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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
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Burden of Co-Infection: A Cost Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Commercially Insured Hepatitis C Virus Population

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2019
Introduction In patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represents a major cause of morbidity and economic burden. Economic evaluations in HIV-HCV typically focus on government-sponsored insurance plans rather than a ...
T. Joseph Mattingly, Neha S. Pandit, Eberechukwu Onukwugha   +2 more
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Estimating the cost of mental illness in Australia: a standard of living approach

, 2019
This paper estimates the costs of mental health in Australia using the standard-of-living approach. We analyse data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey using an extended random-effects estimator.
Nghiem, Son, Khanam, Rasheda, Vu, Xuan-Binh (Benjamin), Tran, Bach Xuan   +3 more
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A Systematic Study of GelMA‐Carbopol Bioinks for High‐Fidelity Extrusion 3D Bioprinting at Physiological Temperatures

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gonzalez Martinez and collaborators develop a strategy to formulate high performance GelMA‐based bioinks with low solids contents. The resulting bioinks enable 3D bioprinting at 37 °C of high‐fidelity structures with tunable mechanical properties that support high cell viability and function.
David A. González‐Martínez, Aidee V. Arizpe Tafoya, Eduardo González‐Martínez, Mabel Barreiro Carpio, Laura Daniela Serrano Andrade, Christopher T. N. Chow, Mohammadhossein Dabaghi, Jeremy A. Hirota, Jose M. Moran‐Mirabal   +8 more
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Natural Biomaterials for Osteochondral Repair: From Source to Strategy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Biological origin‐guided overview of natural biomaterials and therapeutic strategies for osteochondral tissue engineering. The circular diagram categorizes representative materials and strategies into plant/algae‐derived, microbial‐derived, animal‐derived, and human‐derived sources, centered on an osteochondral defect repair model.
Hengyu Liu, Hanyang Zhang, Wenbo Yang, Hao Chen, Jincheng Wang, Fei Chang   +5 more
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The health-related social costs of alcohol in Belgium

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Alcohol is associated with adverse health effects causing a considerable economic impact to society. A reliable estimate of this economic impact for Belgium is lacking. This is the aim of the study.
Nick Verhaeghe, Delfine Lievens, Lieven Annemans, Freya Vander Laenen, Koen Putman   +4 more
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Cost of Illness Due to Severe Enteric Fever in India

, 2021
Background Lack of robust data on economic burden due to enteric fever in India has made decision making on typhoid vaccination a challenge. Surveillance for Enteric Fever network was established to address gaps in typhoid disease and economic burden.
Gupta, Madhu, Dhas Sankhro, Christina, Kumar, Dilesh, Kang, Gagandeep, Ray, Pallab, Anandan, Shalini, Mohan, Venkata Raghava, Rana, Saroj Kumar, Ebenezer, Sheena Evelyn, Jinka, Dasaratha Ramaiah, Nagaraj, Savitha, Chauhan, Akashdeep Singh, Thomas, Mathew Santosh, Thankaraj, Shajin, Shastri, Jayanthi, Karthikeyan, Arun S, Raju, Reshma, Saigal, Karnika, Perumal, Sulochana Putli Bai, Singh, Ashita, Kapil, Arti, John, Jacob, Ramanujam, Karthikeyan, Njarekkattuvalappil, Swathi Krishna, Prinja, Shankar, Koshy, Roshine Mary, Sharma, Atul, Premkumar, Prasanna S, Thomas, Maria   +28 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
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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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