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Health and health behaviours before and during the Great Recession, overall and by socioeconomic status, using data from four repeated cross-sectional health surveys in Spain (2001-2012).
(2015-09-07)BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to estimate changes over time in health status and selected health behaviours during the Great Recession, in the period 2011/12, in Spain, both overall, and according to socioeconomic ... -
Health care system efficiency and life expectancy: A 140-country study.
(2021)Despite the evidence of links between health expenditure and health care efficiency, it is still unclear why countries with similar levels of health expenditures experience different outputs in terms of life expectancy at ... -
Implementing interventions to reduce antibiotic use: a qualitative study in high-prescribing practices.
(2021-01-23)BACKGROUND: Trials have shown that delayed antibiotic prescriptions (DPs) and point-of-care C-Reactive Protein testing (POC-CRPT) are effective in reducing antibiotic use in general practice, but these were not typically ... -
Inorganic nitrate benefits contrast-induced nephropathy after coronary angiography for acute coronary syndromes: the NITRATE-CIN trial.
(Oxford University Press, 2024-03-24)BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), also known as contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) underlies a significant proportion of the morbidity and mortality following coronary angiographic ... -
Men's willingness to pay for prostate cancer screening: a systematic review.
(2020-12-09)BACKGROUND: This study aimed to review studies on willingness to pay (WTP) for prostate cancer screening. METHODS: This systematic-review was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews guidelines. ... -
Mixed-methods evaluation of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service for paediatric rare diseases: study protocol.
(2021)BACKGROUND: A new nationally commissioned NHS England Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) was recently established to deliver genomic testing with equity of access for patients affected by rare diseases and cancer. The overarching ... -
NSAID prescribing and adverse outcomes in common infections: a population-based cohort study.
(2024-01-03)OBJECTIVES: Infections in primary care are often treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). This study evaluates whether NSAID prescribing is associated with adverse outcomes for respiratory (RTIs) or ...