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Incidence rate and financial burden of medical errors and policy interventions to address them: a multi-method study protocol
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-11-05)Medical error is one of the most critical challenges facing medical services. They pose a substantial threat to patient safety, and their costs draw attention from policymakers, health care planners and researchers. We aim ... -
Including non-concurrent control patients in the analysis of platform trials: is it worth it?
(BioMed Central, 2020-06-24)BACKGROUND: Platform trials allow adding new experimental treatments to an on-going trial. This feature is attractive to practitioners due to improved efficiency. Nevertheless, the operating characteristics of a trial that ... -
Inclusion health patient perspectives on remote access to general practice: a qualitative study.
(2023-06)BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to rapid and widespread adoption of remote consultations and triage-first pathways in general practice. However, there is a lack of evidence on how these changes have been perceived ... -
Incorporating a brief intervention for personalised cancer risk assessment to promote behaviour change into primary care: a multi-methods pilot study.
(2021-01-23)BACKGROUND: Approximately 40% of cancers could be prevented if people lived healthier lifestyles. We have developed a theory-based brief intervention to share personalised cancer risk information and promote behaviour ... -
Inequalities in CKD management can be overcome
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Infectious disease testing of UK-bound refugees: a population-based, cross-sectional study.
(2018-08-28)BACKGROUND: The UK, like a number of other countries, has a refugee resettlement programme. External factors, such as higher prevalence of infectious diseases in the country of origin and circumstances of travel, are likely ... -
Informal payments for inpatient health care in post-health transformation plan period: evidence from Iran
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-04-20)Background: In 2014, a revision of the national medical tariffs for inpatient health care services took place in Iran, and a new hotline was set up to report informal payments. It was expected that such measures would ... -
Initiation and completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants globally: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis.
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is one of the most prevalent infections globally and can lead to the development of active tuberculosis disease. In many low-burden countries, LTBI is concentrated within migrant ... -
Innate and adaptive mucosal immunity in protection against HIV infection.
(2006-04-01)The appalling toll on the populations of developing countries as a result of the HIV epidemic shows no signs of abatement. While costly drug therapies are effective in developed nations, the sheer scale of the epidemic ... -
Intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in childhood, FADS genotype, and incident asthma.
(European Respiratory Society, 2021-01-28)Longitudinal evidence on the relation between dietary intake of n-3 (omega-3) very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in mid-childhood and asthma risk is ...