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Differences in health care expenditure due to the comorbidity status of periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus

open access: yesJournal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background To investigate the differences in health care expenditure (HCE) due to the comorbidity status of periodontal disease (PD) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods This cohort study used health care claims and oral health screening data to identify participants with PD or DM and followed them for 1 year to assess their HCE. PD and DM were
Anna Kinugawa   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction to: Cerebrovascular Disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Krishna Amuluru, Fawaz Al-Mufti
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of Competition under Prospective Payment on Hospital Costs among High and Low Cost Admissions: Evidence from California, 1983 - 1993 [PDF]

open access: yes
Competition and prospective payment systems have been widely used to attempt to control health care costs. Though much of the increase in medical costs over the past half-century has been concentrated among a few high-cost users of health care ...
David Meltzer, Jeanette Chung
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Impact of Wound Protectors on Complications Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis of 20 960 Patients

open access: yesJournal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wound protectors (WPs) have been shown to decrease postoperative wound complications, yet limited data exist supporting WP for pancreaticoduodenectomies, with limited uptake in practice. We evaluated the effect of WP in pancreaticoduodenectomies on surgical site infections (SSIs) and serious complications.
Tyrell Wees   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A clinical study of ataxic hemiparesis due to cerebrovascular disorder.

open access: bronze, 1991
Shinichiro Maeshima   +6 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Association Between Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene Insertion/Deletion (I/D) Polymorphism Genotypes With Brain Volume and Hypertension in Alzheimer's Disease—A Retrospective Study

open access: yesThe Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of the ACE I/D polymorphism in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, particularly in relation to hypertension and its influence on brain volume. Seventy‐seven AD patients, diagnosed based on Aging and Alzheimer's Association criteria, were enrolled from the Kaohsiung Municipal Ta‐Tung Hospital Dementia Cohort. ACE
Bin‐Tse Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acupuncture in cerebrovascular disorders

open access: yesActa clinica Croatica, 1999
The Chinese discovered acupuncture more than 5000 years ago. Acupuncture is gentle insertion of very thin needles into specific points on the body to stimulate the flow of one's Qi or natural healing energy. Chinese science had a very different way of thinking from the Western world. It emphasized holistic patterns, relationships, cycles, and processes,
openaire   +1 more source

Pill Shape Determines Esophageal Transit Times—A Pill‐to‐Pill Study

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Shape of pills differ, affecting how easy it is to swallow them. We compared esophageal transit times of a round pill with an oval pill demonstrating in both healthy and symptomatic adults, that the oval pill demonstrated a significantly shorter transit time.
Jacqui Allen, Georgia MacKay, Anna Miles
wiley   +1 more source

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