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Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder

BJPsych Open, 2016
Background Evidence regarding the relationships between the socioeconomic status and long-term outcomes of individuals with bipolar affective disorder (BPD)
Yi-Ju. Pan, Ling-Ling Yeh, Yu-Chun Chen, Kuei-Hong Kuo, Chin-Kuo Chang   +4 more
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TCT-240 Pre-operative risk and its effect on total costs after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2017
Recent advances in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have led to the adoption of the technology in patients with lower surgical risk. The present study aims to analyze direct costs associated with TAVR in patients with different pre-operative risks.
Alexis Okoh, Bruce Haik, Nathan Kang, Colleen Cassidy, Chunguang Chen, Marc Cohen, Bruce Haik, Mark Russo   +7 more
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A Multi-Dimensional Construction Safety Risk Optimization Model

Buildings
Occupational accidents in the construction sector are a significant concern for government agencies and enterprises globally. A detailed assessment of the potential consequences of accidents is essential for supervisory teams. This study presents a novel
Serkan Aydinli, Özge Alboga, Mustafa Oral, Ercan Erdiş   +3 more
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Impact of ASD and ADHD on pediatric asthma exacerbations: a retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2005–2020

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background To explore the impact of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on in-hospital outcomes in children hospitalized for asthma exacerbations.
Dai-Xuan Lin, Ya-Ting Chang, Yu-Chun Lo, Shih-Ming Weng   +3 more
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Pipes and puddles framework: Risk management in manufacturing processes to reduce the total cost of quality

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Purpose: Decentralize standards to each process owner is an open issue. Centralized standards are a common situation which puts a big amount of chore tasks against continual improvement. The pipes and puddles framework was born to solve this problem.Design/methodology/approach: Pipes and puddles framework takes its ground in risk management, which is ...
José Costas Gual, Rafael Pastor Climent, Julio César Puche Regaliza, Francisco Javier Puente García   +3 more
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Healthcare burden and clinical outcomes of polypharmacy in older adults: a population-based cohort study in South Korea

Archives of Public Health
Background Polypharmacy is a prevalent issue in aging societies, with potential health and cost implications. This study evaluated the impact of polypharmacy on hospitalization rates and healthcare expenditure among individuals aged 65 years and older in
Zhaoyan Piao, Kyung Sun Oh, Euna Han
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Estimating Total Program Cost of a Long-Term, High-Technology, High-Risk Project with Task Durations and Costs That May Increase Over Time

Military Operations Research, 2006
Abstract : We plan a long-term project schedule for which the total budget depends upon the year the project finishes. Each task in the project can begin only when all its predecessor tasks have been completed, and each task has a range of feasible durations with a month-by-month cost profile for each duration.
Brown, Gerald G., Grose, Roger T,, Koyak, Robert A.   +2 more
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Socioeconomic burden of patients hospitalized for fecal impaction: a nationwide retrospective observational study

BMC Gastroenterology
Background Fecal impaction (FI) causes serious complications and has a high mortality rate, particularly among older individuals. However, there have been few large-scale studies on FI, and understanding of FI is incomplete.
Hiromasa Hoshi, Akira Endo, Kiyohide Fushimi, Koji Morishita   +3 more
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Designing a capacitated multi-configuration logistics network under disturbances and parameter uncertainty: a real-world case of a drug supply chain

Journal of Industrial Engineering International, 2017
This study investigates the reliable multi-configuration capacitated logistics network design problem (RMCLNDP) under system disturbances, which relates to locating facilities, establishing transportation links, and also allocating their limited ...
Davood Shishebori, Abolghasem Yousefi Babadi   +1 more
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Economic order quantity model for growing items with incremental quantity discounts

Journal of Industrial Engineering International, 2019
Certain inventory items are living organisms, for example livestock, and are therefore capable of growing during the replenishment cycle. These items often serve as various saleable food items downstream in supply chains.
Makoena Sebatjane, Olufemi Adetunji
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