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Health services for survivors of gender-based violence in northern Uganda: a qualitative study.

, 2008
The 20-year war in northern Uganda has resulted in up to 1.7 million people being internally displaced, and impoverishment and vulnerability to violence amongst the civilian population.
Borchert, Matthias, Henttonen, Mirkka, Kaducu, Felix, Roberts, Bayard, Watts, Charlotte   +4 more
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Financial Burden and Impoverishment Due to Cardiovascular Medications in Low and Middle Income Countries: An Illustration from India

PLOS ONE, 2016
Health expenditures are a major financial burden for many persons in low and middle-income countries, where individuals often lack health insurance. We estimate the effect of purchasing cardiovascular medicines on poverty in low and middle-income populations using rural and urban India as an example.We created step-up treatment regimens for prevention ...
Pandey, Kiran Raj, Meltzer, David O.
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The Efficacy and Safety of Bevacizumab/Irinotecan/Temozolomide (BIT) for Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma: The UK Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group Experience

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with high‐risk neuroblastoma who either are refractory to induction chemotherapy or relapse following multi‐modal treatment have a dismal prognosis. Based on data from the BEACON trial, since 2021 the UK national guidelines recommend bevacizumab, irinotecan, and temozolomide (BIT) for patients with relapsed/refractory ...
Thomas J. Jackson, Menna Shamma, Upeka Senanayake, Shaimaa Sahmoud, Kathleen Duffin, Victoria Howard, David King, Ayesha Fathani, Blanche Lumb, Andrei Pobischan, Irum Latif Memon, Monzir Ahmed, Rhian Thomas, Gerard Millen, Yasmeen Alomari, Sucheta Vaidya, Lynley V. Marshall, Sally L. George, Ramya Ramanujachar, Juliet Gray, Paola Angelini   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Turkey: analysis of the household budget surveys 2002-2008 [PDF]

, 2012
This paper analyses the prevalence of ‘catastrophic’ out-of-pocket health expenditure in Turkey and identifies the factors which are associated with its risk using the Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2002 to 2008.
Basar, D., Brown, S., Hole, A.R.
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Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Study ARST0332

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma occurring most commonly in adolescence and young adulthood. Methods We present the clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed ASPS enrolled on the Children's Oncology Group study ARST0332.
Jacquelyn N. Crane, Wei Xue, Amira Qumseya, Thomas Scharschmidt, Kathryn R. Tringale, Oscar Lopez Nunez, Jiaqi Hu, Donald A. Barkauskas, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Sheri L. Spunt, Aaron R. Weiss, Noah C. Federman   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez, Jill O. Robinson, Wendy A. Allen‐Rhoades, Hadley S. Smith, Isabel Canfield, Rebecca L. Hsu, Sarah R. Scollon, Lauren R. Desrosiers‐Battu, Nicole M. Schneider, Frank Y. Lin, Donald Williams Parsons, Sharon E. Plon, Mary A. Majumder, Janet Malek, Amy L. McGuire   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Trend of Impoverishing Effects of Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Iranian Provinces in 2008-2014

مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2017
Background and Objectives: One of the fair financial protection indexes in monitoring health systems is estimating impoverishment due to health care expenditure. The aim of this study was to measure the percentage of households impoverished due to out-of-
V Yazdi Feyzabadi, MH Mehrolhassani, AA Haghdoost, M Bahrampour   +3 more
doaj  

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra, Maria McCarthy, Michael Takagi, Cinzia De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Response to Trametinib Combined With Chemotherapy for Infant BRAF‐Fused Chiasmatic Glioma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Infants, less than 1 year, with chiasmatic gliomas (ICG) present a major therapeutic challenge due to large tumor size, decreased vision, rapid progression, and poor response to vincristine/carboplatin chemotherapy. The majority have a BRAF fusion, which may respond to downstream MEK inhibitors but response time is slow. There are no safety or
Helen Toledano, Alexander Yelak, Walid Kaadan, Shlomo Caduri, Rivka Friedland, Orli Michaeli, Gad Dotan, Osnat Konen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additional file 1 of What fragile factors hinder the pace of China’s alleviation efforts of the poverty-stricken population? A study from the perspective of impoverishment caused by medical expenses

, 2022
Additional file 1: Table S1. Univariate analyses on factors associated with IME. Figure S1. Reimbursement expenses and reimbursement rate among different regions.
Wang, Jiahui, Qi, Xinye, Shan, Linghan, Wang, Kexin, Tan, Xiao, Kang, Zheng, Ning, Ning, Liang, Libo, Gao, Lijun, Jiao, Mingli, Cui, Yu, Hao, Yanhua, Wu, Qunhong, Li, Ye   +13 more
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