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Assessing polypharmacy in the older population: Comparison of a self‐reported and prescription based method
polypharmacy (use or prescription ≥5 medicines) and excessive polypharmacy (≥10 medicines) between both sources was assessed with kappa statistics. Multinomial logistic regression was used to study determinants ...
Recommendations to plan a national burden of disease study
profiles with national health statistics. Conclusions These recommendations as minimum requirements would facilitate efforts by those European countries who intend to perform national BoD studies. Health ...
Conducting national burden of disease studies in small countries in Europe– a feasible challenge?
institutes of public health, statistical offices and other bodies. Hence, DALY s can be estimated at a national level through the combination of the YLL and YLD information. On the other hand, small countries ...
The Cost of Diets According to Nutritional Quality and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Population-Based Assessment in Belgium
ConsumerScan Panel food price data. Statistical analyses performed: Associations were estimated using linear regressions. Results: The mean daily diet cost was US $6.51 (standard error of mean [SEM] US $0.08; ...
Organisation of Multi-Mycotoxin Proficiency Tests: Evaluation of the Performances of the Laboratories Using the Triple A Rating Approach
Europe, Canada, and the United States. The obtained datasets were computed using robust statistics. The outliers were checked and removed, and the toxin concentrations were assigned as the consensus value ...
Evaluation of the shucking of certain species of scallops contaminated with domoic acid with a view to the production of edible parts meeting the safety requirements foreseen in the Union legislation
concentration levels was above the limit of quantification (LOQ) and only these data were used for the assessment. Shucking in most cases resulted in a strong decrease in the toxin levels. Statistical analysis of ...
Evaluation of the shucking of certain species of scallops contaminated with lipophilic toxins with a view to the production of edible parts meeting the safety requirements foreseen in the Union legislation
detection (LOD), especially in adductor muscle but also in gonads. Shucking in most cases resulted in a strong decrease in the toxin levels. For Pecten maximus, statistical analysis showed that levels in ...
European antimicrobial resistance surveillance, Belgium (EARS-BE) National statistical report, data from 2019
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Karl Mertens; Lucy Catteau Source: Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, p.13 (2021) Accession Number: D/2021/14.440/5 Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance clinical laboratory ...
Morbidity Statistics: 2019 Pilot Data Collection Belgium, Final Report
Accession Number: D/2020/14.440/86 Keywords: Morbidity statistics Population health monitoring Abstract: The project required the involvement of multiple stakeholders in Belgium. Some of these collaborations ...
Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium.
statistic was also calculated. Participants’ sociodemographic and health status characteristics associated with agreement were tested using logistic regression for each CD. RESULTS: Prevalence from BCHI data ...