gabriella Foe
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Global Resource Disparities Between Pulmonary Hypertension Centers: Results From the International Survey by the PVRI IDDI Access to Care Workstream [PDF]

Pulmonary Circulation
There is a limited understanding of how pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients are managed worldwide. The Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) Innovative Drug Discovery Initiative (IDDI) global survey attempted to obtain insights into access to PH ...
Sasha Z. Prisco, Alexander Kantorovich, Yan Liu, Sandeep Sahay, Roberto Bernardo, Vijay Balasubramanian, J. Usha Raj, Gil Golden, Franz Rischard, the PVRI Innovative Drug Development Initiative Access to Care Workstream   +9 more
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Automated Detection of the Competency of Delivering Guided Self-Help for Anxiety via Speech and Language Processing

Applied Sciences, 2022
Speech and language play an essential role in automatically assessing several psychotherapeutic qualities. These automation procedures require translating the manual rating qualities to speech and language features that accurately capture the assessed ...
Dalia Attas, Niall Power, Jessica Smithies, Charlotte Bee, Vikki Aadahl, Stephen Kellett, Chris Blackmore, Heidi Christensen   +7 more
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Regional heterogeneity of malaria prevalence and associated risk factors among children under five in Togo: evidence from a national malaria indicators survey

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and death among children less than 5 years of age. In Togo, despite intensification of malaria control interventions, malaria remained highly prevalent, with significant heterogeneity from one region ...
Gountante Kombate, Wakpaouyare Gmakouba, Susana Scott, Komi Ameko Azianu, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi, Marianne A. B. van der Sande   +5 more
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Patient perceptions of facilitators and barriers to reducing hazardous alcohol use among people living with HIV in East Africa

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background Hazardous alcohol use among people living with HIV is associated with poor outcomes and increased morbidity and mortality. Understanding the hazardous drinking experiences of people living with HIV is needed to reduce their alcohol use ...
Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, Margaret Mburu, Sarah Obatsa, Julius Cheruiyot, Lorna Kiprono, Steve Brown, Cosmas Apaka, Hillary Koros, Winnie Muyindike, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Lameck Diero, Maurice Aluda, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Suzanne Goodrich   +13 more
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Impact of a COVID-19 National Lockdown on Integrated Care for Hypertension and HIV

Global Heart, 2021
Research Letter Introduction: Measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, such as movement restrictions, are anticipated to worsen outcomes for chronic conditions such as hypertension (HTN), in part due to decreased access to medicines. However, the actual
Jeremy I. Schwartz, Martin Muddu, Isaac Kimera, Mary Mbuliro, Rebecca Ssennyonjo, Isaac Ssinabulya, Fred C. Semitala   +6 more
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Patient Satisfaction and Perceived Quality of Care with Telemedicine in a Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic

Pediatric Reports, 2022
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic necessitated a shift to telemedicine for many clinics. This study aimed to better understand patient perception regarding telemedicine visits in a pediatric subspecialty clinic and to describe ...
Michael Love, Anna K. Hunter, Gillian Lam, Linda V. Muir, Henry C. Lin   +4 more
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Telehealth patterns in primary and onco-primary care

Cancer Survivorship Research & Care, 2023
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic spurred telehealth use in US oncological care but there remains limited data on the onco-primary cancer survivorship population.
Vishnukamal Golla, Nicole Frascino, Lauren E. Wilson, Megan Oakes, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Devon K. Check, Leah L. Zullig   +6 more
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C.E. Credit. Addressing Access to Care and Bridging the Dental-Medical Services in an Oral Medicine Practice

Journal of the California Dental Association, 2023
Background Aging, uninsured, underserved, ethnic/racial minority groups and residents of rural areas are most vulnerable to suffering from a lack of access to health care.
Sahar Mirfarsi, Aaron Bacha, Vineza Saraza Reduta, Mark Mintline, Craig S. Miller   +4 more
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Understanding barriers to and strategies for medication adherence in COPD: a qualitative study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Medication adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is low, though not enough is known about the factors that affect adherence in COPD.
Jacqueline O’Toole, Meera Krishnan, Kristin Riekert, Michelle N. Eakin   +3 more
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