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Towards a systems approach for chronic diseases, based on health state modeling [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Rising pressure from chronic diseases means that we need to learn how to deal with challenges at a different level, including the use of systems approaches that better connect across fragments, such as disciplines, stakeholders, institutions, and ...
Michael Rebhan
doaj   +1 more source

Health Services Research

The American Journal of Pathology, 2014
This Guest Editorial advocates for expanded health services research in the field of pathology.
openaire   +3 more sources

Is Mental Illness an Access Barrier to Seeking and Receiving Abortion Services? [PDF]

, 2012
This study examines the relationship between one’s mental health status and access to abortion services. A review of the literature confirms that no prior research has been completed to determine whether or not mental health status is a barrier to ...
Cummings, Miranda
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Combined spatially resolved metabolomics and spatial transcriptomics reveal the mechanism of RACK1‐mediated fatty acid synthesis

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The authors analyzed the spatial distributions of gene and metabolite profiles in cervical cancer through spatial transcriptomic and spatially resolved metabolomic techniques. Pivotal genes and metabolites within these cases were then identified and validated.
Lixiu Xu, Jinqiu Li, Junqi Ma, Ayshamgul Hasim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extending voluntary health insurance to the informal sector: experiences and expectations of the informal sector in Kenya [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2017
Background: Kenya has made a policy decision to use contributory health insurance as one of its key pre-payment health financing mechanisms. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is the main health insurer in Kenya.
Edwine W. Barasa, Njeri Mwaura, Khama Rogo, Ledia Andrawes   +3 more
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PsyQA: A Chinese Dataset for Generating Long Counseling Text for Mental Health Support [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Great research interests have been attracted to devise AI services that are able to provide mental health support. However, the lack of corpora is a main obstacle to this research, particularly in Chinese language. In this paper, we propose PsyQA, a Chinese dataset of psychological health support in the form of question and answer pair.
arxiv  

Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives To survey advances in public health and epidemiology informatics over the past three years. Methods We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public health informatics (PHI), and published in ...
Dixon, Brian E., Kharrazi, H., Lehmann, H. P.   +2 more
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Obesity alters the fitness of peritumoral adipose tissue, exacerbating tumor invasiveness in renal cancer through the induction of ADAM12 and CYP1B1

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor microenvironment drives cancer formation and progression. We analyzed the role of human cancer‐associated adipocytes from patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) stratified as lean, overweight, or obese. RNA‐seq demonstrated that, among the most altered genes involved in the tumor–stroma crosstalk, are ADAM12 and CYP1B1, which were proven to be ...
Sepehr Torabinejad, Caterina Miro, Annarita Nappi, Francesco Del Giudice, Annunziata Gaetana Cicatiello, Serena Sagliocchi, Lucia Acampora, Federica Restolfer, Melania Murolo, Emery Di Cicco, Federico Capone, Ciro Imbimbo, Monica Dentice, Felice Crocetto   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient waiting time in the outpatient clinic at a central surgical hospital of Vietnam: Implications for resource allocation [version 3; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: Patient waiting time is considered as a crucial parameter in the assessment of healthcare quality and patients’ satisfaction towards healthcare services. Data concerning this has remained limited in Vietnam.
Tho Dinh Tran, Uy Van Nguyen, Vuong Minh Nong, Bach Xuan Tran   +3 more
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Matching with multiple criteria and its application to health disparities research [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Matching is a popular nonparametric covariate adjustment strategy in empirical health services research. Matching helps construct two groups comparable in many baseline covariates but different in some key aspects under investigation. In health disparities research, it is desirable to understand the contributions of various modifiable factors, like ...
arxiv