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Association between multiple dimensions of access to care and cervical cancer screening among Kenyan women: a cross-sectional analysis of the Demographic Health Survey

BMC Health Services Research
Background Cervical cancer remains the second most common cause of death in women and poses a growing public health challenge. It is urgent to increase cervical cancer screening rates in Kenya as per the 2018 Kenya National Cancer Screening Guidelines ...
Xiaowan Li, Sanmei Chen, Naoki Hirose, Yoko Shimpuku   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cervical Cancer Screening Services in Nepal: A Descriptive Crosssectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Introduction: Cervical cancer, the most prevalent cancer among women, is also the primary cause of cancer-related deaths in reproductive age women in Nepal. The study aims to assess the situation of cervical cancer screening services in Nepal.
Bibek Kumar Lal, Ghanshyam Kumar Bhatta, Ramesh Adhikari, Abhishek Karn, Ranju K.C, Sujata Nyaupane, Anuska Adhikari, Binita Shrestha, Merina Shrestha, Pankaj Bhattarai, Sujit Sah, Bijaya Shrestha   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in Breast Cancer Survival between Public and Private Care in New Zealand: Which Factors Contribute?

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundPatients who received private health care appear to have better survival from breast cancer compared to those who received public care. This study investigated if this applied to New Zealand women and identified factors that could explain such ...
Sandar Tin Tin, J Mark Elwood, Ross Lawrenson, Ian Campbell, Vernon Harvey, Sanjeewa Seneviratne   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner, Angela Gentili, Meika A. Fang, Edward Garay, Laura Lawson, Lenore Joseph, Cathy C. Lee, Michelle I. Rossi, Beverly Thorn, Subashan Perera   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives and Preferences in Lupus Management to Guide Lupus Guidelines Development

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg, Izzy Hartel, Lisa R. Sammaritano, Anca Askanase, Bonnie L. Bermas, Maria Dall'Era, Alí Duarte‐García, Victoria P. Werth, Brad Rovin, Reem A. Mustafa, Amy S. Turner, Bené Williams, Brian L. Ung, Hiya Bhavsar, Monique C. Gore‐Massy, Nahirannette Pulido, Natacha Guerrero, Natalie M. Smith, Wambui Machua, Linda T. Hiraki, Mary Beth Son   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Myositis and Associated Triad Overlap Syndrome

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) myositis is a rare but a highly morbid condition, particularly with the ICI myositis triad syndrome of myositis, myocarditis, and myasthenia gravis. We report the clinical characteristics of ICI myositis and all‐cause mortality in these patients.
Selene Rubino, Grant W. Cannon, Brian C. Sauer, Jorge Rojas, Gregory J. Stoddard, Gary A. Kunkel, Jessica A. Walsh, Bryant R. England, Joshua F. Baker, Tawnie J. Braaten   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formal and informal social care in people with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal diseases: a cross‐sectional multicentre survey

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Introduction Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases(RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living(ADLs). This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disperate regions of England: Salford(urban) and Norfolk(rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H Humphreys   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index (FI‐Lab) for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lung cancer care: the impact of facilities and area measures.

Translational lung cancer research, 2015
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related mortality in the US, and while treatment disparities by race and class have been well described in the literature, the impact of social determinates of health, and specific characteristics of the treatment centers have been less well characterized.
openaire   +1 more source

Impact of the Affordable Care Act on access to accredited facilities for cancer treatment

Health Services Research
AbstractObjectiveTo examine differential changes in receipt of surgery at National Cancer Institute (NCI)‐designated comprehensive cancer centers (NCI‐CCC) and Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredited hospitals for patients with cancer more likely to be newly eligible for coverage under Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansions, relative to those ...
Lindsay M. Sabik, Youngmin Kwon, Coleman Drake, Jonathan Yabes, Manisha Bhattacharya, Zhaojun Sun, Cathy J. Bradley, Bruce L. Jacobs   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources