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Economic burden of herpes zoster in Latin America: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
This systematic review describes herpes zoster (HZ) economic burden in terms of healthcare resource use and cost outcomes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.
Dario Javier Balan, Ariel Bardach, Carolina Palermo, Tomás Alconada, Macarena Sandoval, Javier Nieto Guevara, Jorge Gomez, Agustin Ciapponi   +7 more
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Making visible the cost of informal caregivers’ time in Latin America: a case study for major cardiovascular, cancer and respiratory diseases in eight countries

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Informal care is a key element of health care and well-being for society, yet it is scarcely visible and rarely studied in health economic evaluations.
Natalia Espinola, Andrés Pichon-Riviere, Agustín Casarini, Andrea Alcaraz, Ariel Bardach, Caitlin Williams, Federico Rodriguez Cairoli, Federico Augustovski, Alfredo Palacios   +8 more
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Burden of Disease of Gonorrhoea in Latin America: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhoea, a globally neglected but increasing disease. This systematic review and meta-analysis reviewed the epidemiology and economic burden of gonorrhoea in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Ariel Bardach, Tomás Alconada, Carolina Palermo, Carlos Rojas-Roque, María Macarena Sandoval, Jorge Gomez, Thatiana Pinto, Agustin Ciapponi   +7 more
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Design and feasibility of an implementation strategy to address Chagas guidelines engagement focused on attending women of childbearing age and children at the primary healthcare level in Argentina: a pilot study

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Chagas is a public health problem, especially in Latin America, exacerbated by migratory movements and increasing urbanization. Argentina is among the countries with the highest estimated prevalence in the region, with 1,500,000 people ...
Karen Klein, Javier Roberti, Mariel Rouvier, Maria Belizan, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Amanda Mabel Berrueta, Juan Pedro Alonso   +6 more
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Mpemba Effect- the Effect of Time [PDF]

ScienceOpen Research, 2021
This paper concludes that " time is one of the properties of energy, which is the flow rate of energy from object to space or from space to object. When energy flows from object to space, the time on an object is proportional to the energy density inside the object and inversely proportional to the energy density of the space in which the object is ...
Jian’an Wang, Jianan Wang
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Organisation and delivery of supportive services for patients with prostate cancer in the National Health Service in England and Wales: a national cross-sectional hospital survey and latent class analysis

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives We assessed how often National Health Service (NHS) hospitals reported that they had specific supportive services for patients with prostate cancer available onsite, including nursing support, sexual function and urinary continence services ...
Melanie Morris, Ajay Aggarwal, Jan van der Meulen, Noel Clarke, Adrian Cook, Heather Ann Payne, Joanna Dodkins, Julie Nossiter, Steve Prust, Steve Waller   +9 more
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Acceptability and feasibility of video-based coaching to enhance clinicians’ communication skills with patients

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background Despite a growing call to train clinicians in interpersonal communication skills, communication training is either not offered or is minimally effective, if at all.
Jennifer Freytag, Jinna Chu, Sylvia J. Hysong, Richard L. Street, Christine M. Markham, Thomas P. Giordano, Robert A. Westbrook, Sarah Njue-Marendes, Syundai R. Johnson, Bich N. Dang   +9 more
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Covid-19 transmission in fitness centers in Norway - a randomized trial

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Closed fitness centers during the Covid-19 pandemic may negatively impact health and wellbeing. We assessed whether training at fitness centers increases the risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.
Lise M. Helsingen, Magnus Løberg, Erle Refsum, Dagrun Kyte Gjøstein, Paulina Wieszczy, Ørjan Olsvik, Frederik E. Juul, Ishita Barua, Henriette C. Jodal, Magnhild Herfindal, Yuichi Mori, Solveig Jore, Fridtjof Lund-Johansen, Atle Fretheim, Michael Bretthauer, Mette Kalager, for the TRAiN study group   +16 more
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The Double Effect Effect

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2011
The “doctrine of double effect” has a pleasing ring to it. It is regarded by some as the cornerstone of any sound approach to end-of-life issues and by others as religious mumbo jumbo. Discussions about “the doctrine” often generate more heat than light. They are often conducted at cross-purposes and laced with footnotes from Leviticus.
Foster, C, Herring, J, Melham, K, Hope, T   +3 more
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Burden of disease attributable to tobacco use and impact of different taxation schemes in Latin America

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide. The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease attributable to tobacco use and to evaluate the potential impact of increasing cigarette´s price through taxes
Ariel Bardach, Alfredo Palacios, María Belen Rodríguez, Andrea Alcaraz, Agustín Ciapponi, Sacha Virgilio, Federico Augustovski, Andrés Pichón-Riviere   +7 more
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