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Cost of Caregivers for Treating Hospitalized Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Introduction: Diarrheal diseases are a global public health problem and one of the leading causes of mortality, morbidity and economic loss. The objective of the study is to estimate the economic cost of caregivers and cost distribution per diarrheal ...
Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Nausad Ali, Raisul Akram, Khorshed Alam, Jahangir A.M. Khan, Alec Morton   +6 more
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Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: a systematic review

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2018
OBJECTIVES: Occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions` effect on worker productivity is an essential, but complex element of the value of these programs.
Jonas Steel, Lode Godderis, Jeroen Luyten   +2 more
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Comparison of health-care expenditure of obese and non-obese patients attending a tertiary health-care institution in Northwest, Nigeria

Sahel Medical Journal, 2016
Background: The World Health Organization estimates that obesity is responsible for between 2% and 7% of global health-care spending. Obesity has a huge public health significance considering that about a third of the global population is either ...
Musa Usman Umar, Abubakar Sanusi, Muhammad Rayyan Garba   +2 more
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Ironic Medications: A Narrative‐Based Psycho‐Educational Intervention to Explore Patient–Provider Communication in Adolescents With Haematological Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with haematological malignancies face significant emotional and relational challenges, often accompanied by difficulties in communicating their needs within the healthcare context. To address these issues, a narrative‐based psycho‐educational intervention based on the creation and prescription of Ironic Medications was ...
Marta Stoppa, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Selena Russo, Giulia Rampoldi, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Andrea Biondi, Marco Spinelli   +7 more
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Catastrophic costs of Tuberculosis in patients registered under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme in South-East Delhi, India

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death from an infectious agent. Tuberculosis patients often fall into a “poverty medical trap” due to the cost of treatment.
Tazean Zahoor Malik, Faheem Ahmed, Sushovan Roy, Rashmi Agarwalla, Rambha Pathak   +4 more
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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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Improvement of Sickle Cell Disease Care Mitigates the Healthcare Utilization Induced by Increased Prevalence: Experience of a Tertiary Pediatric Center

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) has undergone major changes in the last decades. Its prevalence has been steadily increasing and numerous advances have been made in the management of the disease. However, the effect in real‐life setting of these major changes is unknown, particularly in a Canadian environment. Procedure We aimed to assess
Maude Cigna, Alexia Muresan, Estelle Lecluze, Karine Leduc, Nathalie Fournier, Maria Tamer, Jean‐François Delisle, Jeremi Charbonneau, Annie Viau, Jessica Darilus, Marie‐Joëlle Doré‐Bergeron, Valérie Arsenault, Evelyne Doyon‐Trottier, Stéphanie Forte, Nancy Robitaille, Yves Pastore, Thomas Pincez   +16 more
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Economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease in Latin America: A systematic review

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
This Systematic Review assesses the economic impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in relation to healthcare resource utilization and associated costs.
Carolina Moreno, Ariel Bardach, María Carolina Palermo, María Macarena Sandoval, Elsa Baumeister, Silvina Ruvinsky, Rolando Ulloa-Gutiérrez, Katharina Stegelmann, Sofía Ardiles Ruesjas, Jorge LaRotta, Rodrigo Sini de Almeida, Agustín Ciapponi   +11 more
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Cost Analysis of Oral Cancer Treatment in a Tertiary Care Referral Center in India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology, 2017
Introduction: As much as the number of oral cancer patients is a heavy burden to the health care system in India, so much is the economic burden to the patient and the relatives, especially in India where most do not have any financial cover for their ...
Jeba Karunya Ramireddy, Daniel Sathiya Sundaram, Rabin K Chacko   +2 more
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A Study Concerning the Application of the Activity-Based Costing Method for Entities Operating in the Building Sector

CECCAR Business Review, 2020
Cost calculation plays an important part in the decision-making process of management of the economic entities. The aim of this article is to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) calculation method when ...
Delia DAVID, Daniela PORDEA, Luminița PĂIUȘAN   +2 more
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