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Health-related quality of life and unmet healthcare needs in Huntington’s disease [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017 BackgroundHuntington’s disease (HD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder with a prevalence of 6 per 100.000. Despite increasing research activity on HD, evidence on healthcare utilization, patients’ needs for healthcare services and Health-Related ...
M. V. van Walsem +4 more
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Measuring Active Purchasing in Healthcare: Analysing Reallocations of Funds Between Providers to Evaluate Purchasing Systems Performance in the Netherlands [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023 Background Purchasing systems aim to improve resource allocation in healthcare markets. The Netherlands is characterized by four different purchasing systems: managed competition in the hospital market, a non-competitive single payer system for long ...
Niek Stadhouders +4 more
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Blood, 2021 Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, debilitating condition that negatively impacts patient quality of life (QOL). In addition to causing frequent crises that lead patients to seek medical attention, it can also exacerbate socioeconomic inequities ...
Sharjeel Syed +4 more
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Implementation Science, 2022 Background Implementation strategies are aimed at improving guideline adherence. Both effect and process evaluations are conducted to provide insights into the success or failure of these strategies.
Julie E. M. Swillens +4 more
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Long COVID quality of life and healthcare experiences in the UK: a mixed method online survey
Quality of Life Research, 2023 Purpose The complexity of long COVID and its diverse symptom profile contributes to unprecedented challenges for patients, clinicians, and healthcare services. The threat of long COVID remains ignored by Governments, the media and public health messaging,
Rebecca Owen +9 more
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Impact of Catheter Ablation on Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilisation
Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review, 2021 Impairment of quality of life (QoL) is a well-known complication of AF. Because of the association of AF with older age and many other cardiovascular comorbidities, there are multiple factors that could influence QoL score even after successful AF intervention. However, substantial improvement in QoL has been reported following catheter ablation for AF
Mohanty S., Natale A.
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Cureus, 2023 We are being urged to redefine aging and only use positive terminology when discussing it. It is unacceptable to use a derogatory term like "aging tsunami." This is unfortunate because it comes at a time when geriatrics is precariously balancing itself ...
Srikanta Padhan +3 more
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Quality of life and healthcare utilisation improvements after atrial fibrillation ablation [PDF]
Heart, 2021 ObjectivePulmonary vein isolation (PVI) guided by a standardised CLOSE (contiguous optimised lesions) protocol has been shown to increase clinical success after catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). This study analysed healthcare utilisation and quality of life (QOL) outcomes from a large multicentre prospective study, measured ...
Dhiraj Gupta +14 more
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IoT-Based Healthcare-Monitoring System towards Improving Quality of Life: A Review
Healthcare, 2022 The Internet of Things (IoT) is essential in innovative applications such as smart cities, smart homes, education, healthcare, transportation, and defense operations.
S. Abdulmalek +6 more
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Bezmiâlem Science, 2022 Objective:It is very important to ensure the professional quality of life of healthcare workers in combating the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) outbreak.
Ayşegül Yılmaz +3 more
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