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Prescription of Antibiotics to Treat Gonorrhoea in General Practice in Flanders 2009–2013: A Registry‐Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Background. General practitioners (GPs) as a group have been identified as playing an important role in gonorrhoea management in Flanders. Belgian guidelines recommended ceftriaxone or alternatively spectinomycin from 2008 onwards and azithromycin combination therapy since 2012. Objectives.
Christoph Schweikardt, Geert Goderis, Steven Elli, Yves Coppieters, Bea Vuylsteke   +4 more
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Data errors in mortality estimation: Formal demographic analysis of under-registration, under-enumeration, and age misreporting [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: Omissions and misreported ages in both death and exposure data cause bias in mortality and life expectancy estimates. Most discussions of data errors have focused on a single type of error only, and most rely on empirical examples rather than
Carl Schmertmann, Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, Marcos Gonzaga   +2 more
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The use of models in the estimation of disease epidemiology [PDF]

, 2002
Objective To explore the usefulness of incidence-prevalence-mortality (IPM) models in improving estimates of disease epidemiology. Methods Two artificial and four empirical data sets (for breast, prostate, colorectal, and stomach cancer) were employed in
Kruijshaar, Michelle E., Barendregt, Jan J., Hoeymans, Nancy   +2 more
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A Demographic Study of Aste‐Béon (Ossau Valley, Bearn), a Small Community From French Western Pyrenees in the 19th Century

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 37, Issue 3, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives To decipher the social behaviors and public health status of a 19th‐century small Western Pyrenean community using various historical demography data. Methods From censuses, civil and parish registers of births, marriages, and deaths/burials, migration archives, and administrative records, we analyzed a series of demographic ...
Jean‐Pierre Dugène, Frédéric Bauduer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sub-registro de nascimento em Salvador, BA (Brasil) The under-registration of births in Salvador, BA (Brazil)

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1979
Visando quantificar o sub-registro de nascimento e identificar fatores que podem condicionar a deficiência do registro de nascimento entre crianças menores de um ano, foram feitas 2.893 entrevistas em uma amostra probabilística de domicílios, da área ...
Maura Maria Guimarães de Almeida
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Frequency of use and annual costs of biological therapy for psoriasis in Colombia in 2019

International Journal of Dermatology, Volume 63, Issue 11, Page e296-e301, November 2024.
Abstract Background Evidence describing the types and annual costs of biological treatments for psoriasis in Latin America is scarce. This study aimed to estimate the frequency of use and costs of biologic therapy for psoriasis in Colombia in 2019. Methods This secondary data analysis uses the International Classification of Diseases terms associated ...
Daniel G. Fernández‐Ávila, Jennifer D. Prada‐Vanegas, María C. De la Espriella, Julián E. Barahona‐Correa, Laura P. Charry, Isabel Cuellar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The reliability of perinatal and neonatal mortality rates: Differential under-reporting in linked professional registers vs. Dutch civil registers [PDF]

, 2001
Official Dutch perinatal mortality rates are based on birth and death certificates. These civil registration data are not detailed enough for international comparisons or extensive epidemiological research. In this study, we linked and extrapolated three
Anthony, S. (Sabine), Borkent-Polet, M. (Marion), Dorrepaal, C.A. (Caroline), Graafmans, W.C. (Wilco), Hemel, O.J.S. (Oscar) van, Jansen, F.H.M. (Frans H.), Ouden, A.L. (Lya) den, Pal-De Bruin, K.M. (Karin) van der   +7 more
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Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000 [PDF]

, 2003
BACKGROUND This paper describes the first national burden of disease study for South Africa. The main focus is the burden due to premature mortality, i.e. years of life lost (YLLs). In addition, estimates of the burden contributed by morbidity, i.e.
Bourne, David E., Bradshaw, Debbie, Dorrington, Rob, Groenewald, Pam, Johnson, Leigh, Laubscher, Ria, Nannan, Nadine, Nojilana, Beatrice, Norman, Rosana, Pieterse, Desiréé, Schneider, Michelle, Timæus, Ian M.   +11 more
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Comorbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus: impact on medical health care utilization [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Comorbidity has been shown to intensify health care utilization and to increase medical care costs for patients with diabetes. However, most studies have been focused on one health care service, mainly hospital care, or limited their analyses
Jeroen N Struijs, Caroline A Baan, Francois G Schellevis, Gert P Westert, Geertrudis AM van den Bos, A Feinstein, JA Beckman, AI Adler, RJ Anderson, LE Egede, M Van den Akker, SA Black, R Gijsen, GP Westert, A Norlund, F Carral, J Rapoport, M Brandle, JA O'Brien, SH Simpson, GP Westert, H Lamberts, SIG Zorginformatie, GRA Paas, SM Registratie, JB Reitsma, JN Struijs, C van Weel, M Monane, M Hanefeld, A de Bruin, IM Stratton, I Rupp, MW Battersby   +33 more
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Estimativas do grau de cobertura e da mortalidade adulta (45q15) para as unidades da federação no Brasil entre 1980 e 2010

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
RESUMO: Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade do registro de óbitos do Datasus, por sexo e estados brasileiros, e estimar as probabilidades de morte adulta, 45q15, por sexo e estados, entre 1980 e 2010.
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, Flávio Henrique Miranda de Araujo Freire, Marcos Roberto Gonzaga, Everton Emanuel Campos de Lima   +3 more
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