A review of the research progress on nursing measures in cardiac rehabilitation with integrated Chinese and western medicine (中西医结合心脏康复护理研究进展) by ZHANG Wenjuan (张文娟), TIAN Hongyan (田洪燕), GEN Ao (耿敖), XU Xiao (徐笑), ZHANG Xuan (张璇), YU Meili (于美丽), YUE Zong (岳宗), CHEN Liang (陈亮)

“…However, due to the limitations of our country’s social support system, traditional concepts, and medical insurance system, the development of cardiac rehabilitation in China is still in its infancy and is facing huge challenges; at the same time, how to integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine into the existing cardiac rehabilitation system, to create a cardiac rehabilitation theory and specific practice with Chinese characteristics is also a hot topic of current research. …”
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Short-Term Effect of Air Pollution on Daily Hospital Visits for Anxiety Disorders in Southern China with Low Pollution Concentrations by Xinyuan Zhong, Tingting Guo, Jianghui Zhang, Qiong Wang, Rong Yin, Kunpeng Wu, Qing Zou, Meng Zheng, Brian J. Hall, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Kangning Huang, Wen Chen

“…A generalized additive model was used to perform a time-series analysis on data from a Southern China city’s medical insurance system between 1 March 2021, and 31 July 2023. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of patients with LAM receiving sirolimus in France based on real-life data by Vincent Cottin, Vincent Cottin, Antoine Cases, Virginie Bourdin, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Sandrine Hirschi, Mallorie Kerjouan, Rémi Diesler, Rémi Diesler, Brieux Chardès, Stéphane Fiévez, Nada Assi, Aurélie Schmidt, Hélène Denis, Lidwine Wémeau-Stervinou, Yurdagul Uzunhan

“…This retrospective observational study was based on data from the French national health insurance data system (SNDS). All adult women receiving sirolimus were identified in France between 2014 and 2021. …”
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Korean patients with hereditary cancer: a prospective multicentre cohort study protocol exploring psychosocial and health outcomes by Boyoung Park, Sun-young Kong, Dongju Won, Jong Eun Park, Jun-Kyu Kim, Mi-Ae Jang, Jung-Sook Ha, Kyoung-Bo Kim

“…The collected data will be linked to secondary sources such as cancer registries and National Health Insurance Service data to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of hereditary cancer on health and survival.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by all the Ethics Committees: the National Cancer Center IRB (NCC2023-0179), the Samsung Medical Center IRB (SMC2023-09-057), the Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital IRB (4-2023-0627), the Hanyang University Guri Hospital IRB (GURI2023-08-021) and the Keimyung University IRB (DSMC IRB 2024-05-048). …”
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Adults with Longstanding Strabismus: Psychosocial and Functional Impacts and Reasons behind Surgery Delay by Rami Al-Omari, Hisham M Jammal, Yousef Khader, Dema Atoum, Wedad Al-dolat, Moawiah Khatatbeh

“…Many adult patients with strabismus tend to delay surgical correction; most of these delays could be avoided by better public education, increased awareness among health care providers, and changing health insurance policies to cover the costs of strabismus surgery.…”
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Stakeholder perspectives on facilitators and barriers to implementing a zero-dollar copay program for chronic conditions study by Debra Winberg, Elizabeth Nauman, Lizheng Shi, Brice L. Mohundro, Kelly Louis, Eboni G. Price-Haywood, Tiange Tang, Alessandra N. Bazzano

“…Overall, participants had positive feedback on the ZDC program and perceived that it has significant benefits for patients and the health system but could be improved, and four themes related to implementation barriers and facilitators, effectiveness and potential areas of improvement were identified: (1) the ZDC program reduces friction for patients, prescribers and the health system; (2) the program is aligned with the values of health systems, insurers and providers, facilitating implementation success; (3) expanding coverage (drug classes and conditions) and education (for providers and patients) could maximize program benefits; and (4) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) did not negatively impact program administration because the $0 copay was programmed at the benefit level. …”
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Association between demographic, clinical characteristics and severe complications by SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community-based healthcare network in Chile. by Javiera Leniz, Sam Hernández-Jaña, Mauricio Soto, Eduardo Arenas, Paula Margozzini, Francisco Suarez, Daniel Capurro, María Paulina Rojas, Claudia Bambs

“…The mean age was 44.30 (sd 17.31), 55.6% were female, 15.9% had a type of healthcare insurance for people from the lowest category of income, 11.6% and 9.4% had a record of hypertension or diabetes mellitus diagnosis. …”
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Economic burden of Type 2 diabetes in Iran in 2022 by Amin Mohammadi, Mahshad Goharimehr, Ali Darvishi, Ramin Heshmat, Ensieh Nasli Esfahani, Gita Shafiee, Afshin Ostovar, Rajabali Daroudi

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Atopic Dermatitis Treatments Before and After Initiation of Ruxolitinib Cream: 6-Month Follow-Up Analysis of a US Payer Claims Database by Liu J, Desai K, Teng CC, Sturm D, Stockbower G, Patadia H, Willey V

“…Using medical and pharmacy insurance records, we found that patients used less of other treatments for AD after starting ruxolitinib cream.Keywords: atopic dermatitis, Janus kinase, ruxolitinib cream, topical…”
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A Pragmatic Clinical Trial to Compare the Real-World Effectiveness of V-Go versus Standard Delivery of Insulin in Patients with Advanced Type 2 Diabetes by Mark J. Cziraky, Scott Abbott, Matt Nguyen, Kay Larholt, Elizabeth Apgar, Thomas Wasser, Poul Strange, Leon Shi, H. Courtenay Harrison, Beverly Everitt, Lynn Nowak

“…T2DM medications and supplies were purchased utilizing usual insurance and co-pay systems. The primary analysis was an unadjusted treatment group comparison of glycosylated hemoglobinA1c (HbA1c) change from baseline to end of study (EOS). …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…The findings emphasize the need for targeted health interventions for migrant communities during an infectious disease pandemic, such as strategic vaccination campaigns and extending social insurance schemes, focusing on reducing disease severity to mitigate the longer-term health consequences of an infection.…”
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Leveraging Administrative Health Databases to Address Health Challenges in Farming Populations: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis (1975-2024) by Pascal Petit, Nicolas Vuillerme

“…The most frequently used AHDs included disease registers (158/296, 53.4%), electronic health records (124/296, 41.9%), insurance claims (106/296, 35.8%), population registers (95/296, 32.1%), and hospital discharge databases (41/296, 13.9%). …”
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Age and sex differences in the relationship of body weight changes with colon cancer risks: A nationwide cohort study by Jae Hyun Kim, Young Ko, Hyun Jung Kim, Seun Ja Park

“…This nationwide cohort study investigated the association between body weight changes, which can fluctuate throughout an individual’s lifespan, and the incidence of colon cancer using the South Korean population database provided by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). Participants who underwent biennial health screenings between 2004 and 2006, and had follow-up health check-ups between 2014 and 2016, were included in this study. …”
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Assessing Physician and Patient Agreement on Whether Patient Outcomes Captured in Clinical Progress Notes Reflect Treatment Success: Cross-Sectional Study by Sarah B Floyd, Jordyn C Sutton, Marvin Okon, Mary McCarthy, Liza Fisher, Benjamin Judkins, Zachary Cole Reynolds, Ann Blair Kennedy

“…Patients were primarily White (91%) and had Medicare insurance coverage (65%). The note sample came from fracture-related encounters ranging from the second to the tenth encounter after the index PHF visit. …”
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Advanced analysis via statistical physics model to study the efficiency of catechol removal from wastewater using Brazil nut shell activated carbon by Salah Knani, Ismahene Ben Khemis, Wassim Zahrouni, Besma Graba, Ridha Selmi, Safwat A. Mahmoud, Abdulaziz Alenazi, Abdulmajeed Alshammari, Guilherme Luiz Dotto

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Risk factors for disease progression and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based cohort study by Raymond N. Kuo, Wanchi Chen, Wen-Yi Shau

“…Methods This study included 15,056 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Baseline and clinical characteristics were collected to verify the association with progression to severity outcomes, including hospital admission, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, invasive ventilatory support, fatal outcome, and the composite outcome of these four events. …”
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Examining cancer patient preferences during three stages of decision making and family involvement: a multicenter survey study in China by Siyu Yan, Danqi Wang, Qiao Huang, Yongbo Wang, Manru Fan, Hongyang Xue, Linxin Yu, Yinghui Jin

“…Age, education, marital status, number of adult children, occupation, family income, regular residence, health insurance and time since diagnosis were related to patient preference. …”
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The role of 5G network in revolutionizing agriculture for sustainable development: A comprehensive review by Wasif ur Rehman, Mohsin Ali Koondhar, Samandar Khan Afridi, Lutfi Albasha, Idris H. Smaili, Ezzeddine Touti, Mouloud Aoudia, Wassim Zahrouni, Ibrahim Mahariq, M.M.R. Ahmed

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Informal Caregivers Connecting on the Web: Content Analysis of Posts on Discussion Forums by Michelle L Foster, Chinenye Egwuonwu, Erin Vernon, Mohammad Alarifi, M Courtney Hughes

“…Posters inquired about accessing resources, with health care and health insurance included 51 times, while legal and financial concerns were addressed 124 times. …”
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A reproducible framework for monitoring the impact of randomized clinical trials on clinical practice using large-scale real-world data: application to gynaecological surgical tria... by Floriane Jochum, Madeleine Doll, Anne-Sophie Hamy, Lou Donval, Paul Gougis, Élise Dumas, Lise Lecointre, Thomas Gaillard, Fabien Reyal, Fabrice Lecuru, Cherif Akladios, Enora Laas

“…Methods: We utilized data from the French National Health Insurance Database (SNDS), covering 98.8% of France's population. …”
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