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Evaluating the care received by patients with oesophago-gastric (OG) cancer: the richer picture provided by linked datasets

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives The national oesophago-gastric cancer audit evaluates the care given to patients with OG cancer diagnosed in England and Wales, identifying areas for local services to improve and so achieve better patient outcomes.
Christian Brand, Mira Varagunam, Georgina Chadwick, David Cromwell   +3 more
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Improving the monitoring of chronic heart failure in Argentina: is the implantable pulmonary artery pressure with CardioMEMS Heart Failure System cost-effective?

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2021
Background The CardioMEMS® sensor is a wireless pulmonary artery pressure device used for monitoring symptomatic heart failure (HF). The use of CardioMEMS was associated with a reduction of hospitalizations of HF patients, but the acquisition cost could ...
Andrea Alcaraz, Carlos Rojas-Roque, Daniela Prina, Juan Martín González, Andrés Pichon-Riviere, Federico Augustovski, Alfredo Palacios   +6 more
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Effectiveness of catch-up and at-birth nirsevimab immunisation against RSV hospital admission in the first year of life: a population-based case–control study, Spain, 2023/24 season

Eurosurveillance
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes substantial morbidity in infants 
the Nirsevimab Effectiveness Study Collaborators
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of atezolizumab in advanced triple-negative breast cancer

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background The IMpassion130 trial demonstrated that adding atezolizumab to nanoparticle albumin-bound (nab)-paclitaxel improved the survival of patients with untreated, advanced, programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1)-positive triple-negative breast cancer ...
Lee Cheng Phua, Soo Chin Lee, Kwong Ng, Mohamed Ismail Abdul Aziz   +3 more
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Assessing the ability of an instrumental variable causal forest algorithm to personalize treatment evidence using observational data: the case of early surgery for shoulder fracture

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background Comparative effectiveness research (CER) using observational databases has been suggested to obtain personalized evidence of treatment effectiveness.
John M. Brooks, Cole G. Chapman, Sarah B. Floyd, Brian K. Chen, Charles A. Thigpen, Michael Kissenberth   +5 more
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Factors affecting Mathematics achievement of first-year secondary school students in Central Uganda

South African Journal of Education, 2015
This study explores the sources of variability in Mathematics achievement of Ugandan students at the student, classroom and school level. The Mathematics score and questionnaire responses of 4,819 first-year secondary school students (Grade Seven, about ...
Henry Nsubuga Kiwanuka, Jan Van Damme, Wim Van Den Noortgate, Dickson Nkafu Anumendem, Speranza Namusisi   +4 more
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Geographic variation in the treatment of proximal humerus fracture: an update on surgery rates and treatment consensus

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Background Using a larger, more comprehensive sample, and inclusion of the reverse shoulder arthroplasty as a primary surgical approach for proximal humerus fracture, we report on geographic variation in the treatment of proximal humerus fracture in 2011
Sarah B. Floyd, Joel Campbell, Cole G. Chapman, Charles A. Thigpen, Michael J. Kissenberth, John M. Brooks   +5 more
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Should Research Ethics Encourage the Production of Cost-Effective Interventions? [PDF]

, 2016
This project considers whether and how research ethics can contribute to the provision of cost-effective medical interventions. Clinical research ethics represents an underexplored context for the promotion of cost-effectiveness.
A Briggs, A Fleischman, A Rid, AD Paltiel, AJ London, AJ London, AM Garber, AS Kesselheim, C Grady, CC Denny, D Barnbaum, D Mortimer, D Wendler, DA Hyman, DB Resnik, DJ Torgerson, DM Dimichele, DR Buchanan, E Frank, ED Prentice, EE Roughead, EJ Emanuel, EJ Emanuel, EJ Emanuel, EJ Emanuel, EJ Emanuel, F Baylis, FA Lederle, G Yamey, GA Cohen, GR Wilensky, H Grabowski, HF Lynch, HG Frankfurt, HJ Curzer, I Rudan, J Cohen, J Dowie, J Harris, J McMahan, JA Tobert, JC Lindsey, JW Berg, L Bojke, LP Garrison Jr, M Angell, M Limb, MF Drummond, MJ Mehlman, MS Mano, N Daniels, NMP King, NMP King, PA Ubel, PJ Neumann, PJ Neumann, PR Orszag, PR Orszag, PT Menzel, PT Menzel, PT Menzel, R Dresser, RA Epstein, RA Rettig, RA Spinello, RK Lie, RL Fleurence, S Batt, S Joffe, S Palmer, S Thomson, S Woods, SE Weinberger, SK Shah, T Fojo, T Hurka, T Schrecker, TJ Zywicki, U Schüklenk, WC Black, Z Kmietowicz   +80 more
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In vitro gut microbiome response to carbohydrate supplementation is acutely affected by a sudden change in diet

BMC Microbiology, 2023
Background Interactions between diet, stress and the gut microbiome are of interest as a means to modulate health and performance. Here, in vitro fermentation was used to explore the effects of a sudden change in diet, 21 days sole sustenance on the Meal,
Ida Gisela Pantoja-Feliciano, J. Philip Karl, Matthew Perisin, Laurel A. Doherty, Holly L. McClung, Nicholes J. Armstrong, Rebecca Renberg, Kenneth Racicot, Tobyn Branck, Steve Arcidiacono, Jason W. Soares   +10 more
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Designing theoretically-informed implementation interventions. [PDF]

, 2006
Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Ontario Ministry of ...
Improved Clinical Effectiveness through Behavioural Research Group (ICEBeRG)
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