Fairness and Justice in the Procedure of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal by Fatemeh Niavarani, Fathollah Rahimi, Tavakkol Habibzadeh

“…The views of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, which is 40 years old, are very important in various investment issues and the approach of the tribunal, as one of the most influential arbitration authorities in the international arena, is the goal of this article; by searching the opinions of the Court, it aims to clarify the position of fairness, ex aequo et bono and fair and equitable treatment in the decisions of the tribunal. …”
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Prevalence and features of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, United States, 2016-2022. by Kaitlin Benedict, Jeremy A W Gold, Mitsuru Toda, Joy Hsu

“…The epidemiology of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in the United States is not well-described. To estimate national ABPA prevalence among patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis, characterize ABPA testing practices, and describe ABPA clinical features, treatment, and 6-month outcomes. …”
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Incremental Healthcare Costs and Outpatient Antifungal Treatment of Patients with Aspergillosis in the United States by Emily Durden, Donna McMorrow, Paul Juneau, Robert Fowler, Paresh Chaudhari, David Horn

“…**Objectives:** To evaluate the total and outpatient economic burden of aspergillosis, and to describe the outpatient antifungal treatment of aspergillosis within a large, commercially-insured population in the United States. **Methods:** Adults with at least one medical claim with an aspergillosis diagnosis (International Classification of Disease 9th Revision Clinical Modification [ICD-9-CM] code 117.3 or 484.6) between 07/01/04-03/01/11 were identified from the MarketScan Research Databases. …”
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High clinical burden of classical homocystinuria in the United States: a retrospective analysis by Mahim Jain, Mehul Shah, Kamlesh M. Thakker, Andrew Rava, Agnes Pelts Block, Colette Ndiba-Markey, Lionel Pinto

“…This study aimed to describe the overall clinical burden of patients with HCU in the United States and key clinical events by tHcy levels using administrative claims data. …”
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Utilization of Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty and Arthrodesis in the United States From 2010 to 2019 by Erica L. Smearman, MD, PhD, Anthony L. Karzon, MD, Hayden L. Cooke, BS, Zaamin B. Hussain, MD, EdM, Musab Gulzar, BS, Nina Suh, MD, Michael B. Gottschalk, MD, Eric R. Wagner, MD, MS

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The Line of Beijing in Settlement of Problems in the Basin of the South China Sea by V. Y. Vorobyev, A. V. Ivanov

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Prevalence of Hepatic Encephalopathy from a Commercial Medical Claims Database in the United States by Aniruddha Potnis, Susan VanMeter, Jan Stange

“…This proportion applied to the estimated number of patients with cirrhosis in the United States resulted in a prevalence estimate of 201,858 cirrhosis patients with HE in 2018. …”
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Common spine codes are reimbursed 13% less by Medicaid compared to Medicare, ranging from 46% to 160% by state by Adam P. Henderson, BS, M. Lane Moore, MD, MBA, Camryn S. Payne, BA, Jack M. Haglin, MD, MS, Joseph C. Brinkman, MD, Paul R. Van Schuyver, MD, Joshua S. Bingham, MD, Michael S. Chang, MD

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Impacts of drought on respiratory mortality in the upper midwest United States: a population subgroup assessment by Yeongjin Gwon, Yuanyuan Ji, Jesse D Berman, Azar M Abadi, Ronald D Leeper, Jared Rennie, Jesse E Bell

“…Despite these risks, there remains a notable gap in research on the health impacts of drought, particularly at the regional level within the United States. This study aims at assessing the risk of severe drought exposure to respiratory mortality in the Upper Midwest of the United States among the general population and at-risk subgroups from 2000 to 2018. …”
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The target of a crime under the Article 330 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by V. Yu. Boichuk

“…The author has outlined the differences of the official information gathered in the process of operative and search, counterintelligence operations and in the defense field of the country, starting from homogeneous objects, in particular, the target of a crime, stipulated in the Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. They are as follows: 1) this information is obtained by authorized subjects in specific areas of social activity – within operative and search, counterintelligence operations, in the defense field of the country; 2) such information has limited access; 3) its disclosure may harm the public interest in the field of counteracting crime or within intelligence activities to the detriment of the state security of Ukraine and the country’s defense capabilities; 4) the assignment of information to such that constitutes official information, is carried out by the state authorities, which conduct operative and search or counterintelligence operations, as well as state agencies, local self-government agencies, enterprises, institutions and organizations in the defense field of the country; it is approved by their regulatory act; 5) documents or other material carriers containing official information are assigned the stamp “For official use”. …”
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE FAMILY POLICY IN MODERN RUSSIA by S. Kuzin, O. Kuchmaeva

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Participant experiences in HIV cure-directed trial with an extended analytical treatment interruption in Philadelphia, United States by Andrea Bilger, Eion Plenn, Frances K. Barg, Katharine A. Rendle, William B. Carter, Andrea Lamour-Harrington, Nora Jones, Beth Peterson, John A. Sauceda, Pablo Tebas, Karam Mounzer, David Metzger, Luis J. Montaner, Karine Dubé

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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…**Conclusion:** Among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States, sIgE testing may be more cost effective compared with skin testing in the management of allergic disease.…”
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High Costs of Dialysis Transportation in the United States: Exploring Approaches to a More Cost-effective Delivery System by J. Mark Stephens, Samuel Brotherton, Stephan C. Dunning, Larry C. Emerson, David T. Gilbertson, Matthew Gitlin, Ann C. McClellan, William M. McClellan, Sanatan Shreay

“…**Results:** The estimated annual cost of dialysis transportation in the United States is $3.0 billion, half of which is for ambulances. …”
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Maternal Opioid Drug Use during Pregnancy and Its Impact on Perinatal Morbidity, Mortality, and the Costs of Medical Care in the United States by Valerie E. Whiteman, Jason L. Salemi, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Mary Ashley Cain, Muktar H. Aliyu, Hamisu M. Salihu

“…We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of pregnancy-related discharges from 1998 to 2009 using the largest publicly available all-payer inpatient database in the United States. We scanned ICD-9-CM codes for opioid use and perinatal outcomes. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Barrett’s Esophagus, and Barrett’s Esophagus-Related Neoplasia in the United States... by Prateek Sharma, Gary W. Falk, Menaka Bhor, A. Burak Ozbay, Dominick Latremouille-Viau, Annie Guerin, Sherry Shi, Margaret M. Elvekrog, Paul Limburg

“…**Objectives:** This study aimed to evaluate healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs associated with GERD, BE, and BERN in the United States. **Methods:** Adult patients with GERD, nondysplastic BE (NDBE), and BERN (including indefinite for dysplasia \[IND\], low-grade dysplasia \[LGD\], high-grade dysplasia \[HGD\] or esophageal adenocarcinoma \[EAC\]), were identified from a large US administrative claims database, the IBM Truven Health MarketScan® databases (Q1/2015-Q4/2019). …”
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Mobile health clinics in a rural setting: a cost analysis and time motion study of La Clínica in Oregon, United States by Abigail Higgins, Middy Tilghman, Tracy Kuo Lin

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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

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Much Lower Prevalence and Mortality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Japan Than in the United States Despite Higher Smoking Rates: A Meta-Analysis/Systematic Review by Akira Sekikawa, Mengyi Li, Niva Joshi, Brandon Herbert, Curtis Tilves, Chendi Cui, Shiyao Gao, Yuefang Chang, Yasutaka Nakano, Frank C Sciurba

“…Methods: Age- and sex-specific smoking rates from the 1980s through 2010s and COPD mortality from 1999 through 2019 were obtained from national surveys and official statistics (International Classification of Diseases-10th codes J40–44), respectively. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to estimate COPD prevalence in Japan, while the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2012 was used for the United States. …”
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