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High-risk pooling for mitigating risk selection incentives in health insurance markets with sophisticated risk equalization: an application based on health survey information
BackgroundDespite sophisticated risk equalization, insurers in regulated health insurance markets still face incentives to attract healthy people and...
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The promotion of pooling level of basic medical insurance and participants’ health: impact effects and mediating mechanisms
BackgroundEnhancing the pooling of basic medical insurance plays a vital role in strengthening the resilience to risk and co-payment capacity of...
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Cervical Cancer Detection Using Hybrid Pooling-Based Convolutional Neural Network Approach
The most prevalent deadly occurring disease nowadays in women is nothing but cervical cancer which has to be avoided by frequently having screenings...
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High capacity clinical SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing using combinatorial pooling
BackgroundThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to unprecedented testing demands, causing major testing delays globally. One strategy used for increasing...
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Pooling sputum samples for the Xpert MTB/RIF assay: a practical screening strategy for highly infectious tuberculosis cases
The Xpert MTB/RIF test (Xpert) can help in the accurate screening of tuberculosis, however, its widespread use is limited by its high cost and lack...
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Enhancing pooling levels strengthens the risk resilience of healthcare insurance: a case study of basic medical insurance fund operations data in Gansu, China
BackgroundIn China, enhancing the pooling levels of basic health insurance has consistently been regarded as a pivotal measure to promote the...
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Evaluation of pooling strategy of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in limited resources setting in Egypt at low prevalence
Sample pooling testing for SARS-COV-2 can be an effective tool in COVID-19 screening when resources are limited, yet it is important to assess the...
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Considerations for pooling real-world data as a comparator cohort to a single arm trial: a simulation study on assessment of heterogeneity
BackgroundNovel precision medicine therapeutics target increasingly granular, genomically-defined populations. Rare sub-groups make it challenging to...
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Deep Learning–Based Skin Lesion Multi-class Classification with Global Average Pooling Improvement
Cancerous skin lesions are one of the deadliest diseases that have the ability in spreading across other body parts and organs. Conventionally,...
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An empirical evaluation of the impact scenario of pooling bodies of evidence from randomized controlled trials and cohort studies in medical research
BackgroundRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies are the most common study design types used to assess treatment effects of medical...
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Pooling sputum testing to diagnose tuberculosis using xpert MTB/RIF and xpert ultra: a cost-effectiveness analysis
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) using molecular tests, such as Xpert MTB/RIF (MTB/RIF) or...
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Dietary intake of vitamin C and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project
BackgroundPrevious studies suggest that dietary vitamin C is inversely associated with gastric cancer (GC), but most of them did not consider intake...
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Factors Associated with Suicide Risk Behavior Outcomes Among Black High School Adolescents
There is an urgent need for youth suicide research, particularly among Black adolescents, for whom there have been significant increases over time....
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Circulating vitamin D and breast cancer risk: an international pooling project of 17 cohorts
Laboratory and animal research support a protective role for vitamin D in breast carcinogenesis, but epidemiologic studies have been inconclusive. To...
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Do colorectal cancer patients with a postoperative stoma have sexual problems? A pooling up analysis of 2566 patients
PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of the stoma on sexual function in colorectal cancer patients.
MethodsSearch strategy was conducted...
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Application of deep learning on mammographies to discriminate between low and high-risk DCIS for patient participation in active surveillance trials
BackgroundDuctal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) can progress to invasive breast cancer, but most DCIS lesions never will. Therefore, four clinical trials...
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Predictors of transition in patients with clinical high risk for psychosis: an umbrella review
Diagnosis of a clinical high-risk (CHR) state enables timely treatment of individuals at risk for a psychotic disorder, thereby contributing to...
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Contrast Agent Pooling (C.A.P.) sign and imminent cardiac arrest: a retrospective study
BackgroundThe sign of contrast agent pooling (C.A.P.) in dependent part of the venous system were reported in some case reports, which happened in...
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Fiberoptic Endoscopy Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) Findings Associated with High Pneumonia Risk in a Cohort of Patients at Risk of Dysphagia
Aspiration detected in the fiberoptic endoscopy evaluation of swallowing (FEES) has been inconsistently associated with pneumonia, with no evidence...
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Enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery is a safe and effective pathway for older patients: a pooling up analysis
PurposeThe current study aimed to explore the efficacy and safety of Enhanced Recovery after surgery (ERAS) in older patients undergoing colorectal...
