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Hospital costs associated with psychiatric comorbidities: a retrospective study

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Psychiatric comorbidities are relevant for the diagnostic and therapeutic regimes in somatic hospital care. The main aim of this study was to analyse the association between psychiatric comorbidities and hospital costs per inpatient episode. A
Jan Wolff, Thomas Heister, Claus Normann, Klaus Kaier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of mode of detection of breast cancer on stress and distress [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: The number of women with screen-detected breast cancer is increasing, but it is not clear if these women experience the same levels of distress as women with symptomatic breast cancer.
Antoni, Antoni, Antoni, Bradley, Brett, Burgess, Burgess, Clements, Cohen, Cohen, Creamer, Evans, Farmer, Ganz, Garofalo, Groarke, Groarke, Gøtzsche, Haddad, Horowitz, Høyer, Jemal, Jones, Kaplan, Kennedy, Kennedy, Keyzer-Dekker, Kitano, Kornblith, Lazarus, Lebel, Miles, Moorey, Morasso, Morgan, Morgan, Thuné-Boyle, Waldrop, Wardle, Zigmond   +39 more
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Unintended Consequences of Hospital Payment: The Case of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups [PDF]

Hospital Practices and Research, 2016
Background: In 2012, Switzerland changed from retrospective to prospective hospital payment based on diagnosis related groups (DRGs), following the example of the United States, Australia, and Germany.
Philippe Widmer, Peter Zweifel
doaj   +1 more source

High-Definition Optical Coherence Tomography for the in vivo Detection of Demodex Mites [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Demodex mites are involved in different skin diseases and are commonly detected by skin scrape tests or superficial biopsies. A new high-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) with high lateral and axial resolution in a horizontal ...
Askin U, Burns DA, C. Berking, Desch C, E. Sattler, Hinz T, Kligman AM, Longo C, Longo C, M. Braun-Falco, Pellacani G, Sattler EC, Slutsky JB, T. Maier, T. Ruzicka, Welzel J   +15 more
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MicroRNA-551b expression profile in low and high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expression of microRNA (miR)-551b in patients with low and high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and to find an association with high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection-related prognostic biomarkers ...
Bordi, G, Carico, E, Caserta, D, DE VITIS, C, DI PROPERZIO, M, Giglio, S, Lukic, A, Mancini, R.   +7 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of exposure to PM2.5 and its chemical components on survival of patients with lymphoma

BMC Public Health
Background There is accumulating evidence of an association between particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and cancer. However, the impact of air pollution on the survival of lymphoma patients has received little attention.
Changpeng Liu, Liang Ma, Kaifeng Wang, Xi Li, Lili Jin, Yijie Chen, Dongjian Yang, Wengang Yi   +7 more
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DRG grouping by machine learning: from expert-oriented to data-based method

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are a payment system that could effectively solve the problem of excessive increases in healthcare costs which are applied as a principal measure in the healthcare reform in China.
Xiaoting Liu, Chenhao Fang, Chao Wu, Jianxing Yu, Qi Zhao   +4 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of a deep learning model for predicting postoperative survival of patients with gastric cancer

BMC Public Health
Background Deep learning (DL), a specialized form of machine learning (ML), is valuable for forecasting survival in various diseases. Its clinical applicability in real-world patients with gastric cancer (GC) has yet to be extensively validated.
Mengjie Wu, Xiaofan Yang, Yuxi Liu, Feng Han, Xi Li, Jufeng Wang, Dandan Guo, Xiance Tang, Lu Lin, Changpeng Liu   +9 more
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