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The development of a questionnaire to assess the attitudes of older people to end-of-life issues (AEOLI)

, 2005
Objectives: To develop an end-of-life attitudes questionnaire for use in a large community-based sample of older people. Design: Nominal groups and standardization of questions.
Addington-Hall, J., Blanchard, M., Blizard, R., Catt, S., King, M., Zis, M.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A comparative study of circulating tumor cell isolation and enumeration technologies in lung cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Lung cancer cells were spiked into donor blood to evaluate the recovery rates of the following circulating tumor cell (CTC) enrichment technologies: CellMag™, EasySep™, RosetteSep™, Parsortix® PR1, and Parsortix® Prototype systems. Each method's advantages and disadvantages are described.
Volga M Saini, Ezgi Oner, Mark P. Ward, Sinead Hurley, Brian David Henderson, Faye Lewis, Stephen P. Finn, Gerard J. Fitzmaurice, John J. O'Leary, Sharon O'Toole, Lorraine O'Driscoll, Kathy Gately   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparison of a Postal Survey and Mixed-Mode Survey Using a Questionnaire on Patients’ Experiences With Breast Care

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2011
BackgroundThe Internet is increasingly considered to be an efficient medium for assessing the quality of health care seen from the patients’ perspective.
Zuidgeest, Marloes, Hendriks, Michelle, Koopman, Laura, Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Rademakers, Jany   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Survey on Data Processing Methods and Cloud Computation [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
As new technologies move to the fore, our understanding of the world may seem to have shrunk in comparison, for despite new developments in research, much of it is reduced or rather, abstracted for marketability. Thus, the purpose of this work is to provide a brief study of current techniques used in data analysis that will yield some clarity and ...
arxiv  

Impact of health care system on socioeconomic inequalities in doctor use [PDF]

This study examines the impact of health system characteristics on social inequities in health care use in Europe, using data from national surveys in 13 European countries.
Engin Yilmaz, Florence Jusot, Zeynep Or
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Core Support Initiative Evaluation [PDF]

, 2006
In 2004-05, the Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) provided over $10 million in core support funding to 175 community health clinics, clinic parent corporations, and clinic consortia/networks through its Core Support Initiative.
Caroline Krauskopf, Kris Putnam-Walkerly
core  

Does responsibility affect the public valuation of health care interventions? A relative valuation approach to health care safety [PDF]

, 2012
This article is available open access through the publisher’s website at the link below. Copyright © 2012, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).Objective - Health services often spend more on safety interventions ...
Buxton, M, Longworth, L, Lord, J, McGarry, T, Orr, S, Sheldon, R, Singh, J   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Communicating risk in dementia care: Survey of health and social care professionals

Health & Social Care in the Community, 2017
Supporting people to live at home in line with community care policies requires increasing attention to assessing, communicating and managing risks. There is a challenge in supporting client choices that include risk-taking while demonstrating professional accountability. Risk communication becomes increasingly important with the need to engage clients
Brian J. Taylor, Mabel Stevenson, Michelle McDowell   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Cellular liquid biopsy provides unique chances for disease monitoring, preclinical model generation and therapy adjustment in rare salivary gland cancer patients

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We quantified and cultured circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of 62 patients with various cancer types and generated CTC‐derived tumoroid models from two salivary gland cancer patients. Cellular liquid biopsy‐derived information enabled molecular genetic assessment of systemic disease heterogeneity and functional testing for therapy selection in both ...
Nataša Stojanović Gužvić, Florian Lüke, Steffi Treitschke, Andrea Coluccio, Martin Hoffmann, Giancarlo Feliciello, Adithi Ravikumar Varadarajan, Xin Lu, Kathrin Weidele, Catherine Botteron, Silvia Materna–Reichelt, Felix Keil, Katja Evert, Florian Weber, Thomas Schamberger, Michael Althammer, Jirka Grosse, Dirk Hellwig, Christian Schulz, Stephan Seitz, Peter Ugocsai, Anke Schlenska‐Lange, Roman Mayr, Ulrich Kaiser, Wolfgang Dietmaier, Bernhard Polzer, Jens Warfsmann, Kamran Honarnejad, Tobias Pukrop, Daniel Heudobler, Christoph A. Klein, Christian Werno   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perinatal mental health care in the Italian mental health departments: a national survey

European Psychiatry
Background Evidence on the negative outcomes of untreated mental disorders during pregnancy and in the first year after childbirth on women’s and children’s health has stimulated interest in how to develop and sustain high-quality mental health care ...
Ilaria Lega, Simona Mastroeni, Claudia Ferraro, Annette Bauer, Mauro Bucciarelli, Silvia Andreozzi, Enrica Pizzi, Serena Donati   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source