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Impact of Medicare Coverage on Basic Clinical Services for Previously Uninsured Adults

, 2003
CONTEXT: Uninsured adults receive less appropriate care and have more adverse health consequences than insured adults. Longitudinal studies would help to more clearly define the effects of health insurance on health care and health. OBJECTIVE: To assess
Zaslavsky, Alan M., McWilliams, J. Michael, Meara, Ellen, Ayanian, John Z.   +3 more
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making the most of PIAAC: Preliminary investigation of adults’ numeracy practices through secondary analysis of the PIAAC dataset [PDF]

, 2016
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) assesses key information processing skills and collects information on how often people undertake a range of activities at work and in everyday life.
Satherley, Paul, Miller-Reilly, Barbara, Earle, David, Coben, Diana   +3 more
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Placement, Relocation and End of Life Issues in Aging Adults With and Without Down's Syndrome: A Retrospective Study

, 2010
Aging adults with Down's syndrome (DS) experience more relocations and other life events than adults with intellectual disabilities aged 50 and older without DS.
Flory, M, Amble, K, Patti, P
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Biphasic Clinical Course of Pediatric Cytomegalovirus‐Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia: Early Poor Treatment Response but Favorable Long‐Term Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognized trigger of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); however, its incidence and impact on disease course in children remain controversial. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the clinical course of pediatric patients with CMV‐associated ITP.
Oded Gilad, Ohad Atia, Osama Tanous, Dafna Brik Simon, Michal Dvori, Miriam Cohen, Tracie A. Goldberg, Efraim Bilavsky, Joanne Yacobovich, Orna Steinberg‐Shemer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rationale, design and methodology of APPROACH-IS II: International study of patient-reported outcomes and frailty phenotyping in adults with congenital heart disease.

, 2022
In recent years, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have received increasing prominence in cardiovascular research and clinical care. An understanding of the variability and global experience of PROs in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), however ...
Thomet, C., Ladak, L.A., Luyckx, K., Leong, M.C., Caruana, M., Menahem, S., Araujo, J.J., de Hosson, M., Sasikumar, N., Leye, M., Mandalenakis, Z., Christersson, C., Ladouceur, M., Areias, M.E., Ambassa, J.C., Goossens, E., Demir, F., Van Bulck, L., Baraona Reyes, F., Van De Bruaene, A., Gabriel, H., Amaral, F., Yadeta, D., Kim, Y., Kovacs, A.H., Ortiz, L., Thambo, J.B., Sandberg, C., Constantine, A., Johansson, B., Kaneva, A., Coats, L., Brainard, S., Enomoto, J., Boer, A., Callus, E., Mahadevan, V.S., Mwita, J.C., Giannakoulas, G., Alday, L., Zaidi, A., Windram, J., Moon, J.R., Cedars, A., Andresen, B., Fernandes, S.M., Rutz, T., Lykkeberg, B., Taunton, M., Khairy, P., Bouchardy, J., Moons, P., Saidi, A., Mattsson, E., Jackson, J.L., Amedro, P., Wang, J.K.   +56 more
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Bone Mineral Density After Contemporary Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Matched Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen, Mette Tiedemann Skipper, Niels Holtum Birkebæk, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Bente Langdahl, Rikke Beck Jensen, Asger Roer Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Birgitte Klug Albertsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth Hormone Therapy for Adults: Not Ready for Prime Time?

, 2002
Human growth hormone is now readily available and approved for treatment of the growth hormone deficiency syndrome in adults. However, physicians have been slow to adopt this therapeutic modality.
Isley, William L.
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Chemotherapy for Spinal Cord Intramedullary Pediatric Low‐Grade Glioma—A Systematic Literature Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric intramedullary low‐grade gliomas (PIMLGGs) are rare neoplasms that present unique clinical and management challenges. Although surgery remains the primary tool for tissue diagnosis and decompression, complete gross‐total resection is frequently unfeasible due to the infiltrative nature of these lesions.
Olga M. Sergeenko, Segev Gabay, Jonathan Roth, Amit Ringel, Rina Dvir, Shlomi Constantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy requirements of adults. [PDF]

, 2005
OBJECTIVES: To describe issues related to energy requirements of free living adults and discuss the importance of basal metabolic rate (BMR) and their relationships to total energy expenditure (TEE ) and physical activity level (PAL, derived as TEE/BMR ...
Shetty, Prakash
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