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Low hepatitis C prevalence in Belgium: implications for treatment reimbursement and scale up.
chronic HCV infection 0.12% (95% CI: 0.03-0.41). In individuals of 20 years and older, these estimates were 0.26% (95% CI: 0.10-0.64%) and 0.13% (95% CI: 0.04-0.43), respectively. Of the total estimated ...
Pathways to a cancer-free future: A protocol for modelled evaluations to maximize the future impact of interventions on cervical cancer in Australia
retaining vaccination uptake at the current level; vaccinating older women; increasing screening participation; methods for triaging HPV-positive women; improving the diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial ...
Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis
deaths and 874 541 (768 837-989 068) DALY s. The burden for the EU and EEA was highest in infants (aged <1 year) and people aged 65 years or older, had increased since 2007, and was highest in Italy ...
addhaz: Contribution of Chronic Diseases to the Disability Burden Using R.
diseases contributes to disability at older ages. The estimation of how much chronic conditions contribute to disability can be useful to develop public health strategies to reduce the burden. This paper ...
Quality of primary palliative care for older people with mild and severe dementia: an international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators.
Source: Age Ageing, Volume 47, Issue 6 (2018) Keywords: Dementia General practice older people Palliative Care primary palliative care quality indicators Abstract: Background: measuring the quality of ...
Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors.
between bivalent and quadrivalent vaccines (bivalent: RR 0.08 (0.03 to 0.23), high certainty; quadrivalent: RR 0.54 (0.36 to 0.82), moderate certainty). Data in older women were not available for this ...
Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
end-of-life care older people Palliative Care primary care trend analysis Abstract: BACKGROUND: The need for increased use and timely initiation of palliative care for all people, not just those who die with ...
Characteristics of the antibiotic regimen that affect antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens
is unclear. Methods In this retrospective multi-center cohort study, we assessed the impact of different variables on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogens isolated from the urinary tract in older adults. ...
Data on short-term effect of nitrogen dioxide on cardiovascular health in Wallonia, Belgium
admissions for cardiovascular disease. Forty-five percent of patients were women and 66.5% were 65 and older. Heart rhythm disorders account for the majority of hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease. ...
Additional weighting for education affects estimates from a National Health Interview Survey.
the total study population aged 25 years and older. If education is taken into account this proportion rises to 40.3%. The use of post-stratification weights adjusting for the population distribution by ...