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Risk of Secondary Household Transmission of COVID-19 from Health Care Workers in a Hospital in Spain

Epidemiologia, 2021
Background: Hospital health care workers are at high risk of developing COVID-19 and transmitting the disease to their family upon returning home; the aim here is to estimate the secondary attack rate of COVID-19 in household contacts of health care ...
Miren Remón-Berrade, Sara Guillen-Aguinaga, Isabel Sarrate-Adot, Maria Pilar Garcia-Garcia, Maria del Carmen Lerga-Berruezo, Laura Guillen-Aguinaga, Francisco Guillen-Grima   +6 more
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Improving the health of people with multimorbidity: the need for prospective cohort studies [PDF]

, 2011
The dramatic rise in long-term conditions (LTCs) represents a major challenge for individuals, families, and health care systems worldwide. Due to the scale of this rise, the management of patients with LTCs largely falls within the domain of primary ...
Stewart W. Mercer, Gunn, J., Mercer, SW, Jane Gunn, Sally Wyke, Wyke, Sally, Wyke, S., Wyke, S, Gunn, J, Mercer, S.W., Mercer, Stewart W., Gunn, Jane   +11 more
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Provision of dental prostheses in the oral health care network: a mixed methods study, Goiânia, Brazil, 2019 [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To analyze the provision of dental prostheses by the oral health care network (OHCN) of Goiânia, capital city of Goiás state, Brazil. Methods This was a convergent mixed methods study, with semi-structured interviews, thematic analysis and ...
Jéssica Karla Maia Zago, Gabriela Montenegro dos Anjos, Gerald John McKenna, Claudio Rodrigues Leles, Lidia Moraes Ribeiro Jordão   +4 more
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Environmental factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury, South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe environment where people live, work or play can influence health and disability outcomes. People with spinal cord injury are at risk for secondary health conditions, with this increasing readmission rates and decreasing quality of life ...
Sonti Pilusa, Hellen Myezwa, Joanne Potterton   +2 more
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Integrated, multidisciplinary care for hand eczema: design of a randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The individual and societal burden of hand eczema is high. Literature indicates that moderate to severe hand eczema is a disease with a poor prognosis. Many patients are hampered in their daily activities, including work.
Bruynzeel, D., Boot, C.R.L., Cécile RL Boot, Boot Cécile RL, Anema Johannes R, Coenraads, Pieter J., Derk Bruynzeel, Bruynzeel, D.P., Boot, Cecile R. L., van Gils Robin F, Anema, Johannes R., Coenraads Pieter J, Willem van Mechelen, Johannes R Anema, Coenraads, P.J., Pieter J Coenraads, Bruynzeel Derk, Bruynzeel, Derk, van der Valk Pieter GM, Gils, R.F. van, Valk, P.G.M. van der, van Gils, Robin F., van der Valk, P.G.M., Robin F van Gils, van Mechelen, W., Valk, P. van der, van der Valk, Pieter G. M., Anema, J.R., Mechelen, W. van, van Mechelen, Willem, van Gils, R.F., van der Valk, P., Pieter GM van der Valk, van Mechelen Willem   +33 more
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INFORMATIZATION OF HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS AS A BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Medična Informatika ta Inženerìâ, 2015
A low level of computerization of primary and secondary health care and a higher level in tertiary health care is shown. At the same time a low level of Internet access in primary health care institutions and much higher - in institutions of secondary ...
M. A. Znamenska, G. O. Slabkiy
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Status of primary and secondary mental healthcare of people with severe mental illness: an epidemiological study from the UK PARTNERS2 programme

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background There is global interest in the reconfiguration of community mental health services, including primary care, to improve clinical and cost effectiveness.
Siobhan Reilly, Catherine McCabe, Natalie Marchevsky, Maria Green, Linda Davies, Natalie Ives, Humera Plappert, Jon Allard, Tim Rawcliffe, John Gibson, Michael Clark, Vanessa Pinfold, Linda Gask, Peter Huxley, Richard Byng, Max Birchwood   +15 more
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Are mental health problems associated with use of Accident and Emergency and health-related harm? [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Previous findings indicate that mental health problems are common in Emergency departments; however, there are few studies of the extent of health-related problems and emergency service use in mental health populations as a whole.
Rodriguez, J., Rodriguez, Jorge, Keene, Jan   +2 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
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Health and access to care for undocumented migrants living in the European Union: a scoping review. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Literature on health and access to care of undocumented migrants in the European Union (EU) is limited and heterogeneous in focus and quality.
Howard, Natasha, Wolffers, Ivan, Woodward, Aniek, Wolffers, I.N., Woodward, A., Howard, N.   +5 more
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