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Health at a glance 2013: OECD indicators [PDF]

, 2013
This publication provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health ...

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Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (“Standards”) are evidence‐based guidelines for psychosocial care in pediatric oncology. Care related to the three “Asking and Monitoring” Standards—Assessment of Psychosocial Needs, Assessment of Financial Needs, and Monitoring Neurocognitive Problems ...
Julia B. Tager, Natalie Koskela‐Staples, Emily M. Pariseau, Michele Scialla, Kimberly Buff, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi Brown, Anne E. Kazak, Kimberly S. Canter   +8 more
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Community Health Status Indicators Project: The Development of a National Approach to Community Health

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2008
The Community Health Status Indicators Project (CHSI) 2008 provides 16-page reports for the 3141 counties in the United States, each of which includes more than 300 county-specific data items related to chronic and infectious diseases, birth ...
Marilyn Metzler, RN, Norma Kanarek, PhD, Keisher Highsmith, DrPH, Ron Bialek, MPP, Roger Straw, PhD, Ione Auston, MLS, Jennifer Stanley, MA, Richard Klein, MPH   +7 more
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Safety and Effectiveness of a High‐Dose, Tailored Tissue Plasminogen Activator Therapy Protocol: A Joint Pediatric Hematology and Cardiac ICU Quality Improvement Initiative Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric thromboembolism is increasingly encountered in critical care. Systemic thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) facilitates vessel or valve patency, yet pediatric‐specific protocols remain undefined, and safety concerns persist. Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a tailored, prolonged systemic tPA
Eran Shostak, Oded Gilad, Yael Feinstein, Sigal Nakav, Ofer Schiller, Joanne Yacobovich   +5 more
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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
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Quality of governance, public spending on health and health status in Sub Saharan Africa : a panel data regression analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Background The population in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) suffers poor health as manifested in high mortality rates and low life expectancy. Economic growth has consistently been shown to be a major determinant of health outcomes.
Makuta, Innocent, Bernadette O’Hare, O'Hare, Bernadette Ann-Marie, Innocent Makuta   +3 more
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Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

National key performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care: results from December 2013 [PDF]

, 2014
Captures data from over 200 primary health care organisations that receive funding from the Australian Government Department of Health to provide services primarily to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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The effect of Health System Reform Plan on health indicators in population covered by Ahvaz University of Medical Science

بیمارستان, 2020
Background: One of the fundamental changes in the health system of Iran in recent years is the "health system reform plan", that the effects of which should be examined from various dimensions.
Simin Shams Javi, Pouran Raeissi, Amir Ashkan NasiriPour   +2 more
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source