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Centre-Specific Variation in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation-Treatment Rates in a Universal Single-Payer Healthcare System

CJC Open
Background: Disparities in atrial fibrillation ablation rates have been studied previously, with a focus on either patient characteristics or systems factors, rather than geographic factors.
Christina Seo, MASc, Sameer Kushwaha, MD, Paul Angaran, MD, Peter Gozdyra, MA, Katherine S. Allan, PhD, Husam Abdel-Qadir, MD, PhD, Paul Dorian, MD, MSc, Timothy C.Y. Chan, PhD   +7 more
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Bayesian Estimation Improves Prediction of Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimated the statistical power of studies predicting seizure freedom after epilepsy surgery. We extracted data from a Cochrane meta‐analysis. The median power across all studies was 14%. Studies with a median sample size or less (n ≤ 56) and a statistically significant result exaggerated the true effect size by a factor of 5.4, while the ...
Adam S. Dickey, Vineet Reddy, Ammar A. Rashied, Nigel P. Pedersen, Robert T. Krafty   +4 more
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The INSPIRE Comparative Cost Study: 12-Month Health Economic and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Hysterectomy, Myomectomy, and Treatment with the Sonata System

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2020
Elizabeth Brooks,1 Linda Mihalov,2 Dipak Delvadia,3 Joseph Hudgens,4 Saifuddin Mama,5 Gretchen E Makai,6 Matt W Yuen,1 Carter A Little,1 Robert L Bauserman,1 April Zambelli-Weiner,1 David J Levine7 1TTi Health Research & Economics, Westminster, MD ...
Brooks E, Mihalov L, Delvadia D, Hudgens J, Mama S, Makai GE, Yuen MW, Little CA, Bauserman RL, Zambelli-Weiner A, Levine DJ   +10 more
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Predicting adverse outcomes due to diabetes complications with machine learning using administrative health data

npj Digital Medicine, 2021
Across jurisdictions, government and health insurance providers hold a large amount of data from patient interactions with the healthcare system.
Mathieu Ravaut, Hamed Sadeghi, Kin Kwan Leung, Maksims Volkovs, Kathy Kornas, Vinyas Harish, Tristan Watson, Gary F. Lewis, Alanna Weisman, Tomi Poutanen, Laura Rosella   +10 more
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Comparison of Single-Payer and Non Single-Payer Health Care Systems: A Study of Health Administration Efficiency

Modern Economy, 2017
The United States spends nearly twice as much per capita on health care as several OECD countries. Based on previous research, universal health care decreases the total health care expenditure due to the single-payer system; it is still unknown whether a mixed health care system has superiority.
Jia Yu, Yi Zhang
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The Employer-based Health-Insurance System (EBI) Is At Risk: What We Must Do About It [PDF]

, 2007
This report presents the first two parts of CED's research and covers the scope of the crisis in health care and the options for fixing the system. A third part offering CED's recommendations, Quality, Affordable Health Care for All: Moving Beyond the ...

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Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein, Maximilian Mönch, Meret Herdick, Frauke Stascheit, Sarah Hoffmann, Hannah Preßler, Philipp Mergenthaler, Carla Dusemund, Paolo Doksani, Haoqi Sun, Pushpa Narayanaswami, Andreas Meisel, Lea Gerischer, Sophie Lehnerer   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Regulatory Component of Health Care Reform [PDF]

, 2008
Explains the rationales and goals of regulatory intervention. Assesses the likelihood that proposed changes to regulations will be implemented as a component of healthcare reform or that they will help control costs and improve ...
Roger G. Noll
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Cost analysis of the CTLB Study, a multitherapy antenatal education programme to reduce routine interventions in labour [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: To assess whether the multitherapy antenatal education ‘CTLB’ (Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth) Study programme leads to net cost savings.
Dahlen, Hannah G, Downe, Soo, Finlayson, Kenneth William, Girosi, Federico, Levett, Kate M, Smith, Caroline A   +5 more
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Predicting Loss of Ambulation in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type R9 (LGMDR9) results from biallelic variants in FKRP. There is limited data to predict loss of ambulation (LOA) among those with LGMDR9. Methods Participants in an ongoing dystroglycanopathy natural history study (NCT00313677) with FKRP variants who had achieved ambulation and were more than 3 ...
Chandra L. Miller, Lauren N. Coffey, Shelley R. H. Mockler, Katie M. Laubscher, Carrie M. Stephan, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Katherine D. Mathews   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source