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Health Supplier Quality and the Distribution of Child Health [PDF]

There is emerging evidence to suggest that initial differentials between the health of poor and more affluent children in the UK do not widen over early childhood. One reason may be that through the universal public funded health care system all children
Carol Propper, John A. Rigg, Simon Burgess   +2 more
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Implementation of Quality Indicators in Routine Mental Health Care

European Psychiatry, 2015
Quality Indicators that are valid and feasible can measure the quality of care and thus have the potential to effectively improve healthcare. However implementation of quality indicator tools in routine mental health care in Europe is challenging. One reason for this is the sectoral structured health care system in many of the European countries.
B. Janssen, I. Großimlinghaus
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Health System Support for Childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: Results from a Health Facility Census. [PDF]

, 2013
Progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goals four (child health) and five (maternal health) is lagging behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite increasing efforts to scale up high impact interventions.
Ronsmans, Carine, Godfrey Mbaruku, Manzi, Fatuma, Carine Ronsmans, Jenny Jaribu, Marcel Tanner, Suzanne Penfold, Fatuma Manzi, Hassan Mshinda, Claudia Hanson, Werner Maokola, Schellenberg, Joanna, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Hanson, Claudia, Jaribu, Jenny, Joanna Schellenberg, Penfold, Suzanne, Maokola, Werner, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel   +19 more
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Tau acetylation at K331 has limited impact on tau pathology in vivo

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We mapped tau post‐translational modifications in humanized MAPT knock‐in mice and in amyloid‐bearing double knock‐in mice. Acetylation within the repeat domain, particularly around K331, showed modest increases under amyloid pathology. To test functional relevance, we generated MAPTK331Q knock‐in mice.
Shoko Hashimoto, Yukio Matsuba, Mika Takahashi, Takaomi C. Saido   +3 more
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Quality Measurement Recommendations Relevant to Clinical Guidelines in Germany and the United Kingdom: (What) Can We Learn From Each Other?

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2018
We conducted a systematic review of clinical guidelines (CGs) to examine the methodological approaches of quality indicator derivation in CGs, the frequency of quality indicators to check CG recommendations in routine care, and clinimetric properties of ...
Thomas Petzold PhD, M.Sc., Stefanie Deckert MPH, Paula R. Williamson Prof., Jochen Schmitt MPH, MD   +3 more
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Clinical indicators to monitor health care in low back pain: a scoping review

Clinical care indicators for low back pain can be used to monitor healthcare practices and consequently be used to evaluate success of strategies to improve care quality.
Sato, Karen S., Oliveira, Crystian B. [UNESP], Machado, Gustavo C., Ferreira, Giovanni E., Grande, Guilherme H.D. [UNESP], Dos Santos, Vanessa L., Costa, Leonardo O.P., Maher, Chris G., Buchbinder, Rachelle, Vidal, Rubens V.C.   +9 more
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National key performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care: first national results June 2012 to June 2013 [PDF]

, 2014
This report presents data for 19 ‘process of care’ and ‘health outcomes’ indicators which focus on the prevention and management of chronic disease, and maternal and child health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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The development of quality indicators in mental healthcare: a discrete choice experiment

BMC Psychiatry, 2012
Background Health care regulatory agencies perform audits or inspections to judge the quality and safety of health care. This judgment is based on the assessment of a large set of health care indicators as accepted by the profession.
Schellings Ron, Essers Brigitte AB, Kessels Alfons G, Brunner Florian, van de Ven Tijmen, Robben Paul BM   +5 more
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Quality Assurance Policies and Indicators for Long-Term Care in the European Union. Country Report: Latvia. ENEPRI Research Report No. 108, March 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
This paper describes the quality assurance system for long-term care services in Latvia. Policy planning for long-term care is undertaken by the Ministry of Welfare and the municipalities.
Plakane, Baiba
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