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Open AccessTelehealth Use and Healthcare Utilization Among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Louisiana Medicaid Claims
The impact of telehealth use on healthcare utilization is limited, especially among Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. Considering the rapid adoption of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, this ...
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Open AccessExternal Validation of the BRAVO Diabetes Model Using the EXSCEL Clinical Trial Data
We have developed the Building, Relating, Assessing, and Validating Outcomes (BRAVO) diabetes model, an individual-level, discrete-time microsimulation model specifically designed for type 2 diabetes (T2D) man...
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Open AccessSuccesses and challenges of China’s health care reform: a four-decade perspective spanning 1985—2023
Chinese health system remains the crucial one for understanding the wider healthcare landscape across the Global South and in particular the leading Emerging Markets. Purpose of our observation was to understa...
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Open AccessEconomic burden of adult patients with β-thalassaemia major in mainland China
β-thalassaemia major poses a substantial economic burden, especially in adults. We aimed to estimate the economic burden of adult patients with β-thalassaemia major from a societal perspective using the real-w...
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Open AccessValuing Chinese medicine quality of life-11 dimensions (CQ-11D) health states using a discrete choice experiment with survival duration (DCETTO)
To explore generating a health utility value set for the Chinese medicine Quality of life-11 Dimensions (CQ-11D), a utility instrument designed to assess patients’ health status while receiving TCM treatment, ...
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Open AccessImpact of Extrapolation Model Choices on the Structural Uncertainty in Economic Evaluations for Cancer Immunotherapy: A Case Study of Checkmate 067
The aim of this study was to compare the performance of different extrapolation modeling techniques and analyze their impact on structural uncertainties in the economic evaluations of cancer immunotherapy.
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Open AccessWere economic evaluations well reported for the newly listed oncology drugs in China’s national reimbursement drug list
To assess the reporting quality of published economic evaluations of the negotiated oncology drugs listed for China’s 2020 National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL).
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Evaluating Natural Experiments that Impact the Diabetes Epidemic: an Introduction to the NEXT-D3 Network
Diabetes is an ongoing public health issue in the USA, and, despite progress, recent reports suggest acute and chronic diabetes complications are increasing.
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Open AccessEffects of medicaid expansion on poverty disparities in health insurance coverage
More than 30 states have either expanded Medicaid or are actively considering expansion. The coverage gains from this policy are well documented, however, the impacts of its increasing coverage on poverty disp...
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Open AccessElectronic Medical Record Risk Modeling of Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Increased utilization of electronic health records (EHR) has enriched databases for creating risk models. We used machine learning techniques to develop an EHR-based risk model locally fitted to patients with ...
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Open AccessInfluence of elemental sulfur on cadmium bioavailability, microbial community in paddy soil and Cd accumulation in rice plants
Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic to living organisms and the contamination of Cd in paddy soil in China has received much attention. In the present study, by conducting pot experiment, the influence of S fertilize...
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Open AccessUnderstanding the patient journey to diagnosis of lung cancer
This research describes the clinical pathway and characteristics of two cohorts of patients. The first cohort consists of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer while the second consists of patient...
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Open AccessAssociation between echinococcosis-specific health literacy and behavioural intention to prevent echinococcosis among herdsmen on the Tibet Plateau in China: a cross-sectional study
Echinococcosis is considered a neglected zoonotic disease and has been a major worldwide public health problem. Although it is known that health literacy is closely related to health behaviours and health outc...
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Open AccessTreatment preference among patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA): a discrete choice experiment
To examine patient/caregiver preference for key attributes of treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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Open AccessChoice across 10 pharmacologic combination strategies for type 2 diabetes: a cost-effectiveness analysis
Clinical guidelines recommend a stepped-escalation treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Across multiple treatment strategies varying in efficacy and costs, no clinical or economic studies directly co...
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Health-related quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized for a diabetes-related complication
To estimate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) inpatients hospitalized for a complication in China and to explore the associated factors.
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Open AccessPatient reported outcome data from acromegaly patients treated with injectable somatostatin receptor ligands (SRLs) in routine clinical practice
Acromegaly patients managed on Somatostatin receptor ligands (SRLs), the most common first-line pharmacotherapy for acromegaly, may still experience acromegaly symptoms such as headache, sweating, fatigue, sof...
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Open AccessImpact of Simultaneous Versus Sequential Initiation of Basal Insulin and Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on HbA1c in Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Observational Study
When and how to intensify treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) not achieving glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) targets with oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) in clinical practice remains a matter of clinica...
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Open AccessEQ-5D-3L Decrements by Diabetes Complications and Comorbidities in China
Patients with type 2 diabetes have lower quality of life, which is further impaired by diabetes complications and comorbidities. This study aims to evaluate the impact of diabetes complications and comorbiditi...
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Open AccessObserved discordance between outcomes reported by acromegaly patients and their treating endocrinology medical provider
Acromegaly patients, even those with IGF-1 values within the normal range receiving somatostatin receptor ligands (SRLs), often suffer from significant symptoms. It is not known to what extent patients’ medica...
