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Cost of Carbon in the Total Cost of Healthcare Procedures: A Methodological Challenge
Economic evaluations aim to compare the costs and the results of health strategies to guide the public decision-making process. Cost estimation is, thus, a cornerstone of this approach. At present, few nationa...
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Spouses of patients treated for colon cancer: identification of key caregiver skills using the Delphi method
Spouses are often the front-line caregivers for colon cancer patients. Providing this support requires a particular set of co** skills. Our objective was to identify key skills that healthcare and medico-soc...
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Eliciting men’s preferences for decision-making relative to treatments of localized prostate cancer with a good or moderate prognosis
In diseases where there is no real consensus regarding treatment modalities, promoting shared decision-making can contribute to improving safety and quality of care. This is the case in low- or intermediate-ri...
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Valuing genetic and genomic testing in France: current challenges and latest evidence
High-throughput next-generation sequencing technologies have seen an increase in use in most developed countries. The translation of genomic testing into clinical practice challenges the traditional model of m...
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Migration, Urbanity and Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World: An Introduction
Globalization and migration have generated acute and often contradictory changes: they have increased social diversity while inducing global homogenization; they have sharpened differentiation of spaces and st...
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Cosmopolitanism in US Sanctuary Cities: Dreamers Claiming Urban Citizenship
Sanctuary cities are on the rise and undocumented migrant activism is growing in both the US and Europe. In this context, it seems appropriate to revisit the concept of sanctuaryin its relation to undocumented...
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Identification of resources and skills developed by partners of patients with advanced colon cancer: a qualitative study
Family caregivers play an important role in caring for patients with advanced cancer. To become competent, individuals must draw on and mobilise an adequate combination of resources. Our goal was to identify t...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests for threatened preterm labor in singleton pregnancy in France
Previous studies have showed that the early diagnosis of threatened preterm labor decreases neonatal morbidity and mortality, avoids maternal morbidity induced by antepartum bed rest and unnecessary treatment,...
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Open AccessIncidence of solitary pulmonary nodules in Northeastern France: a population-based study in five regions
The discovery of a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) on a chest imaging exam is of major clinical concern. However, the incidence rates of SPNs in a general population have not been estimated. The objective of t...
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Open AccessEvaluation of efficacy and efficiency of a pragmatic intervention by a social worker to support informal caregivers of elderly patients (The ICE Study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Medical progress and the lifestyle modification have prolonged life expectancy, despite the development of chronic diseases. Support and care for older subjects are often provided by a network of informal care...
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Fractions of cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders attributable to job strain
The aim of this study was to evaluate fractions of diseases attributable to job strain defined using Karasek’s model among the French working population for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), mental disorders, and...
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Estimating the cost related to surveillance of colorectal cancer in a French population
Little is known about costs related to the surveillance of patients that have undergone curative resection of colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to calculate the observed surveillance costs for 385 p...
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Open AccessDoes the availability of positron emission tomography modify diagnostic strategies for solitary pulmonary nodules? An observational study in France
Previous studies showed that at the individual level, positron emission tomography (PET) has some benefits for patients and physicians in terms of cancer management and staging. We aimed to describe the benefi...
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Cost of care of colorectal cancers according to health care patterns and stage at diagnosis in France
Little is known about the economic burden associated with colorectal cancer in France. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of age, stage at diagnosis, health care pattern and level of comorbiditi...
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Use of a decision analysis model to assess the medicoeconomic implications of FDG PET imaging in diagnosing a solitary pulmonary nodule
This study assessed the use of positron emission tomography (PET) in identifying and diagnosing solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). For this a decision analysis model was constructed, and three alternatives wer...
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Stratégie de dépistage des cancers colorectaux chez les sujets à risque élevé
Les études épidémiologiques ont permis de connaïtre les sujets à risque élevé de cancer colorectal. Le niveau de risque dans certains de ces groupes justifie une stratégie de dépistage individuel, même si la r...
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Le déplstage du cancer colorectal par la recherche d'un saignement occulte dans les selles, dans la population à risque moyen
Dans l'état actuel de nos connaissances, seule une stratégie de dépistage du cancer colorectal, alors qu'il est encore asymptomatique, peut faire évoluer à court terme le grave problème que pose ce cancer. Les...
