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Attributable costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after low transverse cesarean delivery [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Accurate data on costs attributable to hospital-acquired infections are needed in order to determine their economic impact and the cost-benefit of potential preventive strategies.
Butler, Anne M, Fraser, Victoria J, Gross, Gilad A, Hamilton, Barton H, Olsen, Margaret A, Willers, Denise M   +5 more
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy, Michael Cummings, Eden Price, Yulin Liu, Santiago Gutierrez‐Gomez, Sarah O'Shea, Samuel Frank, Rhoda Au, Ashita S. Gurnani, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, Jesse Mez, Ludy C. Shih   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence and costs of hip fractures vs strokes and acute myocardial infarction in Italy: comparative analysis based on national hospitalization records

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2012
Prisco Piscitelli,1,2 Giovanni Iolascon,3 Alberto Argentiero,2 Giovanna Chitano,2 Cosimo Neglia,2 Gemma Marcucci,1 Manuela Pulimeno,2 Marco Benvenuto,2 Santa Mundi,2 Valentina Marzo,2 Daniela Donato,4 Angelo Baggiani,4 Alberto Migliore,5 Mauro Granata,6 ...
Piscitelli P, Iolascon G, Argentiero A, Chitano G, Neglia C, Marcucci G, Pulimeno M, Benvenuto M, Mundi S, Marzo V, Donati D, Baggiani A, Migliore A, Granata M, Gimigliano F, Di Blasio R, Gimigliano A, Renzulli L, Brandi ML, Distante A, Gimigliano R   +20 more
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Public hospital costs and quality in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

Measuring costs in public hospitals in developing countries is hampered by the lack of an appropriate costing system, or of any systematic cost accounting. Invoices for goods and services, prices for inputs, and patient records are generally absent. As a
LaForgia, Gerard M., Lewis, Maureen A., Sulvetta, Margaret B.   +2 more
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State Variation in the Hospital Costs of Gun Violence, 2010 and 2014 [PDF]

, 2017
This brief updates the armed assault hospital cost estimates with data from 2014, the first year of full implementation of the ACA's major coverage provisions.
Anuj Gangopadhyaya, Embry M. Howell
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Predictive Ability of Plasma p‐tau217 for β‐Amyloid Status: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 217 (p‐tau217) measured with fully automated platforms has shown high accuracy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis, but real‐world multicenter data remain limited. We aimed to validate the diagnostic performance of p‐tau217 for identifying AD pathology in a real‐world multicenter cohort ...
Miquel Massons, Nuria Guillen, Jordi Sarto, Neus Falgàs, Sergi Borrego‐Écija, Diana Esteller‐Gauxax, Magda Castellví, Adrià Tort‐Merino, Agnès Pérez‐Millan, Anna Antonell, Josep M. Augè Fradera, Gerard Piñol, Iolanda Riba, Anna Carnes‐Vendrell, Marta Cullell, Maria Teresa Osuna, Lorena Bajo, Teresa Romero, Eva Bonjoch, Joan Bello, Susana Fernández, Marta Balagué, Isabel Gómez‐Ruiz, Anuncia Boltes, Claustre Pont, Raquel Cuevas, Sara Carrillo, Laura Iglesias, Teresa Maria Casadevall Codina, Lorena Grau Guinea, Fernando Jose Espada, Raquel Sánchez‐Valle, Mircea Balasa, Albert Lladó   +33 more
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Ofatumumab in Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody–Associated Disease: A Comparison With Rituximab

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ofatumumab in patients with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody–associated disease (MOGAD), and compare it with rituximab. Methods We conducted a single–center, observational study including 22 MOGAD patients treated with ofatumumab and 21 treated with rituximab.
Yuxin Fan, Lei Zhou, Jingzi ZhangBao, Hongmei Tan, Zhouzhou Wang, Chao Quan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aiming Higher: Results From a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2009 [PDF]

, 2009
Ranks states on thirty-eight indicators of healthcare access, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use and costs, equity, and healthy lives.
Cathy Schoen, Dina Belloff, Douglas McCarthy, Joel Cantor, Sabrina K. H. How   +4 more
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Remarkable Recovery After Delayed High‐Dose Methylprednisolone in a Rare Case of Penetrating Spinal Cord Injury

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) caused by sharp‐force penetration is exceptionally rare, and the use of high‐dose methylprednisolone (MP) remains highly controversial, especially beyond the conventional 8‐h treatment window. This case report describes a 30‐year‐old male with acute incomplete TSCI following a knife stab wound to the right ...
Honghong Wang, Shuang Liu, Jiale Wang, Kaiyang Xue, Shenwei Li, Zhongheng Du   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demand for and Regulation of Cardiac Services [PDF]

Efforts to regionalize cardiac services can increase access costs for patients. This study quantifies this trade off by estimating the effects of changes in the regulation of hospital services on treatments and outcomes.
Justin G. Trogdon
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