The Economic Impact of Lower Extremity Amputations in Diabetics. a Retrospective Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital of Faisalabad, Pakistan [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Among the various complications of diabetes, lower-extremity amputation due to diabetic foot is a common problem. In Pakistan, 6-7% of patients with diabetes suffer from diabetic foot ulceration.
Ehsan, S. B. (Sumera) +5 more
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The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome in Georgia: direct and indirect costs [PDF]
, 2011 Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating chronic illness affecting at least 4 million people in the United States. Understanding its cost improves decisions regarding resource allocation that may be directed towards treatment and cure,
Jin-Mann S Lin +6 more
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Economic costs of outbreaks of acute viral gastroenteritis due to norovirus in Catalonia (Spain), 2010–2011 [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: To determine the direct and indirect costs of outbreaks of acute viral gastroenteritis (AVG) due to norovirus in closed institutions (hospitals, social health centers or nursing homes) and the community in Catalonia in 2010–11.
Ana Martínez +7 more
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Elevated Medical Costs for Obese Fifth Graders in California and Texas [PDF]
, 2015 Finkelstein et al. (2014) estimated that an obese ten-year-old, typically in the fifth grade, will incur between $12,660 and $19,630 in direct medical costs beyond those of a normal-weight ten-year-old over a lifetime.
Jackson, Allen W. +2 more
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Patterns of Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders Among Children and Adolesecents in Mississippi Medicaid [PDF]
, 2019 The nature of services for psychiatric disorders in public health systems has been understudied, particularly with regard to frequency, duration, and costs.
Banahan, Benjamin F. +4 more
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Direct non-medical costs double the total direct costs to patients undergoing cataract surgery in Zamfara state, Northern Nigeria: a case series. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Cost is frequently reported as a barrier to cataract surgery, but few studies have reported costs of accessing surgery in Africa. The purpose of this prospective, facility based study was to compare direct non-medical cost with total direct ...
Gilbert, Clare +2 more
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Patient-Level Estimates of Diabetic Complications on Direct Medical Cost [PDF]
Value in Health, 2014 link_to_OA_fulltext
Fung, CSC +4 more
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Economic cost of patients with trisomy 13, 18, and 21 in a tertiary hospital in Thailand.
PLoS ONE, 2023 The purpose of this study was to determine direct and indirect costs of patients with trisomy (T) 13, 18, and 21 in Thailand. Direct medical costs were obtained from Siriraj Informatics and Data Innovation Center (SiData+), Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj ...
Preechaya Wongkrajang +4 more
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EQUIPT: protocol of a comparative effectiveness research study evaluating cross-context transferability of economic evidence on tobacco control [PDF]
, 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative ...
Andrews, F +18 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács +8 more
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