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Healthcare use of young finnish adults with mental disorders – profiles and profile membership determinants
BackgroundComprehensive, timely, and integrated primary care services have been proposed as a response to the increased demand for mental health and...
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Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour Due to Cough in Finnish Elderly: Too Much and Too Little
IntroductionCough-related healthcare-seeking has not been studied specifically in the elderly, although chronic cough is most prevalent among them....
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Obesity and metabolic state are associated with increased healthcare resource and medication use and costs: a Finnish population-based study
AimTo characterize healthcare resource (HCRU) and medication use and associated costs in individuals with obesity compared with individuals with...
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Validation of the Lean Healthcare Implementation Self-Assessment Instrument (LHISI) in the finnish healthcare context
BackgroundLean management is growing in popularity in the healthcare sector worldwide, yet healthcare organizations are struggling with assessing the...
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The burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis in Finnish occupational healthcare
BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability and pain especially among older adults, but it is also known to affect working age...
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The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare booking and cancellation patterns: time series analysis of private healthcare service utilisation in Finland
BackgroundCOVID-19 has had wide-reaching effects on healthcare services beyond the direct treatment of the pandemic. Most current studies have...
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Patient satisfaction – results of cluster analysis of finnish patients
BackgroundHealthcare providers must understand patients’ expectations and perceptions of the care they receive to provide high-quality care. The...
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Risk adjustment for regional healthcare funding allocations with ensemble methods: an empirical study and interpretation
We experiment with recent ensemble machine learning methods in estimating healthcare costs, utilizing Finnish data containing rich individual-level...
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Reliability and validity of the adapted Finnish version of the early onset scoliosis questionnaire (EOSQ-24)
BackgroundEOSQ-24 is a disease specific patient-reported outcome score used to assess the quality of life in patients with early-onset scoliosis. The...
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Trends in dispensing errors reported in Finnish community pharmacies in 2015–2020: a national retrospective register-based study
BackgroundCommunity pharmacies are responsible for dispensing of medicines and related counselling in outpatient care. Dispensing practices have...
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Transition readiness among finnish adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
BackgroundWith chronic diseases, the responsibility for care transfers to adult clinics at some point. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the...
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System's Crisis Resilience as a Societal Crisis: Knowledge Structure and Gaze of the Finnish Health Care System
The crisis resilience of vital social systems is currently the target of constant development efforts in Finland, as their drifting into crisis would...
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Patterns of malpractice claims and compensation after surgical procedures: a retrospective analysis of 8,901 claims from the Finnish patient insurance registry
BackgroundInvasive surgical procedures carry risk of harm to patients. In addition to avoidable harm, disparities between patient expectations and...
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Paramedics’ perceptions of job demands and resources in Finnish emergency medical services: a qualitative study
BackgroundParamedics’ fatigue is rising. Stress factors show increased risk for burnout, fatigue, leaving the profession, decreased performance and...
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The Finnish spine register (FinSpine): development, design, validation and utility
PurposeOur aim was to develop a nationwide, computer-based, Spine Register (FinSpine) for monitoring surgical activity, quality of surgery, long-term...
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Venous thromboembolism is rare after total hip and knee joint arthroplasty with long thromboprophylaxis in Finnish fast-track hospitals
IntroductionPharmacological thromboprophylaxis effectively prevents venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total knee (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty...
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic shoulder and elbow score in Finnish-speaking overhead athletes
BackgroundThe Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Shoulder and Elbow score (KJOC) is developed to evaluate the shoulder and elbow function in overhead...
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Early start of anti-dementia medication is associated with lower health and social care costs in Alzheimer´s patients: a Finnish nationwide register study
ObjectivesTo evaluate the association between health and social care costs and early start of anti-dementia medication in a nationwide cohort of...
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(Dis)advantaged positions in accessing gender-affirming healthcare in Finland: an intersectional qualitative study of foreign-origin transgender people
BackgroundAn increasing body of scholarship focuses on transgender individuals’ experiences when accessing gender-affirming healthcare. However, the...
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Spiritual well-being correlates with quality of life of both cancer and non-cancer patients in palliative care - further validation of EORTC QLQ-SWB32 in Finnish
BackgroundThe European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has developed the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire (EORTC...
