Effect of medical insurance and family financial risk on healthcare utilisation by patients with chronic diseases in China: a cross-sectional study by Jian Li, Zhan Shu, Yu Han, Jinguang Xiao

“…Objective To assess the joint cumulative effects of medical insurance and family health financial risk on healthcare utilisation among patients with chronic conditions in China.Design A nationwide population-based case–control study with multinomial logistic regression was conducted and used to estimate the ORs of healthcare utilisation against type of medical insurance and family health financial risk using the Anderson model as a theoretical framework.Setting China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database.Participants The study sample included 5260 patients with chronic conditions identified from the 2014 CFPS database.Main outcome measures The participants were classified by their health insurance coverage: urban employee basic medical insurance (UEBMI), Gong Fei Medical Insurance (GFMI), new rural cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) and urban residents basic medical insurance. …”
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Does a SPR-Based Cell-Based Assay Provide Reliable Results on the Toxicity and Efficacy of Antiviral Drugs? by Petia Genova-Kalou, Evdokiya Hikova, Todor Kereziev, Petar Kolev, Vihar Mankov, Petar Veselinov, Trifon Valkov, Georgi Dyankov

“…SPR has been recently established as a powerful tool for studying various cellular processes in real time and without the use of labeling agents. So far, all studies in this area have been performed using the Kretschmann method for SPR excitation. …”
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A Computational Framework for Revealing Competitive Travel Times with Low-Carbon Modes Based on Smartphone Data Collection by Mehrdad Bagheri, Milos N. Mladenovic, Iisakki Kosonen, Jukka K. Nurminen, Claudio Roncoli, Antti Ylä-Jääski

“…Despite previous studies focusing on time-relevant modal shift, there is a lack of integrated and transferable computational frameworks, which would use emerging smartphone-based high-resolution longitudinal travel datasets. …”
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Binary Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm for the Set Covering Problem by Broderick Crawford, Felipe Cisternas-Caneo, Ricardo Soto, Claudio Patricio Toledo Mac-lean, José Lara Arce, Fabián Solís-Piñones, Gino Astorga, Giovanni Giachetti

“…The use of metaheuristics to solve the SCP includes different algorithms. …”
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Exploration of implementation, financial and technical considerations within allied health professional (AHP) telehealth consultation guidance: a scoping review including UK AHP pr... by Nachiappan Chockalingam, Nicola Eddison, Aoife Healy, Enza Leone, Carolyn Royse

“…Information was lacking about the assessment of telehealth use and effectiveness, barriers and limitations, the logistical management, the family’s and caregiver’s roles and the costs. …”
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Leveraging High-Frequency UAV–LiDAR Surveys to Monitor Earthflow Dynamics—The Baldiola Landslide Case Study by Francesco Lelli, Marco Mulas, Vincenzo Critelli, Cecilia Fabbiani, Melissa Tondo, Marco Aleotti, Alessandro Corsini

“…UAV platforms equipped with RTK positioning and LiDAR sensors are increasingly used for landslide monitoring, offering frequent, high-resolution surveys with broad spatial coverage. …”
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Modern Approaches to Integrated Assessment of Public Health in Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan by D. N. Begun, E. V. Bulycheva, A. N. Duisembayeva, E. L. Borshchuk, D. S. Omarova

“…In the scientific literature, there is ambiguity in the choice of criteria for an integrated assessment of public health. The use of different approaches and public health indicators reveals the complexity and multilevel nature of the phenomenon. …”
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Inference for the treatment effect in staircase designs with continuous outcomes: a simulation study by Ehsan Rezaei-Darzi, Kelsey L. Grantham, Andrew B. Forbes, Jessica Kasza

“…Misspecification of the correlation structure (fitting an exchangeable model when the true structure is block-exchangeable) can lead to inflated Type I error and poor confidence interval coverage. Conclusions Staircase designs with one cluster per sequence should be used with caution. …”
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Developing a Prediction Model for Real-Time Incident Detection Leveraging User-Oriented Participatory Sensing Data by Md Tufajjal Hossain, Joyoung Lee, Dejan Besenski, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Lazar Spasovic

“…While Waze offers extensive coverage, its data can be unverified and unreliable. …”
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Vitamin A supplementation utilization among children aged 6–59 months in Fiche town, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Habte Girsha, Kassahun Ketema, Meseret Moroda, Tamiru Yazew, Chala G. Kuyu

“…The data analysis was performed using SPSS Version 25, with logistic regression used to evaluate the associations between various factors and VAS uptake. …”
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Female sex worker preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery in Uganda: A discrete choice experiment. by Ruth Mpirirwe, Rita Makabayi-Mugabe, Laban Muteebwa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Felix Wamono, Mayanja M Kajumba, Joan Nangendo, Fred C Semitala, Peter Kyambadde, Katumba James Davis, Joan Kalyango, Charles Karamagi, Agnes Kiragga, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Sarah E G Moor, Anne R Katahoire, Moses R Kamya, Andrew Mujugira

“…Preferences and trade-offs were analyzed using a panel mixed model, and the highest median utility identified the top model. …”
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Influence of Shading and Paclobutrazol Concentrations on Growth and Quality Characters of Three Different Turf Grasses Genera by Bayan Z. Abdulkareem, Yousif A. Abdulrahman

“…Both levels of shading had no significant effects on color degree and coverage percentage of the used turf grasses. It also showed that foliar spray of paclobutrazol had a significant impact on those traits. …”
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The notion of access to health care in a large-scale social health protection initiative: a case study of 'Sehat Sahulat Programme' at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by Sheraz A Khan, Kathrin Cresswell, Aziz Sheikh

“…In this paper, we describe the notion of access under SSP, present stakeholders' views on access-related challenges, and suggest ways forward to realise SSP's access-related objective in the broader context of its contribution towards Pakistan's drive to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). # Methods We employed a case study design approach using three data sources. …”
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Comparative Analysis of LLMs in Dry Eye Syndrome Healthcare Information by Gloria Wu, Hrishi Paliath-Pathiyal, Obaid Khan, Margaret C. Wang

“…With large language models (LLMs) increasingly used for healthcare information, understanding their performance in delivering equitable dry eye guidance across diverse populations is critical. …”
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Efficiency of a non-recycling postharvest fungicide drencher to enhance management of apple decay and food safety by Achour Amiri, Claire M. Murphy, Gween A. Hoheisel, Clayton L. Haskell, Faith Critzer

“…A mixture of fludioxonil (FDL) and thiabendazole (TBZ) was used in 2021, while pyrimethanil (PYR) was applied in 2022 to alternate fungicides.ResultsThe overall spray coverage assessed with pyranine was not significantly different between the FD and CPD. …”
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Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for the osteoarthritis of knee joint: the radiobiological background, dose distribution analysis by М. V. Маkаrоvа, M. Yu. Vаlkov, D. Yu. Tretjakov

“…The alternative method of pain treatment causes by OA is orthovoltage X-ray therapy (OVRT). It was used from 1970. The maximum dose by OVRT lies on the skin surface. …”
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National Health Insurance Data as a Research Tool in Korean Medicine: a guide to database utilization and methodological approaches by Chan-Young Kwon, Il-Su Park

“…The study synthesized current challenges and opportunities specific to KM research using these databases. Result: Our analysis revealed three key findings: 1) The distinct characteristics and complementary nature of NHIS and HIRA databases, with NHIS providing comprehensive longitudinal data suitable for cohort studies and HIRA offering detailed cross-sectional data optimal for utilization pattern analysis; 2) Multiple data access options including Sample Research DB and Customized Research DB from NHIS, and Patient Sample Data and Customized Research Data from HIRA, each with specific advantages for different research designs; 3) Critical methodological considerations for KM research, particularly addressing the limited coverage of KM services (0.8% of total covered items) and the high proportion of non-covered services in KM practices (24.2-49.2% across different institution types). …”
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Predicting the impact of the 2011 conflict in Libya on population mental health: PTSD and depression prevalence and mental health service requirements. by Fiona J Charlson, Zachary Steel, Louisa Degenhardt, Tien Chey, Derrick Silove, Claire Marnane, Harvey A Whiteford

“…We estimated cases of severe PTSD and depression and related health service requirements using modelling from existing epidemiological data and current recommended mental health service targets in low and middle income countries (LMIC's).…”
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An effective method to purify Plasmodium falciparum DNA directly from clinical blood samples for whole genome high-throughput sequencing. by Sarah Auburn, Susana Campino, Taane G Clark, Abdoulaye A Djimde, Issaka Zongo, Robert Pinches, Magnus Manske, Valentina Mangano, Daniel Alcock, Elisa Anastasi, Gareth Maslen, Bronwyn Macinnis, Kirk Rockett, David Modiano, Christopher I Newbold, Ogobara K Doumbo, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Dominic P Kwiatkowski

“…Even in low resource settings, using a simple two-step combination of Lymphoprep plus Plasmodipur, over 70% of clinical sample preparations should exhibit sufficiently low human DNA quantities to enable ~40-fold sequence coverage of the P. falciparum genome using a single lane on the Illumina Genome Analyzer platform. …”
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Analysis of actual results of drug supply implementation within framework of High-Cost Nosologies Program by O. I. Ivakhnenko, V. V. Ryazhenov, E. A. Maksimkina, V. S. Fisenko, O. V. Savoskin, M. M. Kuznetsova

“…The accessibility and pharmaceutical care coverage are linked to political, economic and managerial decisions. …”
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