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Comorbidity in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation affects the “cost of illness”

Фармакоэкономика, 2019
Objective: to analyze whether comorbidity affects the cost of treatment and medical services in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Materials and methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 98 patients with AF. Comorbidity was evaluated
S. V. Malchikova, N. S. Maksimchuk-Kolobova, M. V. Kazakovtseva   +2 more
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Respiratory Diseases in Children and Air Pollution – The Cost of – Illness Assessment in Ostrava City

Central European Journal of Public Policy, 2020
The article addresses the need to identify and quantify the external costs of air pollution on the health of the population, especially children. The subjects of evaluation are the respiratory illnesses acute nasopharyngitis and acute bronchitis, both of
Tóthová Dominika
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Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
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Cost of illness of urothelial bladder cancer in Italy

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2017
Claudio Gerace,1 Francesco Montorsi,2 Rosa Tambaro,3 Giacomo Cartenì,4 Stefano De Luca,5 Marcello Tucci,6 Giuseppe Martorana,7 Umberto Basso,8 Leonardo Cardosi,1 Cristina Teruzzi1 1Temas s.r.l.-QuintilesIMS, Integrated Market Access Department ...
Gerace C, Montorsi F, Tambaro R, Cartenì G, De Luca S, Tucci M, Martorana G, Basso U, Cardosi L, Teruzzi C   +9 more
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Respiratory Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Disease Modeling: From Architecture to Functional Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Respiratory organ‐on‐a‐chip (ROC) models capture key mechanical and cellular cues of the human respiratory system, enabling quantitative dissection of disease mechanisms. This review links ROC architectures to disease modeling, functional integration, and commercialization, and proposes a decision framework that aligns model complexity with mechanistic
Jinzhuo Hu, Yongjie Tang, Sidi Liu, Tao Xu, Qian Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost of the treatment of myelodisplastic syndrome in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Myelodysplastic syndrome is an incurable and rare hematological disease that affects the production of blood cells. One aim of treatment is to maintain the blood-cell count to near-normal levels.
Otávio Clark, Enéas José de Matos Faleiros   +1 more
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A Comparison of Methodologies for Valuing Decreased Health Effects from Wildfire Smoke [PDF]

Wildfire seasons are becoming longer and more intense throughout the world, making it increasingly important to monetize the full damages caused by wildfires when analyzing various fire management policies.
Champ, Patricia A., Loomis, John B., Richardson, Leslie   +2 more
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Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang, Atakan Tevlek, Pawel L. Urban, Boaz Mizrahi, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Roshan Deen, Yuanjing Lin, Jagan Mohan Dodda   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How did the introduction of managed care for the uninsured in Iowa affect the use of substance abuse services? [PDF]

, 2003
Concerns about access under managed care have been raised for vulnerable populations such as publicly funded patients with substance abuse problems. To estimate the effects of the Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan (IMSACP) on substance abuse service
Argeriou, Milton, Dilonardo, Joan, Ettner, Susan L, Liu, Hui, McCarty, Dennis   +4 more
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Electrically Readable Lateral Flow Assay Using Organic Transistors for Diagnostic Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Electrolyte‐gated organic field‐effect transistors (EGOFETs) are integrated with lateral flow (LF) paper fluidics to create a reusable, portable, and low‐cost point‐of‐care (PoC) diagnostic test. The devices are validated for Human Immunoglobulin G detection, achieving high sensitivity (0.1 fm), selectivity, and reproducibility with rapid results in 20–
María Jesús Ortiz‐Aguayo, Carme Martínez‐Domingo, Diego Gutiérrez, Dean Kos, Marta Mas‐Torrent   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source