Linear time trends used for forecast gender- and age-specific prevalence rates. (DOCX)

BackgroundNon-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Down’s syndrome (DS) using cell free fetal DNA in maternal blood has the potential to dramatically alter the way prenatal...

aGDS: Geriatric Depression Scale;bdifferences in proportions: χ2-test; differences in means: t-test; SD: standard deviation.

* These codes denote the outlet or time associated with the lowest mean prices e.g., ‘N’ for nearby supermarkets (see codes in the Table headings). ** These prices were...

Strength and Comfort from Religion by Income and by Education for All, Non-White, White Women Percentages for None, A Little and A Great Deal.

Note: MIUE – Medical Insurance for Urban Employees; MIUR – Medical Insurance for Urban Residents; NCMS – New Cooperative Medical Scheme for Rural Residents.

95% uncertainty intervals are obtained by bootstrapping (1000 samples). #Age was included as continuous predictor variable in the regression models but for clarity this table...

ObjectiveTo assess the budgetary impact of switching from screen-film mammography to full-field digital mammography in a population-based breast cancer screening...

*p<0.01, compared across the five income quintile groups.

* calculated by dividing the number of patients with the outcome ‘complete patient clearance’ by the total number of patients for each treatment. †calculated by applying the...

Notes: Abbreviations: WTP = willingness to pay; € = euro; CI = 95% confidence interval based on the Krinsky and Robb method adjusted for class probabilities and taking into...

1Source: Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) [28].

Aims: Cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a useful tool for estimating the value of an intervention in relation to alternatives. In cardiovascular disease (CVD), CEA is...

BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory II [38]. STAI-T: trait scale of the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory [39]. LEC: Life Events Checklist [40]. Test for differences between groups:...

Filter and stove use by village.

Interview codebook. (DOCX)

Literature from other countries describing the physician-industry relationship from 1994 to 2014. We included studies that reported at least one of the following: (1) having...

Note: In Uganda CHWs are called Village Health Teams (VHTs) and are referred to as VHTs in these questions.

Resource utilization categories and cost measurement.

*Definition of dropout rates is from Bos (2000). Using Immunization Coverage Rates for Monitoring Health Sector Performance: Measurement and Interpretation Issues”, August 2000...