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Abstract Health system performance assessment (HSPA) is essential for health planning and to improve population health. One of the HSPA domains is related to effectiveness, which can be represented considering different dimensions. Composite indicators can be used to summarize complex constructs involving several indicators. One example of such efforts
Giovanna D'Inverno+2 more
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ABSTRACT Aim Preventing maternal stress is important for the healthy development of a child. Prenatal home visits were introduced as an integral part of the Dutch preventive youth healthcare for this purpose. This study aims to gain insight into the current state of prenatal home visits. Design Mixed methods explanatory sequential design.
Roos van Tartwijk+2 more
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NARCEINE IN WHOOPING-COUGH. [PDF]
Whooping-cough is one of the most distressing diseases of childhood, although it has been observed in adults. It seldom occurs before the sixth month of life, nor is it frequent after the eighth year. Second attacks are exceedingly rare. Barthez and Rilliet mention a case occurring on the day after birth, the mother having had the disease four weeks ...
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Do Neighborhoods Matter for Individual Decision‐Making? The Case of COVID‐19 Vaccination in Sweden
ABSTRACT Much research has highlighted the significance of neighborhood effects on individual‐level choices and outcomes. But it has proven difficult to disentangle the influence of those that an individual shares a residential space with from that of other peers, such as work colleagues and family members.
Johan Klaesson+3 more
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Clinically diagnosing Pertussis-associated cough in adults and children: chest guideline and expert panel report [PDF]
Background The decision to treat a suspected case of pertussis with antibiotics is usually based on a clinical diagnosis rather than waiting for laboratory confirmation.
Chest Expert Cough Panel, Chest Expert Cough+5 more
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The Long‐Term Effects of In Utero Exposure to Rubella
ABSTRACT A rubella infection in early pregnancy poses a significant risk of damage to the foetus. In this paper, we examine the later‐life impact of a rubella outbreak that occurred in Ireland in 1956. Matching the outcomes of individuals born in 1954–1957 in the 2016 Irish Census of Population to the county‐level rubella incidence rate that was ...
Irene Mosca, Anne Nolan
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Physics to Clinical
A review of an introduction to the mechanisms of formation of OMVs, their action on bacteria and relationship to disease, vaccines, biomonitoring, drug delivery and regenerative medicine in the clinic. ABSTRACT Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale vesicular structures naturally produced by Gram‐negative bacteria during growth.
Jun Zhou+7 more
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