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Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Escherichia coli by using normalized resistance interpretation.
NRI with previously established optimal controlled parameters for E. coli ATCC25922 was used to reconstruct the fully susceptible population of the tested E. coli isolates. Based on a lower limit for ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in disability in the older population in Brazil, 2013.
were used. Disability was defined based on limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Binomial additive hazards models were fitted to assess the ...
Harmonising summary measures of population health using global survey instruments.
comparability of health expectancies is limited, except within the European Union (EU). To advance international comparability, the European Joint Action on Healthy Life Years (JA: EHLEIS) set up an international ...
Impact of Question Wording on the Measurement of Activity Limitation: Evidence From a Randomized Test in France.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI), a single question measuring disability, had been introduced in various European surveys since 2004. The complexity of its wording has been ...
Clinical action measures improve the reliability of feedback on quality of care in diabetes centres: a retrospective cohort study.
clinician’s actions and the longitudinal nature of chronic care are more reliable, although their major limitation is that they require more sophisticated electronic health records. We created a clinical action ...
AURORA: bariatric surgery registration in women of reproductive age- a multicenter prospective cohort study.
weight loss induced by the surgery is believed to reverse the negative impact of overweight and obesity on female reproduction, however, research is limited to in particular retrospective cohort studies ...
Impact of Chronic Conditions and Multimorbidity on the Disability Burden in the Older Population in Belgium.
or 2008 Belgian Health Interview Surveys aged 55 years or older were analyzed. Disability was defined based on the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI). To attribute disability to single chronic ...
Treatment for substance use disorders: the Belgian Treatment Demand Indicator registration protocol.
strengths and limitations of the register and foresees some future improvements. Health Topics: Illegale drugs Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Illicit drugs Drogues illégales Health and disease ...
Educational differentials in disability vary across and within welfare regimes: a comparison of 26 European countries in 2009.
advantages/disadvantages are discussed regarding the possible influence of welfare regimes. METHODS: Cross-sectional disability prevalence is measured by longstanding health-related activity limitation (AL) in the 2009 ...
Comparison of socio-economic indicators explaining inequalities in Healthy Life Years at age 50 in Europe: 2005 and 2010.
calculated using Sullivan’s method, applying the age-specific prevalence of activity limitation from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU- SILC) survey to life tables. Inequalities ...