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Predictors of long-term care use - informal home care recipients versus private and public facilities residents in Poland
BackgroundThe population aging, together with the shrinking caring potential of families, is a major challenge for social policy in the coming years....
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Projected Savings to Canadian Provincial Budgets from Reduced Long-Term Care Home Utilization Due to a Disease-Modifying Alzheimer’s Treatment
BackgroundA disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment could provide budgetary savings to Canadian provinces from a reduction in long-term care home...
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“I didn’t know it was going to be like this.”: unprepared for end-of-Life care, the experiences of care aides care in long-term care
BackgroundCare aides provide up to 70–90% of the direct care for residents in long-term care (LTC) and thus hold great potential in improving...
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Life expectancy, long-term care demand and dynamic financing mechanism simulation: an empirical study of Zhejiang Pilot, China
BackgroundChina has piloted Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) to address increasing care demand. However, many cities neglected adjusting LTCI premiums...
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The effect of long-term care insurance on healthcare utilization of middle-aged and older adults: evidence from China health and retirement longitudinal study
BackgroundAs global ageing continues to increase and many countries face challenges from the growing demand for long-term care. Drawing on the...
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Long-term trends in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias deaths with high body mass index in China from 1990 to 2019, and projections up to 2042
BackgroundIn China, the rising prevalence of high Body Mass Index (BMI) is linked to increasing health issues, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD)....
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Projected costs of informal care for older people in England
BackgroundHealth economics research and economic evaluation have increasingly taken a societal perspective, accounting for the economic impacts of...
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Expenditure projections for community home-based care services for older adults with functional decline in China
IntroductionDifficulty in identifying the functional status of older adults creates an imbalance between the supply and demand for community...
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The Role of Expert Opinion in Projecting Long-Term Survival Outcomes Beyond the Horizon of a Clinical Trial
IntroductionClinical trials often have short follow-ups, and long-term outcomes such as survival must be extrapolated. Current extrapolation methods...
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Future trends in incidence and long-term survival of metastatic cancer in the United States
BackgroundPrevious studies have demonstrated epidemiological trends in individual metastatic cancer subtypes; however, research forecasting long-term...
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Early and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Ductal Stenting Versus Surgical Aortopulmonary Shunt Among Young Infants with Duct-Dependent Pulmonary Circulation
Surgical aortopulmonary shunting (SAPS) and ductal stenting (DS) are the main palliations in infants with cyanotic congenital heart diseases (CHD)....
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Frailty, Sarcopenia and Long Term Care Utilization in Older Populations: A Systematic Review
This systematic literature review documents the link between frailty or sarcopenia, conceptualized as dimensions of physical health, and the use of...
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GluN2B inhibition confers resilience against long-term cocaine-induced neurocognitive sequelae
Cocaine self-administration can disrupt the capacity of humans and rodents to flexibly modify familiar behavioral routines, even when they become...
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Quantitative Proteomics of COVID-19 Recovered Patients Identifies Long-Term Changes in Sperm Proteins Leading to Cellular Stress in Spermatozoa
Following an initial recovery, COVID-19 survivors struggle with a spectrum of persistent medical complications, including fatigue, breathlessness,...
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Evolution of neuroimaging findings in angioinvasive cerebral aspergillosis in a pediatric patient with leukemia during long-term observation
The central nervous system is one of the most common sites of aspergillosis involvement in immunocompromised people, just after sinopulmonary...
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Partial Acquisition of Spectral Projections Accelerates Four-dimensional Spectral-spatial EPR Imaging for Mouse Tumor Models: A Feasibility Study
PurposeOur study aimed to accelerate the acquisition of four-dimensional (4D) spectral-spatial electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) imaging for...
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Selective chemogenetic inactivation of corticoaccumbal projections disrupts trait choice impulsivity
Impulsive choice has enduring trait-like characteristics and is defined by preference for small immediate rewards over larger delayed ones....
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Microsurgical treatment of ophthalmic artery aneurysm, a case series of 55 patients with long-term follow-up
BackgroundOphthalmic artery aneurysm (OAA) can be secured in endovascular or microsurgical approaches. Still there are controversies in technique...
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Brain injury and long-term outcome after neonatal surgery for non-cardiac congenital anomalies
BackgroundThere is growing evidence that neonatal surgery for non-cardiac congenital anomalies (NCCAs) in the neonatal period adversely affects...
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Sleeve gastrectomy morphology and long-term weight-loss and gastroesophageal reflux disease outcomes
BackgroundThe relationship between sleeve gastrectomy (SG) morphology and long-term weight-loss and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) outcomes...
