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Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez, Jill O. Robinson, Wendy A. Allen‐Rhoades, Hadley S. Smith, Isabel Canfield, Rebecca L. Hsu, Sarah R. Scollon, Lauren R. Desrosiers‐Battu, Nicole M. Schneider, Frank Y. Lin, Donald Williams Parsons, Sharon E. Plon, Mary A. Majumder, Janet Malek, Amy L. McGuire   +14 more
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Are objective, official measures of disability reliable? [PDF]

The issue considered in this study is whether objective, official reports on disability status are reliable. While there is a rather large literature on the reliability of self-reported disability, evidence regarding objective data is scant.
Johansson, Per, Skedinger, Per
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Unleashing the power of administrative health data: the Scottish model [PDF]

Public Health Research and Practice, 2015
Data and information generated through the provision and administration of health and social care provide potentially valuable untapped resources that can contribute to the development of effective and efficient services. We describe the Scottish system, which seeks to unleash, at scale, the power of administrative and health service data as part of ...
Stephen, Pavis, Andrew D, Morris
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Rapid Response to Trametinib Combined With Chemotherapy for Infant BRAF‐Fused Chiasmatic Glioma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Infants, less than 1 year, with chiasmatic gliomas (ICG) present a major therapeutic challenge due to large tumor size, decreased vision, rapid progression, and poor response to vincristine/carboplatin chemotherapy. The majority have a BRAF fusion, which may respond to downstream MEK inhibitors but response time is slow. There are no safety or
Helen Toledano, Alexander Yelak, Walid Kaadan, Shlomo Caduri, Rivka Friedland, Orli Michaeli, Gad Dotan, Osnat Konen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health, substance addiction and mortality risk among people in prison

International Journal of Population Data Science
People in prison often have a complex mix of health and care needs and face an increased mortality risk after release. Objectives: (i) examine mental health and substance addiction in the Northern Ireland prison population; (ii) examine mortality after ...
Janine Cooper, Emma Ross, Aideen Maguire, Dermot O’Reilly, Richard Kirk, Trish Kelly, Stephen McGarrigle, Ruth Gray, Christopher Cardwell, Siobhán Murphy, Michael Donnelly   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services and Place of Death in Ireland [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of this report is to provide data, analysis and commentary to stimulate discussion on emerging trends in relation to the provision of specialist palliative care in Ireland.
Eugene Murray, Kathleen McLoughlin, Sharon Foley   +2 more
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A PRSZT Registry Analysis of Prognostic Factors Influencing Survival and Relapse Rates After Second Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A second allogeneic (allo‐)hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT2) is a potential curative option for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) following relapse after first allogeneic transplantation (HSCT1), but its efficacy is limited by high relapse rates and transplant‐related toxicity in highly pretreated ...
Ava Momm, Imme Haubitz, Rita Beier, Martin Zimmermann, Andrej Lissat, Peter Bader, Matthias Eyrich, Jan‐Henning Klusmann, Matthias Wölfl, Paul‐Gerhardt Schlegel, Verena Wiegering   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data linkage capabilities in Australia: practical issues identified by a Population Health Research Network ‘Proof of Concept project’

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: To describe the practical issues that need to be overcome to conduct national data linkage projects in Australia and propose recommendations to improve efficiency.
Rebecca J. Mitchell, Cate M. Cameron, Rod J. McClure, Ann M. Williamson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying paediatric nursing-sensitive outcomes in linked administrative health data [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
There is increasing interest in the contribution of the quality of nursing care to patient outcomes. Due to different casemix and risk profiles, algorithms for administrative health data that identify nursing-sensitive outcomes in adult hospitalised patients may not be applicable to paediatric patients. The study purpose was to test adult algorithms in
Wilson, Sally, Bremner, Alexandra P., Hauck, Yvonne, Finn, Judith   +3 more
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Measuring Intermediary Determinants of Early Childhood Health: A Composite Index Comparing Colombian Departments [PDF]

, 2013
In recent years there has been growing interest in composite indicators as an efficient tool of analysis and a method of prioritizing policies. This paper presents a composite index of intermediary determinants of child health using a multivariate ...
Alcañiz, Manuela, Bolancé Losilla, Catalina, Osorio Mejía, Ana María   +2 more
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