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Exploring the impact of ambient temperature on respiratory diseases admissions, length of Stay, and hospitalization costs in Lanzhou City, based on distributed lag non-linear model

Climate Services
This study was to explore the relationships between daily mean temperature and hospital admissions, length of stay and hospitalization costs for respiratory diseases, and to estimate the risk effects and burden of disease.
Xusong Zhang, Ke Xu, Qian Li, Anning Zhu, Jingze Yu, Miaoxin Liu, Jiyuan Dong, Rentong Chen, Li Ma, Ye Ruan   +9 more
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Costs of Cancer Prevention: Physical and Psychosocial Sequelae of Risk-Reducing Total Gastrectomy

Journal of Clinical Oncology
PURPOSE Risk-reducing surgery for cancer prevention in solid tumors is a pressing clinical topic because of the increasing availability of germline genetic testing. We examined the short- and long-term outcomes of risk-reducing total gastrectomy (RRTG) and its lesser-known impacts on health-related quality of life (QOL) in individuals with hereditary ...
Amber F. Gallanis, Lauren A. Gamble, Sarah G. Samaranayake, Rachael Lopez, Amanda Rhodes, Suraj Rajasimhan, Grace-Ann Fasaye, Olvan Juma, Maureen Connolly, Stacy Joyce, Ann Berger, Theo Heller, Andrew M. Blakely, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Jeremy L. Davis   +14 more
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Risk-Based Modeling of Life-Cycle and Total Ownership Cost

, 2021
In this research, we answer the following primary question: Would an advanced analytical model be a more effective metric to estimate total ownership cost (TOC) with life-cycle cost under uncertainty and risk than the current method of life-cycle cost estimates for surface electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensors?
Mun, Johnathan, Ledbetter, Eliah, George, Katelyn   +2 more
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Cost Profile of Membranes That Use Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs)

Membranes, 2022
Assessing the financial impact of polymers of intrinsic microporosity, otherwise known as PIMs, at the lab scale has been impeded by the absence of a holistic approach that would envelop all related financial parameters, and most importantly any indirect
Despina A. Gkika, Volkan Filiz, Sofia Rangou, George Z. Kyzas, Athanasios C. Mitrοpoulos   +4 more
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Climate risks, multi-tier medical insurance systems, and health inequality: evidence from China’s middle-aged and elderly populations

BMC Health Services Research
Background Against the backdrop of increasing population aging, the uncertainty and irreversibility of climate change have a significant impact on the health and healthcare burden of the elderly.
Hongyan Yang, Yang Yang, Dequan Li
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Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012
Objective: To estimate the costs of health care and lost productivity attributable to overweight and obesity in New Zealand (NZ) in 2006. Methods: A prevalence‐based approach to costing was used in which costs were calculated for all cases of disease in ...
Anita Lal, Marj Moodie, Toni Ashton, Mohammad Siahpush, Boyd Swinburn   +4 more
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Incidence, risk factors and the healthcare cost of falls postdischarge after elective total hip and total knee replacement surgery: protocol for a prospective observational cohort study [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2016
IntroductionThe number of major joint replacement procedures continues to increase in Australia. The primary aim of this study is to determine the incidence of falls in the first 12 months after discharge from hospital in a cohort of older patients who undergo elective total hip or total knee replacement.Methods and analysesA prospective longitudinal ...
Hill, Anne-Marie, Ross-Adjie, Gail, Monterosso, Leanne, Bulsara, Max, McPhail, Steven, Etherton-Beer, Christopher, Powell, Sarah-Jayne, Hardisty, Gerard   +7 more
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Adaptation costs for climate change-related cases of diarrhoeal disease, malnutrition, and malaria in 2030

Globalization and Health, 2008
Background Climate change has begun to negatively affect human health, with larger burdens projected in the future as weather patterns continue to change.
Ebi Kristie L
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Readmission risk and costs of firearm injuries in the United States, 2010-2015.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BACKGROUND:In 2015 there were 36,252 firearm-related deaths and 84,997 nonfatal injuries in the United States. The longitudinal burden of these injuries through readmissions is currently underestimated.
Sarabeth A Spitzer, Daniel Vail, Lakshika Tennakoon, Charlotte Rajasingh, David A Spain, Thomas G Weiser   +5 more
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Physical inactivity: productivity losses and healthcare costs 2002 and 2016 in Sweden

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2018
Objectives To estimate the costs associated with physical inactivity in Sweden for the year 2016.Methods The costs associated with insufficient physical activity was calculated employing population attributable fractions (PAFs) and register information ...
Kristian Bolin
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