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Postbreast cancer surgery outpatient rehabilitation program: Analysis of clinical profile, impact, and direct medical costs

The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019
Context: Approximately 600,000 new cases of cancer are estimated to occur in Brazil over the 2-year period of 2018–2019, and the world economic impact of cancer was $895 billion dollars in 2008.
Marina Boralli de Sousa, Camila da Silva Bueno, Rossana Veronica Mendoza Lopez, Elisângela Pinto Marinho de Almeida, Rebeca Boltes Cecatto, Christina May Moran de Brito   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic evaluation of a community based exercise programme to prevent falls [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To assess the incremental costs and cost effectiveness of implementing a home based muscle strengthening and balance retraining programme that reduced falls and injuries in older women.
Buchner, D.M., Campbell, A.J., Devlin, N., Gardner, M.M., Robertson, M.C., Scuffham, P.   +5 more
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Costs Associated with Malaria in Pregnancy in the Brazilian Amazon, a Low Endemic Area Where Plasmodium vivax Predominates. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Information on costs associated with malaria in pregnancy (MiP) in low transmission areas where Plasmodium vivax predominates is so far missing. This study estimates health system and patient costs of MiP in the Brazilian Amazon.
Bardají, A, Bôtto-Menezes, C, Dos Santos Campos, G, Fernandes, S, Hanson, K, Martínez-Espinosa, FE, Menéndez, C, Sicuri, E   +7 more
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Costs of diabetes complications: hospital-based care and absence from work for 392,200 people with type 2 diabetes and matched control participants in Sweden

Diabetologia, 2020
The risk of complications and medical consequences of type 2 diabetes are well known. Hospital costs have been identified as a key driver of total costs in studies of the economic burden of type 2 diabetes.
E. Andersson, S. Persson, N. Hallén, Å. Ericsson, D. Thielke, P. Lindgren, K. Steen Carlsson, J. Jendle   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic Burden of Trauma-Related Injuries in Iran in 2019 [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma
Objective: Trauma-related injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in the active population, withdevastating economic, health, and social consequences for nations.
Pirhossein Kolivand, Peyman Saberian, Fereshte Karimi, Mehdi Raadabadi, Samad Azari, Soheila Rajaie   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes and costs of penetrating trauma injury in England and Wales [PDF]

, 2008
The official published version of the article can be found at the link below.Background: Penetrating trauma injury is generally associated with higher short-term mortality than blunt trauma, and results in substantial societal costs given the young age ...
Christensen, MC, Lecky, FE, Morris, S, Nielsen, TG, Ridley, S   +4 more
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The costs of inequality: whole-population modelling study of lifetime inpatient hospital costs in the English National Health Service by level of neighbourhood deprivation

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2016
Background There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in both life expectancy and healthcare use in England. In this study, we describe how these two sets of inequalities interact by estimating the social gradient in hospital costs across the life ...
M. Asaria, T. Doran, R. Cookson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Female patients with rheumatoid arthritis – hospitalisation costs [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2019
Objective. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has direct costs, expressed as hospitalization, tests, drug therapy, physical therapy, assistance, transportation and equipment, and indirect costs caused by work loss.
Luana Andreea Macovei, Maria Alexandra Burlui, Anca Cardoneanu, Carmen Marinela Cumpat, Elena Rezus   +4 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Outdoor Air Pollutants on the Costs of Stroke Hospitalizations in China [PDF]

, 2019
Stroke, the most frequent cause of severe disability and the second cause of death among adults in the world, brings tremendous mental and economic burden to patients and their families.
Chen, Fang, Li, Luo, Zeng, Siyu
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