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The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-health index (ALS-HI): development and evaluation of a novel outcome measure

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2023
Objective: The identification of effective therapeutics for ALS necessitates valid and responsive outcome measures to track disease progression and therapeutic gain in clinical trial settings. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Health Index (ALS-HI) is a multifaceted, disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PRO) designed to measure ALS ...
Anika, Varma, Jennifer, Weinstein, Jamison, Seabury, Spencer, Rosero, Christine, Zizzi, Danae, Alexandrou, Ellen, Wagner, Nuran, Dilek, John, Heatwole, Joanne, Wuu, James, Caress, Richard, Bedlack, Volkan, Granit, Jeffrey, Statland, Paul, Mehta, Michael, Benatar, Aaron, Kaat, Chad, Heatwole   +17 more
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Assessing horizontal equity in health care utilization in Iran: a decomposition analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Despite the goal of horizontal equity in Iran, little is known about it. This study aimed i) to assess socioeconomic inequality and horizontal inequity in the healthcare utilization; and ii) to explore the contribution of need and non-need ...
Farideh Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Paola Mosquera, Reza Majdzadeh, Ghobad Moradi   +4 more
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Impact of disease outcomes on the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) [PDF]

, 2023
\(\bf Objective\) The objective of this study is to build a structural model visualising and quantifying the interrelationships of different disease outcomes with the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).
Redeker, Imke (Dr.), Landewé, Robert (Prof. Dr. med.), Heijde, Désirée M. van der (Prof. Dr. med.), Ramiro, Sofia (MD PhD), Boonen, Annelies (Prof. Dr. med.), Dougados, Maxime (MD), Braun, Jürgen (Prof. Dr. med.), Kiltz, Uta (Prof. Dr. med.)   +7 more
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A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Health Index Determination for a Gas-Insulated Switchgear

Energies, 2023
This paper presents a fuzzy logic approach, a simplified and adaptable method, to determine the health index of gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) bay and their compartments.
Nattapon Panmala, Thanapong Suwanasri, Cattareeya Suwanasri   +2 more
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Development of a health index for stranded marine tetrapods.

PLoS ONE
This study presents the development and validation of a Health Index (HI) to assess the overall health of stranded marine tetrapods (seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals).
André S Barreto, Karla R K Andrioli, Ana Paula F R L Bracarense, Marta J Cremer, Daphne W Goldberg, Guilherme Guerra-Neto   +5 more
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Gender difference in ASAS HI among patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

PLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectiveTo assess the associations of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) with gender and other factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).MethodsFrom November 2017 to October 2018, we measured the ...
Hsin-Hua Chen, Yi-Ming Chen, Kuo-Lung Lai, Tsu-Yi Hsieh, Wei-Ting Hung, Ching-Tsai Lin, Chih-Wei Tseng, Kuo-Tung Tang, Yin-Yi Chou, Yi-Da Wu, Chin-Yin Huang, Chia-Wei Hsieh, Wen-Nan Huang, Yi-Hsing Chen   +13 more
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Comparison of the ASAS Health Index in patients classified as radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) or non-radiographic axSpA in the ASAS Health Index international validation study

RMD Open
Objectives To determine if there were differences in the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society Health Index (ASAS HI) scores between patients classified as radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) and non-radiographic axSpA (nr ...
Désirée van der Heijde, Annelies Boonen, Jürgen Braun, Uta Kiltz, Yu Heng Kwan, Warren Fong, Ting Hui Woon   +6 more
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Evaluation of spondyloarthritis-specific health utility based on ASAS health index (U-ASAS-HI) among the disease subtypes

\(\bf Objectives\) To compare the spondyloarthritis (SpA) specific universal health utility estimation from the ASAS health index (U-ASAS-HI) with the generic EuroQol-5D-3L (EQ-5D-3L) utility among SpA subtypes and to understand the contribution of health-, personal- and country-level factors to the U-ASAS-HI.
Calixto, Omar-Javier, Baraliakos, Xenofon (Prof. Dr. med.), Bautista-Molano, Wilson (Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil.), Boonen, Annelies (Prof. Dr. med.), van Kuijk, Sander (Dr. rer. nat.), Essers, Ivette, López-Medina, Clementina (Dr. med.), Dougados, Maxime (MD), Kiltz, Uta (Prof. Dr. med.)   +8 more
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Horizontal healthcare utilization inequity in patients with rare diseases in Korea

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Rare diseases (RDs) are difficult to diagnose and expensive to treat. Thus, the South Korean government has implemented several policies to help RD patients, including the Medical Expense Support Project, supporting low- to middle-income RD ...
Daewon Kang, Sang-Eun Choi
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Medical expenditure and its inequity for people with disabilities: Evidence from the CHARLS 2018 data

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionDisabilities may raise heavy medical expenses and rich-poor inequalities. However, data is lacking for the Chinese older populations. This study aimed to measure socioeconomic inequalities in medical expenses amongst the Chinese adult 45 ...
Shengxuan Jin, Ying Sun, Jun Tao, Lanlan Tian, Jiawei Lin, Dongfu Qian, Dongfu Qian   +6 more
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