Assessment of Price Variation in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery at US Hospitals by Chen Wei, Ishan Paranjpe, Pranav Sharma, Michael Milligan, Miranda Lam, Paul A. Heidenreich, Neil Kalwani, Kevin Schulman, Alexander Sandhu

“…CABG prices were not related to death, readmissions, patient ratings, or overall Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospital rating. Conclusions There is significant variation in CABG pricing, with certain characteristics associated with higher rates, including major teaching status and investor ownership. …”
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Towards the next frontier for simulation-based training: full-hospital simulation across the entire patient pathway. by Arora, S, Cox, C, Davies, S, Kassab, E, Mahoney, P, Sharma, E, Darzi, A, Vincent, C, Sevdalis, N

“…METHODS: A total of 288 participants (Attending surgeons, anesthesiologists, physicians, and nurses) completed this largest simulation study to date, set in the UK Defence Medical Services' Hospital Simulator and the conflict zone in Afghanistan. …”

Portal Venous Pulsatility Index: A Novel Biomarker for Diagnosis of High-Risk NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Dise by Muhammad Nasir Naeem Khan, Aliya Ahmed, Ibtesam Zafar, Fasih Ul Islam Hashmi, Amir Khan, Tayyaba Khalid

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Genetic Association of Beta-Myosin Heavy-Chain Gene (MYH7) with Cardiac Dysfunction by Memoona Yousaf, Waqas Ahmed Khan, Khurrum Shahzad, Haq Nawaz Khan, Basharat Ali, Misbah Hussain, Fazli Rabbi Awan, Hamid Mustafa, Farah Nadia Sheikh

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Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of COVID-19 Infection in Patients Presenting to A Tertiary Care Hospital by Huma Batool, Asifa Karamat, Khalid Waheed, Sohail Anwar, Syed Arslan Haider, Syed Mazhar Ali Naqvi, Munaza Javed

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Factors associated with the workload of health professionals in hospital at home: a systematic review by José A. Cordero-Guevara, Naiara Parraza-Díez, Kalliopi Vrotsou, Mónica Machón, Estibalitz Orruño, Miren J. Onaindia-Ecenarro, Manuel Millet-Sampedro, José Regalado de los Cobos

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Association study of CLDN14 variations in patients with kidney stones by Ullah Ihsan, Murtaza Khadijah, Ammara Hafiza, Misbah, Bhinder Munir Ahmad, Riaz Amjad, Shehzad Wasim, Zahoor Muhammad Yasir

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Family caregiver involvement and role in hospital at home for adults: the patients’ and family caregivers’ perspective - a Norwegian qualitative study by Lillian Karlsen, Bente Prytz Mjølstad, Bjarte Bye Løfaldli, Anne-Sofie Helvik

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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli in Ecuador by Claudia Soria-Segarra, Carmen Soria-Segarra, Marcos Molina-Matute, Ivanna Agreda-Orellana, Tamara Núñez-Quezada, Kerly Cevallos-Apolo, Marcela Miranda-Ayala, Grace Salazar-Tamayo, Margarita Galarza-Herrera, Victor Vega-Hall, José E. Villacis, José Gutiérrez-Fernández

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Donor-derived cell-free DNA as a diagnostic tool in transplantation by Michael Oellerich, Klemens Budde, Bilgin Osmanodja, Kirsten Bornemann-Kolatzki, Julia Beck, Ekkehard Schütz, Philip D. Walson

“…The laboratory medicine specialist can provide more effective services. Hospital management and insurance companies could benefit from more cost-effective surveillance of transplant recipients. …”
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Echocardiography‐ versus intracardiac electrocardiogram‐based optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: A systematic review by Abdul Sami, Bilal Mustafa, Hamza Ahmed Butt, Zainab Ashraf, Asif Ullah, Farheen Babar, Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Awais, Syed Muhammad Jawad Zaidi, Tehniat Fakhar, Amin Mehmoodi, Nawal Adnan, Jahanzeb Malik

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Unmet health care needs: factors predicting satisfaction with health care services among community-dwelling Canadians living with neurological conditions by Tamara Chambers-Richards, Batholomew Chireh, Carl D’Arcy

“…Methods We conducted a secondary analysis on a subsample of the 2010 Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component data (N = 6335) of respondents with neurological conditions, who received general health care services, hospital services, and physician services within twelve months. …”
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Using Linked Administrative Data to Examine the Educational Outcomes of Children in Care in Manitoba by Marni Brownell, Mariette Chartier, Wendy Au, Leonard MacWilliam

“…Several data sources were linked together at an individual level: child welfare services (e.g., in care, in-home services; hospital birth records (e.g., birth weight, gestational age); health status (e.g., from hospitalizations, physician visits); family risk factors (e.g., maternal prenatal smoking and/or drinking, maternal education); family characteristics (e.g., number of children in family, receipt of income assistance); education assessments at kindergarten, grades 3, 7, 8, 9 and 12. …”
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Proteinuria and its relation to diverse biomarkers and body mass index in chronic hemodialysis by Trimarchi H, Muryan A, Raña MS, Paggi P, Lombi F, Forrester M, Pomeranz V, Karl A, Alonso M, Young P, Dicugno M

“…Hernán Trimarchi,1 Alexis Muryan,2 María-Soledad Raña,1 Pedro Paggi,2 Fernando Lombi,1 Mariano Forrester,1 Vanesa Pomeranz,1 Alejandra Karl,1 Mirta Alonso,2 Pablo Young,3 Mariana Dicugno2 1Department of Nephrology, 2Department of Biochemistry, 3Department of Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Background: Certain adipokines exert direct effects on proteinuria, a cardiovascular risk factor ignored in hemodialysis. …”
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Advanced Practice Nurses’ Experiences on Patient Safety Culture in Hospital-Based Home Healthcare: A Qualitative Descriptive Study by Lee S, Lee JY, Kim H, Lee K, Lee T

“…Such aspects include communicating with caregivers, building community partnerships, understanding unexpected home environments, and enhancing the safety of nurses.Keywords: patient safety, home care services, hospital-based, qualitative research…”
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Utilizing the fibula as an orthopedic solution: Our experience in treating benign and tumor-like conditions in children by Muhammad Muzzammil, Muhammad Saeed Minhas, Ayesha Mughal, Saadia Jabbar

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CTSA pharmacies: Contribution to research and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic by Robert B. MacArthur, Ohad S. Bentur, Ian C. MacArthur, Anna S. Bartoo, Donna L. Capozzi, Jason A. Christensen, Amber L. Johnson, Kuldip Patel, Barry S. Coller

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Cervical cancer screening practices in HIV positive females – a missing link in health care delivery in Pakistan by Sobia Idrak, Saima Zaki, Farhan Rasheed, Maham Javed, Huma Khalid, Sumaira Niaz, Romeeza Tahir, Nadia Naseem

“…Method: The serial cross-sectional study was conducted at the Jinnah Hospital and Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from April 2019 to October 2020, and comprised female patients aged 18-45 years who were positive for human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and were registered with the relevant programme being run by the provincial government in Punjab. …”
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Genetic Alterations, DNA Methylation, Alloantibodies and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Type III von Willebrand Disease by Muhammad Asif Naveed, Aiysha Abid, Nadir Ali, Yaqoob Hassan, Ali Amar, Aymen Javed, Khansa Qamar, Ghulam Mustafa, Ali Raza, Umera Saleem, Shabbir Hussain, Madiha Shakoor, Shagufta Khaliq, Shahida Mohsin

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Health care resource use among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: the PIvOTAL retrospective observational study by Dae Ho Lee, Hiroshi Isobe, Hubert Wirtz, Sabina Bandeira Aleixo, Phillip Parente, Filippo de Marinis, Min Huang, Ashwini Arunachalam, Smita Kothari, Xiting Cao, Nello Donnini, Ann-Marie Woodgate, Javier de Castro

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