User costs and informal payments for care in the largest maternity hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal [PDF]
Background: Maternity care costs in Nepal include formal and informal payment. Formal include for example the cost for blood or drugs; Informal payments can be voluntary such as gratitude payments, or bribes which patients are ‘expected’ to pay to get ...
Sharma, Gaurav +4 more
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Sertraline Treatment Can Mimic Niemann‐Pick Type C Biomarker Profile: A Diagnostic Pitfall
ABSTRACT Background Oxysterols (cholestane‐3β,5α,6β‐triol and 7‐ketocholesterol) and N‐palmitoyl‐O‐phosphocholineserine (PPCS) are sensitive biomarkers for Niemann‐Pick disease type C (NPC) screening. However, false‐positive results occur, with a biomarker profile suggestive of NPC despite the absence of pathogenic variants in genes involved in NPC or ...
Maria Makrygianni +19 more
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Integrated Delivery Networks: In Search of Benefits and Market Effects [PDF]
Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) have very different stated purposes than mere collections of hospitals: to coordinate care across the continuum of health services and to manage population health.
Aditi Sen +3 more
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Screening Routine Clinical Notes for Epilepsy Surgery Candidates Using Large Language Models
ABSTRACT Objective Epilepsy surgery is severely underutilized despite proven efficacy, with substantial under‐referral of eligible patients in routine clinical practice. This study evaluated the potential role of large language models (LLMs) as decision‐support tools for screening unstructured clinical notes to identify epilepsy surgery candidates and ...
Uriel Fennig +9 more
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Age-related and Gender-related Differences in Hospital Admission Rate and Hospital Costs of People Covered by the Iran Health Insurance Organization: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Objectives The impact of population aging on health expenditure is inevitable. It affects health expenditure by causing changes in people’s health status and the demand for health care services.
Mahya Razimoghadam +4 more
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The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine on Newborn Costs and Length of Stay [PDF]
This paper determines newborn costs and lengths of stay attributable to prenatal exposure to cocaine and other illicit drugs, using as a data source all parturients who delivered at a large municipal hospital in New York City between November 18, 1991 ...
Andrew D. Racine +3 more
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Objective There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury. Methods Participants with a history of
Kevin Kennedy +9 more
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Objective We evaluated the ability of the Renal Activity Index for Lupus (RAIL) to discriminate active lupus nephritis (LN) in adult patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and differentiate LN treatment response. Methods Urine samples from adults with biopsy‐proven active class III and IV LN from TULIP‐LN (active LN group ...
Hermine I. Brunner +12 more
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Measuring unexplained variation in acute hospital use by patients enrolled with northern New Zealand general practices [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: There is increasing concern worldwide at the steady growth in acute inpatient admissions and emergency department (ED) attendances. AIM: To develop measures of variation in acute hospital use between populations enrolled at different ...
Sandiford P +3 more
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Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg +20 more
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