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Contextual factors influencing the equitable implementation of precision medicine in routine cancer care in Belgium
challenges and suggesting solutions with an emphasis on the importance of comparative analyses of health systems, evaluation of health technology assessment methods, and the exploration of ethical issues in ...
Clinical performance of the novel full-genotyping OncoPredict HPV Quantitative Typing assay using the VALGENT framework.
OncoPredict HPV QT (index test) for the detection of CIN2 + was assessed relative to the GP5 +/6+ Enzyme ImmunoAssay (GP5 +/6+ EIA) (comparator test), using noninferiority criteria. Intra- and interlaboratory ...
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.
comparable for all regions. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination uptake is critical to develop strategies guaranteeing a more equitable ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
The overall prevalence of overweight among children is significantly higher in 2018 (19.0% (16.4-21.6%)) than in 1997 (13.6% (11.2-16.0%)), but no difference compared to the intervening years. Among the ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
superior predictive validity compared to the currently employed algorithm by the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI). METHODS: The current study includes a secondary ...
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
monitor general trends and early signals of viral genetic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and compare it with the BGS as a reference model. METHODS: Nine-hundred twenty-five SARS-CoV-2 positive samples from ...
Developing evidence-informed indicators to monitor HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes across EU/EEA countries: a multi-stakeholder consensus
of PrEP. However, there is a lack of commonly defined indicators for routine monitoring to allow for minimum comparability. We propose a harmonised PrEP monitoring approach for the EU / EEA, based on ...
Virological surveillance of influenza in Belgium, season 2019-2020
From week 10, the first SARS-CoV-2 patient were diagnosed. These patients were mostly adults and children above 14 years old. Severity was moderate in comparison to the previous season and comparable to ...
Risk Factors Associated with Severe RSV Infection in Infants: What Is the Role of Viral Co-Infections?
Score (BRAS) (IRR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.02 to 1.70) compared to patients with RSV co-infections. No significant difference was found in saturation on admission, O need, or ReSViNET-score. In our cohort, ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
had previous infections were significantly less likely to receive the first booster dose compared to individuals with no infection, especially when the infection occurred after completion of PC and with ...