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Health Care: How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need? [PDF]

, 2015
Healthcare, a top domestic policy agenda in Congress and across the country since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, is a bellwether issue leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
Mary Engel
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Synergistic Enhancement of Antioxidant Activity in Arbutus unedo Leaf Extract by Biological Fluids: Implications for Functional and Nutraceutical Applications

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of biological fluids (saliva, blood plasma, and urine) on the antioxidant capacity of an aqueous extract derived from Arbutus unedo leaves. The extract displayed a concentration‐dependent reducing activity in the ferric reducing power assay (IC50 = 292 ± 7.54 µg/mL) and phosphomolybdenum assays (IC50 = 461.67 ± 4.
Idir Moualek, Hamdi Bendif, Karima Benarab, Giulio Lupidi, Fehmi Boufahja, Stefania Garzoli, Karim Houali   +6 more
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Organizational Characteristics of Hospitals Meeting STRIDE Program Adoption Benchmarks to Support Mobility for Hospitalized Persons

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
There are few validated contextual measures predicting adoption of evidence-based programs. Variation in context at clinical sites can hamper dissemination.
Leah L. Zullig PhD, MPH, Connor Drake PhD, Amy Webster BS, Matthew Tucker BA, Ashley Choate MPH, Karen M. Stechuchak MS, Cynthia J. Coffman PhD, Caitlin B. Kappler MSW, Cassie Meyer BS, Courtney H. Van Houtven PhD, Kelli D. Allen PhD, Jaime M. Hughes PhD, MPH, MSW, Nina Sperber PhD, Susan Nicole Hastings MD, MHS   +13 more
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Evidence of Glycolysis Up-Regulation and Pyruvate Mitochondrial Oxidation Mismatch During Mechanical Unloading of the Failing Human Heart

JACC: Basic to Translational Science, 2016
This study sought to investigate the effects of mechanical unloading on myocardial energetics and the metabolic perturbation of heart failure (HF) in an effort to identify potential new therapeutic targets that could enhance the unloading-induced cardiac
Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD, Sutip Navankasattusas, PhD, E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, Jared Rutter, PhD, Lauren McCreath, BS, Peter Ferrin, BS, Stephen H. McKellar, MD, Dylan V. Miller, MD, Song Y. Park, PhD, Russell S. Richardson, PhD, Ralph Deberardinis, MD, James E. Cox, PhD, Abdallah G. Kfoury, MD, Craig H. Selzman, MD, Josef Stehlik, MD, James C. Fang, MD, Dean Y. Li, MD, PhD, Stavros G. Drakos, MD, PhD   +17 more
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Special Libraries, October 1950 [PDF]

, 1950
Volume 41, Issue 8https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1950/1007/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
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Impact of extended insurance coverage on survival outcomes among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in Taiwan

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Predetermined treatment duration limits (PTDLs) are often used by Taiwan's National Health Insurance Administration to contain healthcare costs, but they may compromise patient outcomes. Therefore, we studied Taiwan's 2017 extension of the bevacizumab PTDL from 24 to 36 weeks in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) to evaluate whether prolonged ...
Wei‐Ming Huang, Chen‐Han Chueh, Chien‐Yu Tseng, Christopher N. Kaufmann, Earl J. Morris, Chiao‐En Wu, Yi‐Wen Tsai   +6 more
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A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care [PDF]

, 2006
Establishes the framework for a set of preferred practices that can be implemented to provide palliative and hospice care that is safe, beneficial, timely, patient-centered, efficient, and ...

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Antidepressants and the risk of hyponatremia: A multi‐institutional cohort study using observational medical outcomes partnership—Common Data Model

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Hyponatremia is a common yet potentially serious adverse event associated with antidepressants. Identifying the antidepressant class with the least risk of hyponatremia would improve patient safety. Methods Using electronic medical records from 15 hospitals standardized into Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model (2003–2023 ...
Kyungyeon Jung, Ju Hwan Kim, Da Eun Hyeon, Jeongmoon Ji, Min Young Lee, Hayun Choi, Dong Yun Lee, Min Woo Kim, Yoonmin Jang, Seonghoon Hwang, Jaehyeong Cho, Seok Young Song, Sang Youl Rhee, Jae Myung Cha, Won‐Woo Seo, Chang‐Won Jeong, Seung‐Jin Kwag, Woo Jin Kim, Jaeuk Hwang, Min‐ho Kim, Rae Woong Park, Ju‐Young Shin   +21 more
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Transparency and Public Reporting Are Essential for a Safe Health Care System [PDF]

, 2010
Compares three approaches to spurring hospitals to improve patient safety and argues that public reporting of performance and feedback to providers is more effective than regulation and accreditation or financial ...
Lucian L. Leape
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Risk of injury associated with the sedative potential of second‐generation antihistamines: A nationwide retrospective cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim Individual second‐generation antihistamines may possess differential sedative potential due to the variability in central histamine receptor H1 occupancy. This study aimed to evaluate whether the sedative potential of second‐generation antihistamines is associated with the risk of injury during Japan's pollen season. Methods We conducted a
Jumpei Taniguchi, Shotaro Aso, So Sato, Hideo Yasunaga   +3 more
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