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Economic burden of diabetes in Brazil in 2014
Abstract Background Diabetes and its complications produce significant clinical, economic and social impact. The knowledge of the costs of diabetes generates subsidies to... -
Additional file 1 of Back pain in children surveyed with weekly text messages...
Additional file 1: Table S1.: Number of children with back pain at least once in a survey year. Table S2. Number of children with back pain at least twice in a survey year.... -
The costs and benefits of water fluoridation in NZ
Abstract Background Implementing community water fluoridation involves costs, but these need to be considered against the likely benefits. We aimed to assess the cost-benefit... -
Additional file 1: of Interprofessional collaborative care characteristics an...
Nursing Leadership Survey - Bedside Interprofessional Rounds (RN-MD rounding). The Nursing Leadership Survey items used in this study, including characteristics of the nursing... -
Case-studies of displacement effects in Dutch hospital care
Abstract Background Under a constrained health care budget, cost-increasing technologies may displace funds from existing health services. However, it is unknown what services... -
Direct costs for nonsurgical management of Chronic Pancreatitis in a tertiary...
Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a leading cause of hospitalization among gastrointestinal diseases resulting in considerable financial burden to patients. However the... -
Redefining diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) for palliative care – a cross-sect...
Abstract Background Hospital costs and cost drivers in palliative care are poorly analysed. It remains unknown whether current German Diagnosis-Related Groups, mainly relying on... -
Informal payments for inpatient health care in post-health transformation pla...
Abstract Background In 2014, a revision of the national medical tariffs for inpatient health care services took place in Iran, and a new hotline was set up to report informal... -
Use of financial incentives and text message feedback to increase healthy foo...
Abstract Background The HealthyFood (HF) program offers members up to 25% cash back monthly on healthy food purchases. In this randomized controlled trial, we tested the... -
Delivery cost analysis of a reactive mass cholera vaccination campaign: a cas...
Abstract Background Cholera is a diarrheal disease that produces rapid dehydration. The infection is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. Oral cholera vaccine (OCV)... -
Affordability of health care under publicly subsidized insurance after Massac...
Abstract Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 2006 Massachusetts (MA) health reform law, on which the ACA was based, aimed to improve the affordability of care... -
Therapeutic rating scores
Database contains the therapeutic rating scores for new active substances from the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board and from Prescrire International. -
The feasibility of implementing a communication skills training course in ped...
Communication skills are a competency highlighted by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education; yet, little is known about the frequency with which trainees... -
The economic burden of adult asthma in Cyprus; a prevalence-based cost of ill...
Abstract Background Asthma is one of the main non-infectious diseases of the respiratory system with substantial economic burden worldwide. The objective of this study was to... -
Mechanical ventilation and the daily cost of ICU care
Abstract Background Intensive care units represent one of the largest clinical cost centers in hospitals. Mechanical ventilation accounts for a significant share of this cost.... -
Additional file 5: of The economic burden of cardiovascular disease and hyper...
Cost burden relative to total health expenditure per capita. (TIFF 3515 kb) -
MOESM12 of Genome-wide SNP data unveils the globalization of domesticated pigs
Additional file 12: Figure S10. Comparison of effective population size for domestic pigs and international commercial breeds. -
Marketing trials, marketing tricks — how to spot them and how to stop them
Abstract Background Last this year in this journal, Barbour and colleagues reported a study of “marketing trials” in leading medical journals (Trials 2016;17:31). In this... -
Additional file 4: of Performance of InSilicoVA for assigning causes of death...
Misclassification matrix for neonatal deaths when InSilicoVA is trained using Tariff 2.0 symptoms without health care experience questions. (XLSX 5 kb) -
Womenâ s experiences seeking informal sector abortion services in Cape Town, ...
Abstract Background In settings where abortion is legally restricted, or permitted but not widely accessible, women face significant barriers to abortion access, sometimes...
