Performance measures of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan physician billing claims for identifying infectious syndromes compared to electronic medical records.

IntroductionLow back pain (LBP) is a globally prevalent disorder with high social significance. Invasive surgical procedures are increasingly being used to treat LBP despite a...

Overall and stratified analyses on lumbar surgery rate in acupuncture and control groups.

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The debate still rages on for the usefulness of ureteral access sheath (UAS). Therefore, a meta-analysis to discuss the effects of applying UAS during ureteroscopy was...

aSpecified with reference to Cook [30] and Waage et al. [36] using distributions defined in Biosecurity Australia [31]; b Derived from Sapoukhina et al. [37]; c ABS [6], Note...

Sensitivity analysis results (LY: life year, QALY: quality adjusted life year, ICER: incremental cost effectiveness ratio); Simulation 1: Exacerbation rate = -46% and Increase...

BackgroundThe medico-economic impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poorly documented.ObjectiveTo estimate the...

Transition probabilities for the presence of fatty liver determined by the predictor variables before transition.

BackgroundHypertension is the leading driver of cardiovascular disease deaths in Africa. Its prevalence is highest in older populations. Yet, this group has received little...

Sexual dysfunction may affect 80% of women in hemodialysis. However the specific patterns and clinical correlates of sexual functioning remain poorly described. The aim of this...

BackgroundIncident fatty liver increases the risk of non–alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which may lead to end-stage liver diseases, and increase the risk of...

Blood pressure measurement methods used in the included studies on hypertension in older adults in Africa.

Demographic characteristics of unmatched cohorts.

Socio-demographic, clinical and dialysis related characteristics of women who responded and those who did not respond to FSFI questionnaire *.

Definition of the state variables used in the model for both humans and mosquitoes.

Simulation result comparing Respiratory rehabilitation program to usual care (QALY: quality adjusted life year, ICER: incremental cost effectiveness ratio).

Performance measures of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan physician billing claims for identifying specific infectious syndromes compared to electronic medical records.

UAS versus non-UAS: Summary of selected studies.

characteristics of the population without pulmonary rehabilitation (usual cares) and with pulmonary rehabilitation (PR); +% non smokers/ex-smokers/smokers; ++% of patients at...