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Equity-Oriented Care: A Path to Improving Access to Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Use Services?
Despite ostensibly universal access to health care, many adolescents in countries such as Canada lack access to much-needed mental health and...
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Associations Between Primary Care Providers and Staff-Reported Access Management Challenges and Patient Perceptions of Access
Background/ObjectiveOptimizing patients’ access to primary care is critically important but challenging. In a national survey, we asked primary care...
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Navigating the path towards successful implementation of the EU HTA Regulation: key takeaways from the 2023 Spring Convention of the European Access Academy
BackgroundThe European Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (EU HTA R), effective since January 2022, aims to harmonize and improve the...
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Large-bore Access and Closure: Optimizing Vascular Access and Management of Complications
Purpose of ReviewThe goal of this review is to provide the reader with an overview of how to safely obtain large-bore access, descriptions of closure...
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Inclusiveness of Access Policies to Maternity Care for Migrant Women Across Europe: A Policy Review
IntroductionDespite the interconnectedness of the European Union, there are significant variations in pregnant women’s legal status as migrants and...
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Augmented reality visualization of automated path planning for percutaneous interventions: a phantom study
PurposeInsertion point identification is a major challenge for percutaneous interventions. Planning in 2D slice image data is time-consuming and...
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Modern Day Consequences of Historic Redlining: Finding a Path Forward
There is emerging evidence that structural racism is a major contributor to poor health outcomes for ethnic minorities. Structural racism captures...
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Path tracking control of a steerable catheter in transcatheter cardiology interventions
PurposeIntracardiac transcatheter interventions allow for reducing trauma and hospitalization stays as compared to standard surgery. In the treatment...
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Travel time to cataract surgical services in Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda: demonstrating a standardised indicator of physical access to cataract surgery
BackgroundTravel time can be used to assess health services accessibility by reflecting the proximity of services to the people they serve. We aimed...
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The Often-Circuitous Path to Affirming Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults
Purpose of ReviewWe describe recent research regarding access to affirming mental health services for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) adults and...
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The relationship between social determinants of health and postpartum weight retention based on the World Health Organization model: path analysis
BackgroundPostpartum weight retention (PPWR) causes obesity, chronic diseases, and occurring adverse maternal-fetal and neonatal outcomes. Given the...
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Ultrasound-Guided PCNL — Why Are We Still Performing Exclusively Fluoroscopic Access?
Purpose of ReviewWhile urologists are traditionally taught to perform percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) utilizing exclusively fluoroscopy,...
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Barriers in Access to and Delivery of Behavioral Sleep Treatments
Purpose of ReviewSleep disorders are prevalent among the U.S. population. Despite the increasing recognition of evidence-based behavioral sleep...
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Transsplenic tract closure after transsplenic portalvenous access using gelfoam-based tract plugging
BackgroundTo assess the feasibility and safety of a gelfoam torpedo plugging technique for embolization of the transsplenic access channel in adult...
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Eliminating Health Disparities in Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure, and Dyslipidemia: A Path Toward Achieving Pharmacoequity
Purpose of ReviewPharmacoequity refers to the goal of ensuring that all patients have access to high-quality medications, regardless of their race,...
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The Path to Safety in Dental Anesthesia
Purpose of ReviewSedation and anesthesia in dental office–based settings are specialty practices that have unfortunately been riddled with bad...
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Problematic substance use among patients in a Swedish outpatient psychiatry setting: staff and manager perceptions of digital options for increased intervention access
BackgroundApproximately 50% of the patients who globally seek help in psychiatry have been assessed with problematic substance use or been diagnosed...
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The effect of social determinants of health on quality of life among Afghan refugees in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic: a path analysis
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges in 2020 in the world and Iran. To help vulnerable groups such as refugees during...
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Gravity models for potential spatial healthcare access measurement: a systematic methodological review
BackgroundQuantifying spatial access to care—the interplay of accessibility and availability—is vital for healthcare planning and understanding...
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Boundary-Repairing Dual-Path Network for Retinal Layer Segmentation in OCT Image with Pigment Epithelial Detachment
Automatic retinal layer segmentation in optical coherence tomography (OCT) images is crucial for the diagnosis of ocular diseases. Currently,...
