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Economic Burden for Lung Cancer Survivors in Urban China. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundWith the rapid increase in the incidence and mortality of lung cancer, a growing number of lung cancer patients and their families are faced with a tremendous economic burden because of the high cost of treatment in China.
Du, Jian, Fu, Wenqi, Hu, Teh-Wei, Huang, Weidong, Liu, Guoxiang, Liu, Shuai, Liu, Yang, Mao, Zhengzhong, Zhang, Xin, Zhao, Xianming, Zhao, Xiaowen   +10 more
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A Prevalence-Based Study to Estimate Cost of Illness of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive inflammatory condition with high cost of management and significant impact on the patient and healthcare system.
Satish Kumar, Ankit Kumar, A. S. Menon, Seema Patrikar, Someshwar Gaikwad, S. K. Singh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health resource utilization and the economic burden of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration in Thailand

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014
AIM:To determine healthcare resource utilization and the economic burden associated with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in ThailandMETHODS:This study included patients diagnosed with wet AMD that were 60 years old or older, and had best ...
Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, Mansing Ratanasukon, Somsanguan Ausayakhun, Akrapope Tungsomeroengwong, Nattapol Pokawattana, Chalakorn Chanatittarat   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

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, Zoltán Köllő, Balázs Gellért Karvaly, Mahmoud Obeidat, Rita Nagy, Péter Hegyi, Brigitta Teutsch, Eszter Tuboly, Miklós Garami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct medical costs of COPD diagnosis and treatment, Eastern vs. Western European country : examples of Serbia and Belgium [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Comparison of COPD financial burden and underlying factors, between Eastern upper middle income and a Western European high income, healthcare settings.
Annemans, Lieven, Gajovic, Olgica, Jakovljevic, Mihajlo, Jankovic, Slobodan, Lazic, Zorica, Verhaeghe, Nick   +5 more
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Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Ronsley, Shannon M. Stasi, Jeffrey Stevens, Erin R. Rudzinski, Christina M. Lockwood, Sarah E. S. Leary, Bonnie L. Cole, Michelle A. Ting, Vera Paulson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human H5N1 influenza infections in Cambodia 2005-2011: case series and cost-of-illness. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Southeast Asia has been identified as a potential epicentre of emerging diseases with pandemic capacity, including highly pathogenic influenza.
A Burns, A Martin, AF Oner, Anthony Huszar, C Kanchanachitra, D Grace, DP Fidler, DS Fedson, E Bloom, EE Walsh, IN Kandun, J Beaute, J Rushton, JW Rudge, Karen Humphries-Waa, Khieu Borin, M Bigdeli, Marco Liverani, MF Drummond, Ministry of Health Cambodia, ML Vandermeer, NT Liem, P Hanvoravongchai, R Huy, Richard Coker, RJ Coker, Sok Touch, Teng Srey, Tom Drake, TT Wang, V Shinde, W Adisasmito, W Hardeman, World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation   +34 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Economic Impact of Smoking and of Reducing Smoking Prevalence: Review of Evidence [PDF]

BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking is the cause of many preventable diseases and premature deaths in the UK and around the world. It poses enormous health- and non-health-related costs to the affected individuals, employers, and the society at large.
Brown, AK, Ekpu, VU
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Beyond Antimalarial Stock-outs: Implications of Health Provider Compliance on Out-of-Pocket Expenditure during Care-Seeking for Fever in South East Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
To better understand how stock-outs of the first line antimalarial, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) and other non-compliant health worker behaviour, influence household expenditures during care-seeking for fever in the Ulanga District in ...
Abdallah, Gumi, Amuri, Baraka, de Savigny, Don, Khatib, Rashid, Manzi, Fatuma, Mikkelsen-Lopez, Inez, Njozi, Mustafa, Tediosi, Fabrizio   +7 more
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