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Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
contains all cases. This parent node then gives rise to multiple “child nodes”, with the terminal child nodes representing the individual health states. In BeBOD, disease models and severity distributions ...
Unravelling COVID-19 social mortality patterns using conditional inference tree algorithm
outcomes were considered in this study aiming at predicting sociodemographic (SD) and socioeconomic (SE) patterns of 1) COVID-19 specific death compared to survival; 2) all other causes of death (OCOD) ...
The data layer: the importance of sources critical appraisal
hinge on several key questions: Is the database exhaustive or merely a sample? Does the case definition rely on direct medical diagnoses or proxies? Does the source capture all cases? Is the data ...
Method development for analysis of nanoplastics in drinking water and milk using transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
risk assessment. This TEM-based approach was validated using polystyrene (PS) reference beads in the size range 60-500 nm, encompassing all analysis steps, from sample preparation to image analysis. Typically, the ...
Applying foresight methods at the national level in the field of substance use: Experience from the DRUGPREP project
the results will be presented. Policymakers across all levels (local, regional, federal) have been active participants in the foresight activities and workshops. The link to policymaking has been ...
Illegal medicines observed in the EU
further be subdivided in unauthorized and counterfeit products, imitations and the so called medicines in disguise. All these products can suffer from quality defects as the absence or the wrong dosage of ...
Reflections of the NRL: implementation of EN ISO 11133 in food microbiology laboratories
11133 for the preparation, production, storage and performance testing of culture media has been published in 2014 and superseded all previous ISO publications and information on culture media. It’s ...
Trends of Clostridioides difficile infections in Belgian hospitals, between 2010 and 2022
infections in European hospitals, being responsible for 4.9% of all healthcare-associated infections. For this study, we present the latest trends on incidence of CDI in Belgium. Data for period 2010-2022 ...
Assessing the Differences in Outpatient Antibiotic Consumption Between Reimbursement and Sales Data in Belgium, 2013-2022
antibacterials (ATC group J01) were obtained from the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI) and contains all reimbursed products dispensed in outpatient pharmacies. Retail sales data were ...
Outpatient Antibiotic Consumption Trends in Belgium: A Comparative Analysis of Reimbursement and Sales Data, 2013-2022
Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI) and contains all reimbursed products dispensed in outpatient pharmacies. Retail sales data were sourced from IQVIA and contains all pharmaceutical products purchased ...