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Socioeconomic and geographic variations of disabilities in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey, 2019–21
BackgroundIncreasing disability is of global and national concern. Lack of evidence on disability across socioeconomic groups and geographic levels...
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Ethnic and geographic variations in multiple chronic conditions among community-dwelling older people in **njiang: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundMultiple chronic conditions (MCC) refer to the presence of two or more chronic diseases. The incidence of MCC is higher in older people,...
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Geographic variation in the utilisation of specialist healthcare for patients with severe mental illness in Norway: a population-based registry study
PurposeThe aim of this study is to measure geographic variations in mental healthcare service utilisation among patients with severe mental illness...
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Geographic Variations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis in the United States: A Real-World Study
IntroductionDiagnosis difficulties are common for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients, leading to inadequate and inconsistent treatment. We...
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Evaluating the Impact of the Novel Geographic Preferences Section on Interview Rate and Residency Match Outcomes
BackgroundThe American Association of Medical Colleges trialed residency application initiatives including geographic preferences and preference...
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Geographic differences in pharmacotherapy patterns and outcomes of acute ischemic stroke in China
BackgroundVast economic and healthcare status discrepancies exist among regions in China, contributing to different treatment patterns. This study...
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Geographic variation in clinical outcomes and anticoagulation among medicare beneficiaries with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Oral anticoagulants (OACs) have been used to prevent stroke/systemic embolism (SE) among patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). To...
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Incidence and geographic distribution of retinoblastoma in Ethiopia
IntroductionRetinoblastoma is the most frequent intraocular malignancy of the eye in children, occurring in early childhood. Based on global...
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Geospatial investigations in Colombia reveal variations in the distribution of mood and psychotic disorders
BackgroundGeographical variations in mood and psychotic disorders have been found in upper-income countries. We looked for geographic variation in...
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Atlas VPM: two decades informing on unwarranted variations in health care in Spain
Since the early 2000’s, the Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in the Spanish National Health System (namely, Atlas VPM) has been analysing and...
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A systematic review and meta-regression on international trends in the incidence of ulcerative colitis in children and adolescents associated with socioeconomic and geographic factors
The incidence of ulcerative colitis (UC) among children and adolescents is rising globally, albeit with notable discrepancies across countries. This...
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Geographic disparities in COVID-19 testing and outcomes in Florida
BackgroundUnderstanding geographic disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing and outcomes at the local level during the early stages...
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Geographic and sociodemographic access to systemic anticancer therapies for secondary breast cancer: a systematic review
BackgroundThe review aimed to investigate geographic and sociodemographic factors associated with receipt of systemic anticancer therapies (SACT) for...
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Geographic variation in bone mineral density and prevalent fractures in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging
SummaryAwareness of the prevalence of osteoporosis and fractures across jurisdictions can guide the development of local preventive programs and...
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Quantification of prevalence, clinical characteristics, co-existence, and geographic variations of traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic patterns via latent tree analysis-based differentiation rules among functional dyspepsia patients
BackgroundTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment strategies are guided by pattern differentiation, as documented in the eleventh edition of the...
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Geographic Analysis of the Safety and Efficacy of Filgotinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis
IntroductionGlobal clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often do not recruit enough patients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds to...
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Perspectives from clinical trials: is geographic atrophy one disease?
Geographic atrophy (GA) is currently an untreatable condition. Emerging evidence from recent clinical trials show that anti-complement therapy may be...
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How Socio-economic Inequalities Cluster People with Diabetes in Malaysia: Geographic Evaluation of Area Disparities Using a Non-parameterized Unsupervised Learning Method
Accurate assessments of epidemiological associations between health outcomes and routinely observed proximal and distal determinants of health are...
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Differences between gridded population data impact measures of geographic access to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa
BackgroundAccess to healthcare is imperative to health equity and well-being. Geographic access to healthcare can be modeled using spatial datasets...
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Incidence and geographic characteristics of the population with osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt— by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health
SummaryThis work studies the epidemiology of hip fracture in Egypt. While the incidence of hip fracture in Egypt matches that of the Mediterranean...