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Patient claims in prosthetic hip infections: a comparison of nationwide incidence in Sweden and patient insurance data

Acta Orthopaedica, 2018
Background and purpose — Patients in Sweden are insured against avoidable patient injuries. Prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) resulting from intraoperative contamination are regarded as compensable by the Swedish public insurance system.
Piotr Kasina, A. Enocson, V. Lindgren, L. Lapidus   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Performances of insurance industry and the Nigerian economic growth

Bussecon Review of Social Sciences (2687-2285), 2019
This research analyzed the insurance industry and economic growth in Nigeria between 1980 and 2015. Secondary data ranging from real gross domestic product, the premium of the insurance business, claim expenditure of insurance industry and inflation rate
Emeka Nkoro, Nenubari John Ikue, Ph.D, Chidinma Mary Nwantah   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prophylactic Enoxaparin Reduces Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism Compared With No Chemoprophylaxis Within 95 Days After Knee Arthroscopy

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To investigate whether prophylactic use of low‐molecular‐weight heparin (enoxaparin) after knee arthroscopy reduces the incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with no postoperative pharmacological prophylaxis. Methods We conducted a population‐based cohort study using linked national insurance and hospital data from ...
Aylin Albrecht, Lorenz Kapral, Felix Gruber, Christoph Dibiasi, Oliver Kimberger, Christian Albrecht   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with Osteoporosis in South Korea: Results from the National Claim Registry

Journal of Bone Metabolism, 2017
Background Although osteoporosis is increasing medical issue in the elderly population, attempts to analyze the characteristics of patients diagnosed with osteoporosis are rare in South Korea.
H. Yoon, Young-Kyun Lee, Y. Ha
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ANK1 and EPB41 Variants and the Risk of Steroid‐Induced Osteonecrosis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Steroid‐induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH) is a refractory skeletal disorder influenced by genetic and environmental factors. However, conclusive pathogenic genetic evidence remains elusive due to the limited exploration of rare damaging variants. In this study, we aimed to identify rare variants associated with SONFH.
Shengbao Chen, Xianmin Zhu, Zhongzhong Chen, Wei Chen, Hussam Alkaissi, Zeng Zhang, Yun Gao, Junhui Yin, Xiangtian Yu, Qiong Fu, Youshui Gao, Zhenzhong Zhu, Qianying Cai, Pengwei Zhang, Weibin Chen, Xin Zhao, Xiaojin Wu, Karel Pacak, Dongxu Jin, Chunde Bao, Zhengping Zhuang, Changqing Zhang   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inferring Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Status From the Electronic Health Records Across Health Systems

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Disease activity plays a central role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical studies. The inconsistent availability of data on disease activity in real‐world electronic health records (EHRs) data has limited the ability to generate real‐world evidence (RWE).
David Cheng, Xuan Wang, Gregory C. McDermott, Jennifer S. Hanberg, Zoe Love, Katherine Zhong, Mary Jeffway, Jue Hou, Vidul Panickan, Rahul Sangar, Ying Qi, Connor Melley, Lauren Costa, Dakota Feil, Rachael Matty, Dana Weisenfeld, Abisayo Animashaun, Aimee Schreiner, Sara Morini, Lauren Rusnak, Andrew Cagan, Misti Paudel, J. Michael Gaziano, Brian Sauer, Michael Weinblatt, Joshua Baker, Bryant England, Yuk‐Lam Ho, Kelly Cho, Paul Monach, Grant W. Cannon, Nancy Shadick, Ted R. Mikuls, Tianxi Cai, Katherine P. Liao   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pragmatic Trial of a Shared Decision‐Making Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The HCQ‐SAFE Study

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) nonadherence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) stemming from decision complexities can be improved with shared decision‐making (SDM) tools clarifying benefits and harms. This study aimed to develop and evaluate HCQ‐SAFE, a pictogram‐based SDM tool during SLE visits.
Caroline Packee, Jay J. Patel, Jessica Kent, Betty Chewning, Sancia Ferguson, Patricia Tellez‐Giron, David Gazeley, Christie M. Bartels, Shivani Garg   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of hospital-based HIV seroprevalence as a nationwide scale by novel method; 2002-2008 in Korea

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background In Korea, approximately 70% of HIV-positive individuals are currently diagnosed in hospitals, while most HIV-positive patients were diagnosed at public health centers in 1980 s and 1990 s.
Wang Jin-Sook, Hong Kee-Jong, Lee Jin-Hee, Kim Sung, Kee Mee-Kyung   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fine Particulate Matter Constituents, Ozone, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Large General‐Population Cohort Analysis With Extended Quantile g‐Computation

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether exposure to mixture of individual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) chemical constituents is associated with incident systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and if ozone modifies this association and/or is associated with SLE onset.
Naizhuo Zhao, Sasha Bernatsky, Sharon Dowell, Brittany Banbury, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Grace C. Wright, Emily E. Holladay, Amy Mudano, Cristiano S. Moura, Gail S. Kerr   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source