Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh: State Dependence vs. Unobserved Heterogeneity [PDF]
Using longitudinal data of the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Matlab, Bangladesh, covering the time period 1982 – 2005, and exploiting dynamic panel data models, we analyze siblings’ death at infancy, controlling for unobserved ...
Saha, U.R., Soest, A.H.O. van
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Pentoxifylline dose finding trial in preterm neonates with suspected late onset sepsis (PTX‐trial)
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aim The aim of this study (PTX‐trial) is to determine the optimal dose of pentoxifylline (PTX) in preterm neonates (gestational age < 30 weeks) with (suspected) late onset sepsis (LONS). Methods The PTX‐trial is a prospective multicentre open‐label sequential dose‐optimization study with an adapted continual reassessment method.
Serife Kurul +7 more
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Causal Relationships between Infant Mortality and Fertility in Developedand Less Developed Countries [PDF]
This paper is a study of the dynamic relationships between two demographic variables--the infant mortality rate and the fertility rate-- using time series methodology.
Tadashi Yamada
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American Journal of Men's Health, 2014 Infant mortality is the most widely used indicator of a nation’s health status and is associated with a plethora of maternal and socioeconomic factors. Although the association between young and old maternal age and the risk of infant mortality is well ...
Lauren Abla Doamekpor MPH +2 more
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Short and long-term relationship between physician density on infant mortality: a longitudinal econometric analysis [PDF]
While countries with higher levels of human resources for health typically have better population health, the evidence that increases in the level of human resources for health leads to improvements in population health is limited.
Mansour Farahani +2 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Improvement in medication adherence is often proposed as a potential advantage of pharmacogenetic‐guided prescribing over a traditional one‐size‐fits‐all approach. This paper provides a review of the published literature and presents the findings of studies that measure adherence to medication as an outcome of pharmacogenetic‐informed care, or that ...
Lucy Galloway +2 more
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Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Perinatal and Infant Mortality, Volume 1; papers presented at the International Symposium on Perinatal and Infant Mortality, 1984 ; Bethesda, Maryland [PDF]
On August 6-9, 1984, the International Collaborative Effort (ICD) on Perinatal and Infant Mortality of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) convened an International Symposium for the purpose of coordinating research activities of NCHS with ...
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Ceftriaxone‐associated immune haemolytic anaemia: A patient‐level systematic review
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Ceftriaxone can cause acute haemolysis. Its clinical presentation, risk factors, and outcomes remain incompletely characterized. We conducted a systematic review of published cases with patient‐level data, following international guidelines and with registration in PROSPERO (CRD420261338709). Reports were identified through three bibliographic
Sonja Miotti +9 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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The Impact of Piped Water Provision on Infant Mortality in Brazil: A Quantile Panel Data Approach [PDF]
We examine the impact of piped water on the under-1 infant mortality rate (IMR) in Brazil using a novel econometric procedure for the estimation of quantile treatment effects with panel data.
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran +2 more
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