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Health economics evaluation of screening for sarcopenia among community-dwelling older persons

BMC Public Health
Objective Sarcopenia increased the risk of various adverse outcomes, including cardiovascular diseases, falls, and mortality. Implementing interventions could mitigate the harm caused by sarcopenia.
Yang Liu, Boran Sun, Jingyue Wang, Zhanliang Ruan, Yuan Wang, Jian Sun, Shu Wang, Wenli Lu   +7 more
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The STAR trial protocol: a randomised multi-stage phase II/III study of Sunitinib comparing temporary cessation with allowing continuation, at the time of maximal radiological response, in the first-line treatment of locally advanced/metastatic Renal Cancer

BMC Cancer, 2012
Background Over recent years a number of novel therapies have shown promise in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Internationally the standard of care of first-line therapy is sunitinib™, after a clear survival benefit was demonstrated over interferon ...
Collinson Fiona J, Gregory Walter M, McCabe Chris, Howard Helen, Lowe Catherine, Potrata DrBarbara, Tubeuf Sandy, Hanlon Pat, McParland Lucy, Wah T, Selby Peter J, Hewison Jenny, Brown Julia, Brown Janet   +13 more
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The concept of quality of life in oncology [PDF]

Archive of Oncology, 2004
Osoba David
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Long-term cost-effectiveness of pharmacist-managed hypertension care in China

BMC Health Services Research
Background Hypertension is one of the main causes of cardiovascular and kidney diseases in China. However, the rate of effective blood pressure control remains low.
Jingxuan Wei, Lihong Gao, Zhuying Jing, Jia Wang, Yulu Zhu, Haomin Zhu, Xin Li   +6 more
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The economic consequences of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in the Scottish prison system

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly prevalent amongst prison inmates and the criminal justice system (CJS) likely bears considerable costs for offenders with ADHD.
Susan Young, Rafael A. González, Moshe Fridman, Paul Hodgkins, Keira Kim, Gisli H. Gudjonsson   +5 more
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Modelling stem cell differentiation related processes—A practical overview for biologists

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Stem cell differentiation is complex and difficult to control experimentally. This review introduces suitable computational modelling approaches that can support stem cell research, from mechanistic ODE and abstract models to multiscale and deep learning methods.
Ricco Zeegelaar, Xinqi Yan, Lucas F. Jansen Klomp, Stefano Schivo, Janine N. Post   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-utility tele-stroke in adults with acute ischemic stroke. A systematic review

Public Health in Practice
Introduction: Tele-Stroke has been proposed as a solution to increase access to thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke. Objective: Synthesise the evidence of the cost-effectiveness of Tele-Stroke.
Luis Alberto López-Romero, Dora Inés Parra, Alexandra Cortés Aguilar, Fabio Alberto Camargo Figuera   +3 more
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik, İsmail Güderer, Yi Wang, Tayyaba Alvi, Prasoon Pandey, Handan Melike Dönertaş   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost–utility analysis of adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild-to-moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease: PATHFINDER randomised controlled trial

BJPsych Open
Background Depression is common in people with dementia, and negatively affects quality of life. Aims This paper aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an intervention for depression in mild and moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease over ...
Monica Panca, Robert Howard, Elizabeth Cort, Charlotte Rawlinson, Rebecca L. Gould, Martin Wiegand, Anne Marie Downey, Sube Banerjee, Chris Fox, Rowan Harwood, Gill Livingston, Esme Moniz-Cook, Gregor Russell, Alan Thomas, Philip Wilkinson, Nick Freemantle, Rachael Maree Hunter   +16 more
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