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Patient Care Pathway for Post-Stroke Spasticity and Bont Management in French Hospitals Through the Prism of PMSI Data
This study explores the incidence of spasticity post-stroke, its management with botulinum toxin (BoNT), and describes the patient care pathway over several years.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L Josseran, C Baptiste, D Bensmail, P Karam Source Type: research

EE99 Cost-Effectiveness of Percutaneous Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Versus Antiplatelet Therapy After Stroke: A Trial and Model Based Economic Evaluation of the French Close Randomised Controlled Trial
The French RCT CLOSE demonstrated that patients having experienced cryptogenic stroke and having a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with echocardiographic features representing risk of stroke benefited from PFO closure compared to antiplatelet therapy. This analysis determines the cost-effectiveness from the perspective of the French healthcare system of percutaneous PFO closure in combination with antiplatelet therapy versus antiplatelet therapy alone using economic data collected during the CLOSE trial.
Source: Value in Health - December 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M Darlington, Y Gaston, A Charles-Nelson, G Chatellier, JL Mas, I Durand-Zaleski Source Type: research

Budget Impact of Post-Stroke Dysphagia: Database Analyses of Hospital Discharges In France And Switzerland
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is prevalent in hospitalized post-stroke patients and is associated with increased mortality and comorbidities. The aim of our analysis was to evaluate the impact of dysphagia on Length of Hospital Stay (LOS) and costs. The hospital perspective was used to assess costs.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N Muehlemann, L de L éotoing, B Jouaneton, J Fernandes, M Arnold, G Kägi Source Type: research

Cost-Effectiveness of A Direct Aspiration First Pass Technique (ADAPT) For Thrombectomy Revascularization of Large Vessel Occlusion In Acute Ischemic Stroke (French Health Ministry Prme 16-0020)
To estimate the cost-effectiveness of Direct Aspiration First Pass Technique (ADAPT) versus mechanical thrombectomy with a Stent Retriever (SR) procedure in acute ischemic stroke from a French healthcare providers perspective.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: AL Soilly, DS Kossi, A Leherle, E Orng, J Labreuche, R Blanc, M Piotin, B Lapergue, S Baffert Source Type: research

Depressive symptoms moderate the relationship among physical capacity, balance self-efficacy, and participation in people after stroke - French MA, Miller A, Pohlig RT, Reisman DS.
OBJECTIVE: Previously it was found that balance self-efficacy mediated the relationship between physical capacity and participation after stroke. The effect of other factors that influence participation, such as depression, on this relationship has not bee...
Source: SafetyLit - October 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

POSA107 Apixaban Versus Other Anticoagulants in the Prevention of Stroke and Systemic Embolism in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Comparison of All-Cause and Event-Related Costs in Real-Life Setting in France
To estimate and compare costs associated with all-cause healthcare resource use (HCRU), stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and major bleedings (MB) between patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) initiating apixaban and patients initiating other oral anticoagulants (OAC).
Source: Value in Health - January 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M Belhassen, O Hanon, PG Steg, I Mah é, M Née, F Jacoud, F Dalon, FE Cotte, S Gollety, C Marant-Micallef, E Van Ganse, B Falissard, N Danchin Source Type: research

One Year Cost Of Ischemic Stroke And Intracranial Hemorrage According To Disability For Atrial Fibrillation Patients In France
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at high risk of cerebral thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events, with potential residual disability. The aim of this research was to estimate the one-year costs of these events in the French context.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: G de Pouvourville, P Karam, M Giroud, C Le Dissez, L Luciani, K Le Lay Source Type: research

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology: Job strain linked to increased risk of premature death for men with cardiometabolic disease
(The Lancet) Having a demanding job and little control over it is associated with an increased risk of premature death in men with coronary heart disease, stroke, or diabetes, according to an observational study tracking more than 100000 men and women with and without cardiometabolic disease from Finland, France, Sweden, and the UK for almost 14 years, published in The Lancet Diabetes& Endocrinology journal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence to Secondary Prevention Medications Among French Patients Suffering from Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
Source: Patient Preference and Adherence - July 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Patient Preference and Adherence Source Type: research

From Rags to Riches: Power and progress in Abu Dhabi
The Ethiad TowersBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Apr 20 2022 (IPS) I recently visited Abu Dhabi and my impressions became intermingled with worries about the war in Ukraine. I also happened to read Livy’s The Early History of Rome, written around the beginning of CE, coming across these lines: The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid....
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Energy Headlines Health Labour Middle East & North Africa TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news