Objective To examine disparities in access to the public in Poland, in association of the resources of health care, socio-economic development of Provinces and their level of urbanization. Material and Methods The Provinces were divided into four groups,
Ewa Zienkiewicz+2 more
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Are antibiotics effective for treating acute bronchitis? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review [PDF]
Antibiotics have modest effects for treating patients with acute ...
Effective Health Care Research Consortium
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Making tau amyloid models in vitro: a crucial and underestimated challenge
This review highlights the challenges of producing in vitro amyloid assemblies of the tau protein. We review how accurately the existing protocols mimic tau deposits found in the brain of patients affected with tauopathies. We discuss the important properties that should be considered when forming amyloids and the benchmarks that should be used to ...
Julien Broc, Clara Piersson, Yann Fichou
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The Society of Cancer Precision Medicine of Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
RNA-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been recommended as a method for detecting fusion genes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) according to clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus.
China Primary Health Care Foundation Tumor Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Committee+1 more
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Enhancing Health Care Accessibility and Equity Through a Geoprocessing Toolbox for Spatial Accessibility Analysis: Development and Case Study [PDF]
Access to health care services is a critical determinant of population health and well-being. Measuring spatial accessibility to health services is essential for understanding health care distribution and addressing potential inequities. In this study, we developed a geoprocessing toolbox including Python script tools for the ArcGIS Pro environment to ...
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The Health of Health Care Professionals
Health care professionals represent a population at high risk for poor health. Although this may be counterintuitive given their expertise in health, the high stress and long hours of many medical work environments present challenges for health care professionals to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Katherine R. Arlinghaus+2 more
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What are the benefits and risks of restrictive versus routine episiotomy during vaginal birth? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review [PDF]
Restrictive episiotomy policies, where health staff avoid the procedure, appear to have a number of benefits compared to policies where episiotomies are performed ...
Effective Health Care Research Consortium
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α2 → 8 polysialic acid elicits poor immunogenicity. Small‐angle scattering shows a supramolecular structure with parallel‐chain binding, although in different forms at μm and mm calcium. The major histocompatibility complex requires molecular weights around 2000 Da to produce antibodies, and 2000 Da polysialic oligomers will bind in these structures ...
Kenneth A. Rubinson
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Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care: An Austrian Rebuttal-Part 3
Part 3 concludes the rebuttal to the argument that health care is special and that markets cannot properly distribute health care. Part 1 was a general discussion of the argument made by Kenneth Arrow.
Berdine Gilbert
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Integrating Machine Learning with Discrete Event Simulation for Improving Health Referral Processing in a Care Management Setting [PDF]
Post-discharge care management coordinates patients' referrals to improve their health after being discharged from hospitals, especially elderly and chronically ill patients. In a care management setting, health referrals are processed by a specialized unit in the managed care organization (MCO), which interacts with many other entities including ...
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