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Physician Responses to a Subsidy Removal: The Case of Joint Injections Under Australia's Medicare Program

open access: yesEconomic Record, EarlyView.
This study examines the effects of a public subsidy withdrawal on provider behaviour, focusing on General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia. Specifically, it explores changes in GP billing practices following the removal of an item on the Medicare Benefits Schedule that subsidises joint injections (intra‐articular steroids).
Olukorede Abiona   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spectrum of Congenital Malformations in Sex Chromosome Tetrasomies and Pentasomies: A Systematic Review

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sex chromosome aneuploidies represent a heterogeneous group of chromosomal conditions, in which phenotypic complexity generally increases with the number of supernumerary sex chromosomes. While Turner syndrome and sex chromosome trisomies are relatively well characterized, less is known about congenital malformations in sex chromosome ...
Anna Colding   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aniridia‐associated keratopathy: Clinical and molecular mechanisms of disease progression and emerging therapeutic targets

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Congenital aniridia is a rare genetic disorder primarily caused by pathogenic variants of the PAX6 gene. It leads to various panocular anomalies, including aniridia‐associated keratopathy (AAK). This review highlights recent insights into its pathogenesis, focusing on clinical staging, microstructural changes in the cornea and molecular ...
N. Szentmáry   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐physician delivered intravitreal injection service: A systematic review of safety, implementation, training and patient experience

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The global demand for intravitreal anti‐vascular endothelial growth factor (anti‐VEGF) therapy continues to rise, straining ophthalmic capacity worldwide. Task shifting from physicians to trained non‐physician healthcare professionals has emerged as a potential strategy to expand service delivery.
Trang Truong Laursen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of cataract extraction and the risk of dementia-A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Aging Neurosci, 2023
Zhang Q   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Systemic medications associate with surgically treated cataract among adults over 50 years in Finland

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To identify associations between systemic drugs and cataract surgery in Finland. Methods A historic cohort study based on administrative data. Endpoint event was cataract surgery. Use of drugs in question was based on redeemed prescriptions and consisted of 156 drugs.
Antti Riikonen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic risk factors in Finnish patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To study the genetic risk factors of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) in the Finnish population using hospital‐based and large biobank cohorts. Methods We genotyped a cohort of 107 Finnish patients with FECD for the primary associated genetic risk factor, the TCF4 (CTG)>50 expansion, and studied their clinical phenotype.
Inka‐Tuulevi Vähämäki   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adult‐onset Coats disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of imaging biomarkers and targeted therapies

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Coats disease diagnosed in adulthood is a rare idiopathic retinal telangiectatic vasculopathy that may differ in phenotype from childhood‐diagnosed cases. This systematic review synthesizes current evidence to characterize its clinical spectrum, imaging features, treatment outcomes and underlying mechanisms, with a focus on immunovascular ...
Catarina Francisco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Term Evaluation of Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Post-Cataract Extraction. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Pers Med, 2023
Shouchane-Blum K   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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