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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Healthcare burden"”.
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Multimorbidity in Diverse Populations: Stratified Analysis of Race/Ethnicity, Age, Obesity, and Healthcare Costs
… patterns. The relationship between healthcare costs and multimorbidity varied for each racial group and depended on the specific combination of chronic conditions, age, and obesity status. Third, it assessed the relationship between BMI and healthcare burden across race and …
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Management of breast cancer in the Medicaid population
… Medicaid population. Medicaid is one the largest healthcare insurance systems in the US providing coverage to more than 60 million low-income individuals. As a part of this project, three studies were conducted. The first study determined the healthcare burden associated with breast cancer in the …
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EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME IN SINGAPORE
… round in Singapore and causes a significant healthcare burden on the healthcare system. Following the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in 2009, the national influenza surveillance programme in Singapore was enhanced to monitor influenza activity more effectively. This is to ensure that …
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Assessment of capacity for vascular disease care in Argentina following consensus recommendations.
… than 30% of deaths. Despite this significant healthcare burden, capacity assessment for vascular care has not been previously carried out in Argentina. The aim of this study was to perform an assessment of the current capabilities for evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular disease in …
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Discovering bioactive compounds for bone growth: the osteogenicity of marine organism-derived extracts
… conditions, helping to address their large healthcare burden and the limitations of current therapies. This study focused on screening for marine-organism derived osteogenic (promoting bone formation) activity, using extracts produced from a wide range of taxonomic groups sourced from the …
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A Multifactorial Study of Factors Influencing Self-Health Behaviors in Dementia
… given the absence of a cure and the rising healthcare burden on individuals and society. This study aims to examine the influence of knowledge, beliefs, and motivation on self-health behaviors to mitigate the risk of dementia among individuals residing in the United States. With the use of …
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Estimating the treatment cost of colon cancer at Groote Schuur Hospital
… be leveraged to understand the treatment cost burden for colon cancer, providing crucial insights for allocating resources to finance such measures. This study aims to assess treatment options and costs for colon cancer treatment from the perspective of healthcare providers at a public …
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Towards Precision Medicine: Characterizing and Predicting Antidepressant Remission Heterogeneity in Late-life Depression Using Genetic Data
… alternative interventions to reduce the overall healthcare burden and improve patient quality of life.
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My name is South Africa and I have a drinking a problem: a multicentre quasi-experimental analysis on alcohol regulation and injury presentations to emergency centres.
… to manage the additional demand placed on the healthcare platform. Since alcohol-related injury contributes a significant acute healthcare burden in South Africa, regulations to limit alcohol availability were also instituted. In this study we aimed to determine the impact of changing alcohol …
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Mechanisms of impaired red blood cell ATP release in older adults: implications for altered vascular control with age
… holds significant potential for reducing the healthcare burden associated with a rapidly aging population. Accordingly, the ultimate goal of this dissertation is to determine if an in vivo pharmacological approach can be utilized to treat the age-related declines in RBC ATP release, thereby …
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Investigation of Copy Number Variation in South African Patients with Congenital Heart Defects
… mortality worldwide and a significant social and healthcare burden. The aetiology of CHD is poorly understood, though heritable genetic factors including copy number variants (CNVs) have been shown to contribute to the risk of CHD in individuals of European ancestry. However, the role of rare CNVs …
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Relationship of brain functional, structural and vascular patterns to cognition in ageing and dementia
… decline with neurodegeneration is a major healthcare burden. To tackle this burden, it is necessary to better understand the brain-cognition relationship in ageing and neurodegenerative diseases especially at an earlier stage, ideally before cognitive impairment. Measurements from …
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Modelling cardiopulmonary interactions. Towards anatomically detailed and physiologically accurate cardiorespiratory models
… and their interactions, due to the increasing healthcare burden related to cardiorespiratory diseases. To this end, physiologically accurate mathematical and computational models can provide an effective tool for the analysis of several physiopathological states and therapeutic strategies …
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Cathepsin S as a mediator of acute lung inflammation
… syndrome represents a significant economic and healthcare burden. Unfortunately, despite many years of preclinical testing and clinical trials, no specific pharmacological therapies have been identified that can meaningfully affect outcomes.<br/><br/>Proteolytic enzymes, or proteases, are known …
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Identifying the psychosocial needs of Emirati and expatriate breast cancer survivors in the U.A. E.: A mixed method investigation in a hospital setting
… long-term survivorship care has become a growing healthcare burden requiring numerous resources including psychosocial support, late and long-term side effects monitoring, follow-up care to screen cancer progression, recurrence or newly developed or secondary cancers (Howell, et. al., 2011; …