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Effective coverage of diabetes and hypertension: an analysis of Thailand’s national insurance database 2016–2019

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives This study assesses effective coverage of diabetes and hypertension in Thailand during 2016–2019.Design Mixed method, analysis of National health insurance database 2016–2019 and in-depth interviews.Setting Beneficiaries of Universal Coverage ...
Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Aniqa Islam Marshall, Vuthiphan Vongmongkol, Woranan Witthayapipopsakul, Nattadhanai Rajatanavin, Nithiwat Saengruang, Yaowaluk Wanwong   +7 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye, Chimezie Okwuonu, Evelyn Idam, Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Zinnah Aloziem, Blossom Amamchukwu, Patience Elimia, Mkpoikanabasi Obot‐Obot, Henry Mbakwe, Praises Maduagwuna, Olatunji Akinrodoye, Chiamaka Anyanwu, Benjamin Anyanwu, Adedamola Akinsiku, Oluwatoyin A. Akinsiku, Muzamil O. Hassan, Fatiu A. Arogundade, Olalekan E. Ojo, Homayemem Weli, Jesupelumi Adenihun, Aderemi Adelaja, Ebun Bamgboye, Olalekan Olatise, Ade E. Faponle, Ayoola Odeyemi, Michael Muoka, Stephen Asaolu, Qudrat Busari, Blessing Dawudu, Michael Naiyeju, Rasheed A. Balogun   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

National drug policy 2015 to 2020 [PDF]

, 2015
Overview Over a lifetime, 44 percent of New Zealanders will try an illegal drug and 93 percent will drink alcohol.  While not every instance of alcohol and other drug use is harmful, the effects of these substances can be significant.
Ministry of Health (New Zealand)
core  

Cautionary accounts in the use of health equity measures from linkable administrative data in population health intervention research

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives There is increased interest in identifying strategies the reduce health inequities. With this focus, population health scientists have applied equity measures first developed in other disciplines to health equity research.
Nathan Nickel, Dan Chateau, Marni Brownell, Alan Katz, Elaine Burland   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Health Policy Election [PDF]

JAMA, 2012
MUCH IS AT STAKE IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECtion. President Barack Obama’s vision and former Governor Mitt Romney’s vision differ across many domains, but perhaps most starkly in the area of health policy. Fundamentally, the candidates disagree on the role of government as the guarantor of affordable access to health insurance, as evidenced by their ...
Aaron E, Carroll, Austin B, Frakt
openaire   +2 more sources

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement tools to assess the obesogenic environment in neighborhood: a scoping review

BMC Public Health
Background The obesogenic environment encompasses factors that promote overweight and obesity, but few studies integrate both food and physical activity environments with limited details on measurement tools. This study aims to identify measurement tools
Yanisa Pumsutas, Hathairat Kosiyaporn, Nisachol Cetthakrikul, Sopit Nasueb, Jiranun Thiphong, Metinee Sathitsorot, Orratai Waleewong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

PATHS Data Resource: A population-based suite of linkable administrative records and metadata for population health research

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives Our objective was to develop a comprehensive longitudinal data resource, which population health research scientists could use to study the social determinants of child health and health equity.
Nathan Nickel, Marni Brownell, Dan Chateau, Alan Katz, Elaine Burland   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making visible the cost of informal caregivers’ time in Latin America: a case study for major cardiovascular, cancer and respiratory diseases in eight countries

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Informal care is a key element of health care and well-being for society, yet it is scarcely visible and rarely studied in health economic evaluations.
Natalia Espinola, Andrés Pichon-Riviere, Agustín Casarini, Andrea Alcaraz, Ariel Bardach, Caitlin Williams, Federico Rodriguez Cairoli, Federico Augustovski, Alfredo Palacios   +8 more
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source