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Citizens’ perception of and engagement with health data secondary use and sharing in Europe – a literature review
this literature review. Ethical considerations regarding health data secondary use and sharing The first identified debate among our selection of articles relates to the different definitions of the ...
Surveillance of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium, epidemiology and methodology during 1st and 2nd wave (March 2020- 14 February 2021)
both for the total period and for the second wave. International comparison and ranking of COVID-19 crude mortality rates are misleading because of very heterogeneous methods used (e.g. case definition ...
Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results
The HLE methods differ in definition, measurement and valuation of health states. While SPH- HLE relies directly on one question, DW- HLE relies on epidemiological data adjusted for DW. Spearman’s r, ...
Establishing an ad hoc COVID-19 mortality surveillance during the first epidemic wave in Belgium, 1 March to 21 June 2020
an extended definition of ‘ COVID-19-related deaths’ in a context of limited testing capacity has provided timely information about the severity of the epidemic. Health Topics: COVID-19 Mortality ...
Healthcare-associated infections in home healthcare: an extensive assessment, 2019.
challenges, including healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Currently, in Belgium, data and guidelines on the topic are lacking.AimTo develop a definition of HAI in HHC and investigate associated risk factors ...
Morbidity Statistics: 2019 Pilot Data Collection Belgium, Final Report
questioned and there are some concerns regarding the compatibility and description of some of the proposed definitions. We propose an easy to read scoring system to evaluate the quality and comparability of ...
Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium.
’s CD s case definitions are an acceptable alternative to identify cases of diabetes, CVD s, Parkinson’s disease and thyroid disorders but yield in a significant underestimated number of patients ...
Challenges to Differentiate Hepatitis C Genotype 1 and 6: Results from A Field-Study in Cambodia.
these were genotyped as 1b and nine as genotype 6. Combining Versant and sequencing results, a definitive genotype was assigned in 104 patients: 1b (44.2%), 6 non-a/non-b (39.4%), 1a (6.7%), 6a or ...
The Benefits of Whole Genome Sequencing for Foodborne Outbreak Investigation from the Perspective of a National Reference Laboratory in a Smaller Country.
enabled an accurate cluster definition, which remained unsolved for the 2013 outbreak, partly due to scarce epidemiological linking with the suspect source. Moreover, it allowed detecting two and one ...
Agglomeration of titanium dioxide nanoparticles increases toxicological responses in vitro and in vivo
terms agglomerates and aggregates are frequently used in the regulatory definition(s) of nanomaterials (NM s) and hence attract attention in view of their potential influence on health effects. However, ...