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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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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Psychological Costs of Migration: Home Country Natural Disasters and Mental Health [PDF]

, 2020
The psychological toll of leaving one's familiar environment is a dominant explanation for why some people do not migrate despite relatively high wage differentials and low monetary costs of moving.
Bharadwaj, P., Doiron, D., Fiebig, D. G., Suziedelyte, A.   +3 more
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Does self-assessed health measure health? [PDF]

, 2015
Despite concerns about reporting biases and interpretation, self-assessed health (SAH) remains the measure of health most used by researchers, in part reflecting its ease of collection and in part the observed correlation between SAH and objective ...
Doiron, D., Fiebig, D. G., Johar, M., Suziedelyte, A.   +3 more
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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
openaire   +2 more sources

Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 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

Patient‐Level Barriers and Facilitators to Inpatient Physical Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hematological Malignancy: A Qualitative Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher, Jennifer L. Bernstein, Katia M. Crisler, Julia K. Herriott, Kimberly L. Klages, Robin E. Norris, Mariann L. Strenk, Sarah E. Bills, Meghan E. McGrady   +8 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