Clinical Arterial Peripheral Vascular Pathology Does Not Impact Short- or Long-Term Survival after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Brent Klinkhammer

“…A single center healthcare system. Methodology. A retrospective chart review case-control study of 342 consecutive patients who underwent a TAVR for severe aortic stenosis at Sanford Health in Fargo; ND was performed to determine if preprocedural comorbid AAA, CAS, or PAD was associated with worse outcomes after TAVR. …”
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Structuring and restructuring COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: a systematic review by Luis Fernando Reis Macedo, Kenya Waléria de Siqueira Coelho Lisboa, Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Sarah De Lima Pinto, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão, Gyllyandeson de Araujo Delmondes

“…Thus, understanding this ICU reorganization process is useful for healthcare system planning and, consequently, for preventing system collapse in the face of impending pandemics. …”
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Clinical and Economic Evaluation of Transdermal Oxybutynin in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Spain by Carlos Crespo, Pedro Blasco, Marcelo Guigini, Jordi Galván

“…The economic evaluation was performed from the perspective of the Spanish healthcare system, discounting costs (€2017) and effects at 3%. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of eribulin versus dacarbazine in patients with advanced liposarcoma by Miaomiao Zhang, Jinlong Huang, Xiaochun Zheng, Ping Huang, Xiuli Yang

“…From the perspective of the Chinese healthcare system, eribulin is cost-effective compared to dacarbazine at the WTP threshold.…”
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Exploring Orthopedic Occupational Therapy in Korea: Insights from a Survey on Occupational Therapists’ Perspectives by Junghun Aj Kim

“…This study emphasizes the need for healthcare system improvements that allow OTs to participate more widely without being confined to specific medical disciplines, promoting a more comprehensive approach to OT, especially as the aging population continues to grow.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to medication adherence: a qualitative study with general practitioners by Marja Airaksinen, Kirsi Kvarnström, Helena Liira

“…The medication management challenges identified were related to: patient-specific factors, the healthcare system, characteristics of drug therapies and the function and role of healthcare professionals as a team. …”
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Daily Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection Based on Surface Electromyography and Plantar Pressure by Xugang Xi, Wenjun Jiang, Zhong Lü, Seyed M. Miran, Zhi-Zeng Luo

“…Daily activity monitoring and fall detection using wearable sensors provide an important healthcare system for elderly or frail individuals. We investigated the classification accuracy of daily activity and fall data based on surface electromyography (sEMG) and plantar pressure signals. sEMG and plantar pressure signals were collected, and their features were extracted. …”
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Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions by Farzaneh Mokhtary, Abouali Vedadhir, Akram Sanagoo, Leila Jouybari

“…Materials & Methods This methodological study involved a search in databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, the Iranian Scientific Information Database (SID), and Google Scholar using the keywords institutional ethnography, IE, healthcare system, and delivery of health care, without any time limit until January 2024. …”
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Preoperative Inflammatory Control and Surgical Outcome of Vitrectomy in Intermediate Uveitis by Yong Un Shin, Joo Young Shin, Dae Joong Ma, Heeyoon Cho, Hyeong Gon Yu

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Digital Health: The Cybersecurity for AI-Based Healthcare Communication by Abdullah M. Algarni, Vijey Thayananthan

“…Despite numerous approaches introduced internationally, the field continues to grapple with real-world issues, demands, and a rising number of unforeseen diseases stemming from vulnerabilities, such as zero-day attacks. Purpose: The healthcare system, including communication between medical devices, must evolve alongside new technologies, such as AI-based proactive devices. …”
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Identifying the critical management aspects for diabetic patients A qualitative study by Farshad Falahati, Khalil Alimohammadzadeh, Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini, Ali Maher, Mehrnoosh Jafari

“…This study aims to create a management model for delivering services to diabetic patients within the Iranian healthcare system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research adopts a qualitative-quantitative approach, utilizing multiple techniques to support the study’s findings. …”
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Exploring the link between Multimorbidity and direct healthcare costs in Ireland: A cross-sectional study by Sharon Walsh, Paddy Gillespie

“…This paper seeks to estimate the association between multimorbidity and direct healthcare costs among older people in Ireland from a healthcare system perspective. Methods Cross-sectional analysis of data on 8,447 community-dwelling adults aged 50 and over collected between 2009 and 2011 as part of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. …”
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Challenges faced by human resources for health in Morocco: A scoping review. by Wafaa Al Hassani, Youness El Achhab, Chakib Nejjari

“…Despite promising developments in the Moroccan healthcare system, addressing the unequal urban-rural HRH distribution, augmenting funding, and enhancing HRH quality of life stand as pivotal imperatives.…”
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Insights from a Decade of Optimizing Emergency Medical Services Across Three Major Regions in Switzerland by Christoph Strauss, Michael Schmid, Daniel Kliem, Martin Müller

“…Strategies aimed at improving prehospital care management emphasize the efficient utilization of resources, but often overlook the long-term implications for the prehospital healthcare system, encompassing emergency medical services, emergency departments, and healthcare authorities. …”
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Current Advances in Red Blood Cell Generation Using Stem Cells from Diverse Sources by Yoojin Seo, Kyung-Hwa Shin, Hyung Hoi Kim, Hyung-Sik Kim

“…Blood transfusions hold an indispensable part in the modern healthcare system. Up to date, the blood supply is largely dependent on donations. …”
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Development and validation of the Low Back Pain Questionnaire for Nurses (LBP-NS) in Indonesia: A structural equation modeling approach by Wirakhmi Ikit Netra, Kusuma Ikhwan Yuda, Haniyah Siti, Nurkholis Fiqih

“…This study aimed to address the lack of culturally and contextually relevant tools for assessing low back pain (LBP) among nurses in Indonesia, given their pivotal role in the country’s healthcare system and high occupational risk of LBP. Using purposive sampling, this study included 305 nurses from 34 provinces in Indonesia to ensure diverse and representative data. …”
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Awareness and Need for Dental Insurance in India: A Survey-Based Study Among Dental Health Care Professionals by Nileshwariba Jadeja, Ruchik Anerao, C. Nandini, Chaitanya Buddhikot, Anuraga Sekharamantri, Pooja Singh, Freya Mehul Gandhi

“…Conclusion: Integrating dental insurance into India's healthcare system could enhance dental care access by lowering financial barriers. …”
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Timeout for Contrast: Using Physician Behavior Modification to Reduce Contrast in the Catheterization Laboratory by Robby Singh, Marcel Zughaib

“…As the number of procedures using contrast media continues to rise, the ensuing complications place an ever increasing burden on the healthcare system. Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common postprocedural complication after cardiac catheterization. …”
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Comparison of Population Attributable Fractions of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Linked to Excess Body Weight in Korea from 2015 to 2030 by Youjin Hong, Jihye An, Jeehi Jung, Hyeon Sook Lee, Soseul Sung, Sungji Moon, Inah Kim, Jung Eun Lee, Aesun Shin, Sun Ha Jee, Sun-Seog Kweon, Min-Ho Shin, Sangmin Park, Seung-Ho Ryu, Sun Young Yang, Seung Ho Choi, Jeongseon Kim, Sang-Wook Yi, Yoon-Jung Choi, Sangjun Lee, Woojin Lim, Kyungsik Kim, Sohee Park, Jeong-Soo Im, Hong Gwan Seo, Kwang-Pil Ko, Sue K. Park

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Documents of the Society of Doctors at the Kazan University as a historical source (second half of the 1920s) by R.G. Ivanova, A.A. Salnikova

“…The sources under the study are the unique documents, which have been for the first time used for the purposes of research, concerning the specific activity of the society during the establishment of the Soviet healthcare system. The society was founded in 1868, i.e., it can be considered as one of the oldest medical corporate associations in Russia. …”
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