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This nationwide claims‐based study analyzed recent trends in pancreatic cancer incidence (2016–2021) and surgery (2016–2023) in Japan. The study revealed a rising incidence of pancreatic cancer, notably among young women, and an increasing use of distal pancreatectomy among older adults.
Masamitsu Kido +10 more
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Non-cash Benefits and the Distribution of Economic Welfare [PDF]
Non-cash benefits can have substantial effects on the distribution of economic welfare. Standard approaches to the inclusion of non-cash benefits in broader measures of resources have failed to take adequate account of the pattern of needs associated ...
Callan, Tim, Keane, Claire
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Bona Fide Intersegmental Plane Hepatectomy Along the Glissonean Branches (BIPHG)
ABSTRACT This review traces the author's personal journey over three decades in the evolution of liver resection techniques, culminating in the proposal of the Bona Fide Intersegmental Plane Hepatectomy Along Glissonean Branches (BIPHG). Beginning with pioneering experiences in laparoscopic and robotic liver surgeries, the author highlights key ...
Go Wakabayashi, Taiga Wakabayashi
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PARAMETERS OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
selection of the best model of health care to ensure more efficient use of resources to improve the quality and accessibility of health careis essentialin any country. The Russian Federation is not an exception.
V. V. Omelyanovskiy +2 more
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Voluntary medical insurance in the social protection system
Introduction. In modern conditions, the health of citizens is one of the main components of ensuring the safety of household activities. The reproductive and demographic potential of a country largely depends on maternal and child mortality rates, which ...
E. A. Rusetskaya +3 more
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This study compared short‐term outcomes of robot‐assisted versus laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer using 1:1 propensity score matching. Among 218 matched pairs, robot‐assisted colectomy was associated with reduced blood loss, fewer conversions to open surgery, lower overall complication rates, and shorter hospital stays, despite longer operative ...
Akira Inoue +9 more
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Paying for health care in Vietnam: extending voluntary health insurance coverage [PDF]
This discussion paper aims to synthesise a variety of reports and research projects conducted by the International Programme at the Centre for Health Economics, concerning the Vietnamese health system, over the past 4 years.
Matthew Jowett, Robin Thompson
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Using a nationwide Japanese inpatient database, we evaluated whether broad‐spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis improves postoperative outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy compared with narrow‐spectrum antibiotics. In propensity score–weighted analyses of 45 099 patients, broad‐spectrum prophylaxis was associated with significantly lower rates of intra ...
Hiroki Kitagawa +10 more
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Genetic Testing When There is a Mix of Compulsory and Voluntary Health Insurance [PDF]
Genetic insurance can deal with the negative effects of genetic testing on insurance coverage and income distribution when the insurer has access to information about test status. Hence, efficient testing is promoted.
Michael Hoel, Tor Iversen
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