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Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2015
Health reforms that emphasize public health and improvements in primary care can be cost-effective measures to achieve health improvements, especially in developing countries that face severe resource constraints.
Tsung-Mei Cheng
doaj   +1 more source

Aiming Higher: Results From a State Scorecard on Health System Performance [PDF]

, 2007
Assesses state variation across key dimensions of health system performance -- access, quality, avoidable hospital use and costs, equity, and healthy lives -- and assigns overall state rankings as well as ranks on each ...
Cathy Schoen, Dina Belloff, Douglas McCarthy, Joel C. Cantor, Sabrina K. H. How   +4 more
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Estimating the avoidable burden of certain modifiable risk factors in osteoporotic hip fracture using Generalized Impact Fraction (GIF) model in Iran [PDF]

, 2013
Backgrounds: The number of hip fractures, the most common complication of osteoporosis, has increased rapidly over the past decades. The goal of this study is to estimate the avoidable burden of certain modifiable risk factor of the condition using the ...
Aghamaleki, A., Dini, M., Keshtkar, A., Khashayar, P., Larijani, B., Mansour, A., Matin, B., Saghafi, S., Shahnazari, B., Soltani, A.   +9 more
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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequalities in pediatric avoidable hospitalizations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Australia: a population data linkage study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Australian Aboriginal children experience a disproportionate burden of social and health disadvantage. Avoidable hospitalizations present a potentially modifiable health gap that can be targeted and monitored using population data.
Banks, Emily, Eades, Sandra, Falster, Kathleen, Falster, Michael, Jorm, Louisa, Leyland, Alastair H., Lujic, Sanja, Lynch, John, Zwi, Karen   +8 more
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Avoidable mortality in Victoria between 1979 and 2001 [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2007
To describe trends in avoidable mortality (AM) in Victoria by sex, degree of socio-economic disadvantage and remoteness.The analysis is based on mortality and population data for 1979-2001 supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for Victoria. Total and disease-specific AM rates were age standardised using the direct method. For the period
Leonard S, Piers, Norman J, Carson, Kaye, Brown, Zahid, Ansari   +3 more
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CAR T‐Cell Therapy in Neurology: A Scoping Review of Neuro‐Oncology, Autoimmune Diseases & Neurotoxicity

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T‐cell therapy has been investigated in neurological diseases, encompassing both central nervous system malignancies and autoimmune disorders, thereby extending its application beyond hematological cancers.
Omar Alqaisi, Mohammed Dibas, Patricia Tai, Ala Dibas, Osama Souied, Suhair Al‐Ghabeesh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The evolving pattern of avoidable mortality in Russia [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2003
Life expectancy at birth in Russia is over 12 years less than in western Europe. This study explores the possible role of medical care in explaining this gap by examining the evolving pattern of mortality amenable to timely and effective medical care in Russia compared with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and the UK.Analysis of standardized death rates
Evgueni M, Andreev, Ellen, Nolte, Vladimir M, Shkolnikov, Elena, Varavikova, Martin, McKee   +4 more
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Clinical Impact of NOTCH3 Variant Location After First Stroke in CADASIL

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Despite its monogenic origin, Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy exhibits marked variability in clinical expression and severity. Variants in the NOTCH3 gene, within epidermal growth factor‐like repeat domains 1–6 or 7–34, are known to influence disease onset, but their impact ...
Léa Aguilhon, Hugues Chabriat, Dominique Hervé, Stéphanie Guey, Sophie Tezenas Du Montcel, Juliette Ortholand   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pressure ulcers: understanding the challenges of promoting quality [PDF]

, 2010
Pressure ulcers affect quality of life and general wellbeing, and create significant difficulties for patients, their carers and families. Pressure ulcers are associated with morbidity and mortality, and prove costly for healthcare providers.
Ousey, Karen
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