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Patient‐Reported Outcomes with Selpercatinib Treatment Among Patients with RET‐Mutant Medullary Thyroid Cancer in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO‐001 Trial

The Oncologist, EarlyView., 2021
Abstract Background Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) standard of care includes multikinase inhibitors (MKIs), which can exacerbate disease‐related diarrhea, primarily because of non‐RET kinase inhibition. We report diarrhea and other patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) with selpercatinib, a highly selective RET inhibitor, among patients with RET‐mutant MTC ...
Lori J. Wirth, Bruce Robinson, Valentina Boni, Daniel S.W. Tan, Caroline McCoach, Erminia Massarelli, Lisa M. Hess, Min‐Hua Jen, Jennifer Kherani, Elizabeth Olek, Vivek Subbiah   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approximation to the economic cost of healthcare for hypertensive patients diagnosed with COVID-19

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionMany researchers have focused their studies on hypertension due to its over-representation among COVID-19 patients. Both retrospective and observational studies conducted close to the Wuhan area have reported that hypertension is the most ...
Jesús Calderón-Moreno, María Jesús Delgado-Rodriguez, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido, Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Amaya Burgos-Esteban, Pilar Sánchez-Conde, Pilar Sánchez-Conde, Vicente Andreu-Fernández, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Jose Angel Santos-Sanchez, Manuel Quintana-Diaz, Manuel Quintana-Diaz, Eva María Andrés-Esteban   +15 more
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Random Integrated Subdata Ensemble Method for Key Variable Selection in Rare Event Setting

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a general variable selection procedure to identify key input variables by applying elastic net regression to representative subdata in place of the full sample to select variables. We combine the lists of selected variables from each subdata through ensemble techniques, using the frequency of selecting the variable across different ...
Ching‐Chi Yang, Justin Deng, Lih‐Yuan Deng, Henry Horng‐Shing Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Analisis Pencapaian Impas-biaya Rumah Sakit Umum Pemerintah dalam Rangka Pelayanan Bagi Masyarakat Miskin: Studi Kasus Jawa Tengah [PDF]

, 2009
The study is a systematic empirical analysis to test some hypotheses. The objectives were (1) to analyze the sufficiency of government subsidy for poor people to cover the cost of hospital care for the hospital to reach cost recovery, and (2) to test ...
Hartono, B. (Bambang)
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Three Large-Scale Changes To The Medicare Program Could Curb Its Costs But Also Reduce Enrollment [PDF]

, 2013
With Medicare spending projected to increase to 24 percent of all federal spending and to equal 6 percent of the gross domestic product by 2037, policy makers are again considering ways to curb the program's spending growth.
Alan M. Garber, Christine Eibner, Dana P. Goldman, Jeffrey Sullivan   +3 more
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Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Food Waste Quantity: Focusing on Military Dining Facilities as Large‐Scale Food Service Operations

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste reveals inefficiencies in resource use and contributes significantly to environmental pollution. In the United States, food waste accounts for the majority of total waste, with more than 50 million tons generated annually. In military units that operate large‐scale institutional food‐service facilities and generate significant food ...
YongSun Kim, Hyun Shik Yoon
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the determinants of willingness-to-pay values for testing the validity of the contingent valuation method. Application to home care compared to hospital care [PDF]

The contingent valuation (CV) method is an attractive approach for comparing home care to hospital care in which the only difference is patients' well-being during the treatment process and not health outcomes.
Magali Morelle, Marie-Odile Carrère, Nathalie Havet, Raphaël Remonnay   +3 more
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Factors Affecting the Appropriate Angiography Prescription in Iranian Hospitals

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
Graphical Abstract Factors influencing appropriate angiography prescriptions. ABSTRACT Background Inappropriate angiography prescriptions impose substantial financial and clinical burdens on healthcare systems. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive model for appropriate angiography prescription by examining supply‐and demand‐side factors in ...
Atieh Sadat Bigdeli, Leila Riahi, Fakhreddin Hejazi, Aniseh Nik Ravan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Model of the Costs of Community and Nosocomial Pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Canadian Hospitals

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2013
BACKGROUND: Approximately one in 10 hospitalized patients will acquire a nosocomial infection (NI) after admission to hospital, of which 71% are due to respiratory viruses, including the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Philip Jacobs, Douglas Lier, Katherine Gooch, Katharina Buesch, Michelle Lorimer, Ian Mitchell   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source