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The Effects of Cocaine and Heroin Prices on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits [PDF]

This paper estimates the empirical relationship between the prices of cocaine and heroin and objective indicators of use. The set of outcomes is drug related hospital emergency department admissions where cocaine and heroin are cited, for 21 large U.S ...
Dhaval Dave
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Tissue Engineered Human Elastic Cartilage From Primary Auricular Chondrocytes for Ear Reconstruction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Despite over three decades of research, no tissue‐engineered solution for auricular reconstruction in microtia patients has reached clinical translation. The key challenge lies in generating functional elastic cartilage ex vivo. Here, we integrate synergistic cell‐biomaterial strategies to engineer auricular grafts with mechanical and histological ...
Philipp Fisch, Sandra Kessler, Simone Ponta, Anna Puiggalí‐Jou, Guoliang Lyu, Killian Flégeau, Anastasiya Martyts, Florian Roth, David Fercher, Filippo M. Rijli, Daniel Simmen, Eva Novoa Olivares, Thomas Linder, Marcy Zenobi‐Wong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of the South African National Drug Policy on prescribing patterns: a case study of the Limpopo province. [PDF]

J Pharm Policy Pract, 2023
Akunne OO, Valoyi V, Wehmeyer A, Johnson Y, Coetzee R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multilevel medical insurance mitigate health cost inequality due to air pollution: Evidence from China

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Air pollution affects residents’ health to varying extents according to differences in socioeconomic status. However, there has been a lack of research on whether air pollution contributes to unfair health costs. Methods In this research, data
Ennan Wang, Minglai Zhu, Yisha Lin, Xiaoyu Xi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical service pricing and pharmaceutical supply chain coordination contracts under the zero-markup drug policy. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Zhou N, Li S, Zhao G, Li C, Yu N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Kidney Organoids in Drug Development: Integrating Technological Advances and Standardization for Effective Implementation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how emerging enabling technologies enhance the physiological relevance, scalability, and reproducibility of kidney organoids, while advanced analytical approaches support model validation and deepen mechanistic insight into nephrotoxicity.
Helen Kearney, Silvia M. Mihăilă, Lorenzo Moroni, Carlos Mota   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary care quality of primary healthcare institutions in china: current status and influencing factors

Archives of Public Health
Objective This study aims to assess the current state of primary care quality within Primary Healthcare Institutions (PHIs) in China and analyze potential factors that may influence the quality of primary care provided.
Kexin Zhan, Chuchuan Wan, Ennan Wang, Yuankai Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monograph no. 13: Scoping the potential uses of systems thinking in developing policy on illicit drugs. [PDF]

, 2005
This monograph (No. 13) summarises pilot work to scope the potential uses of systems thinking for developing illicit drug policy. Systems approaches have the potential to offer much to drug policy analysis through their use of participatory methods ...
Foote, Jeff, Gregory, Wendy, Midgley, Gerald, Winstanley, Ann   +3 more
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Ultrasound in Women's Health: Mechanisms, Applications, and Emerging Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
As healthcare moves toward decentralization, ultrasound technologies are evolving from strictly imaging tools in clinical settings into versatile diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, with growing roles addressing women's health needs. This review highlights how ultrasound's underlying physical mechanisms can be harnessed to reduce disparities in women'
Sarah B. Ornellas, Bilal Kizilaslan, Aastha Shah, Jason F. Hou, Yoonsoo Shin, Alejandra Hernandez Moyers, Claudia Lozano, Canan Dagdeviren   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source