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A twin disaster: Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and a cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak simultaneously in a low-resource country

Global Health Action, 2020
Managing a deadly pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is challenging. The task becomes tougher when there is an outbreak of an equally deadly disease. This is the present situation of Ghana, a low-resource country, that is confronted with
Samuel Adjorlolo, Daniel Lawer Egbenya
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Healthcare resource use in schizophrenia, EuroSC findings [PDF]

Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 2017
Background: It is unclear if the burden associated with schizophrenia is affected by the type and severity of patient's symptoms. Objective: This study aims to quantify healthcare resource use associated with different profiles of schizophrenia symptoms. Study design: Post-hoc analysis of data from a naturalistic follow-up study.
A. Millier, M. Horváth, F. Ma, K. Kóczián, A. Götze, M. Toumi   +5 more
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Scenarios to Manage the Demand for N95 Respirators for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020
Yinxiaohe Sun,1 Hirono Otomaru,1,2,* Sharon Esi Duoduwa Quaye,1 Jyoti Somani,3 Natasha Bagdasarian,3 Darius LL Beh,3 Dale A Fisher,3,4 Alex R Cook,1 Borame L Dickens1,* 1Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National
Sun Y, Otomaru H, Quaye SED, Somani J, Bagdasarian N, Beh DLL, Fisher DA, Cook AR, Dickens BL   +8 more
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Process improvement in healthcare: overall resource efficiency [PDF]

Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 2011
AbstractThis paper aims to develop a unifying and quantitative conceptual framework for healthcare processes from the viewpoint of process improvement. The work adapts standard models from operation management to the specifics of healthcare processes. We propose concepts for organizational modeling of healthcare processes, breaking down work into micro
Jeroen de Mast, Benjamin Kemper, Ronald J. M. M. Does, Michel Mandjes, Yohan van der Bijl   +4 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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Cross-sectional study on the current status of county-level cancer prevention and treatment capabilities in the four southwestern provinces of China

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe grassroots regions in the four provinces of Southwest China bear a high burden of cancer nationally. In response, the Chinese government has been continuously promoting the construction of a grassroots cancer prevention and treatment system.
Xiang Tan, Chi Du, Haibo Cai, Jinsong Xu, Yan Zhang, Yanping Li, Huade Lin, Caifan Li, Han Liang, Xudong Xiang   +9 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
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Water Resources Research Center: Issue Paper #19 [PDF]

, 1997
This item is part of the Water Resources Research Center collection. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Water Resources Research Center at The University of Arizona.
Tellman, Barbara, Wallace, Mary G., Yarde, Richard   +2 more
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Mapping Healthcare System Complexity in the European Union: A Perspective on Resources, Determinants, and Outcomes

Systems
The transformation of healthcare systems presents a key challenge for EU Member States, as they face growing population needs, resource pressures, and ongoing health disparities among communities.
Cristina Claudia Rotea, Mădălina Giorgiana Mangra, Claudiu George Bocean, Anca Antoaneta Vărzaru, Gabriel Ioan Mangra, Nițu-Granzulea Silviu Mihai   +5 more
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A middle way for rationing healthcare resources [PDF]

BMJ, 2005
Technical analysis is indispensable but only the start T he great rationing debate has gone into one of its quiet phases. The occasionally angry controversies of the past decade or so on have ended in something remarkably like a truce between those who saw the future in terms of improved technical analysis and those who wanted better processes for ...
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