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Social differences in the utilization of medical services by children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018
Data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) enable conclusions about the utilization of outpatient and inpatient medical services by children and adolescents accounting the family’s socioeconomic ...
Thomas Lampert, Franziska Prütz, Alexander Rommel, Benjamin Kuntz   +3 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
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Necessity of Analyzing the Korea Community Health Survey Using 7 Local Government Types [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Objectives This study examined the potential of a new analytical framework for the Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) with classification criteria for the sub-national governmental level, the degree of urbanization including an urban-rural multimodal ...
Seowoo Park, Haibin Bai, Jae-ryun Lee, Soomin Kim, Hyemin Jung, Jin Yong Lee   +5 more
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Understanding Health Disparities: The Role of Race and Socioeconomic Status in Children’s Health

American Journal of Public Health, 2006
Objectives. We sought to determine whether childhood health disparities are best understood as effects of race, socioeconomic status (SES), or synergistic effects of the two. Methods. Data from the National Health Interview Survey 1994 of US children aged 0 to 18 years (n=33911) were used. SES was measured as parental education. Child health measures
Chen, Edith, Martin, Andrew D., Matthews, Karen A.   +2 more
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Vitamin D Status, Gender Differences, and Cardiometabolic Health Disparities [PDF]

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2017
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Vitamin D deficiency is an unrecognized epidemic found in India and also worldwide. Despite the high prevalence of diabetes among Indians, there is a paucity of data showing the relationship between vitamin D status and cardiometabolic disparities.
Dharambir K, Sanghera, Bishwa R, Sapkota, Christopher E, Aston, Piers R, Blackett   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2008
Background While Arab countries showed an impressive decline in child mortality rates during the past few decades, gaps in mortality by gender and socioeconomic status persisted.
Meyerson-Knox Sonya, Dawns Jesse, Khawaja Marwan, Yamout Rouham   +3 more
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The Pillars of Health Disparities Science—Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

JAMA Health Forum, 2023
This Viewpoint examines the importance of race and ethnicity and socioeconomic status as the pillars of health disparities science.
Eliseo J, Pérez-Stable, Monica, Webb Hooper   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Loss of IGF‐1R impairs DNA‐PKcs recruitment to chromatin leading to defective end‐joining

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
IGF‐1R promotes radioresistance by facilitating DNA‐PKcs recruitment to chromatin, enabling non‐homologous end‐joining (NHEJ) repair of double‐strand breaks. Inhibition or loss of IGF‐1R disrupts this recruitment to damage sites, driving compensatory reliance on microhomology‐mediated end‐joining (MMEJ) repair.
Matthew O. Ellis, Jack V. Mills, Wojciech Niedzwiedz, Valentine M. Macaulay   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the Relationship Between Minority Group Status and Health Disparities: A Review of Selected Concepts

Health Equity, 2019
Purpose: There is growing concern that value-based payment for health care may disadvantage health care organizations that serve populations with social risk.
Judy H. Ng
doaj   +1 more source