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Monetary burden of neurocysticercosis on a hospitalized population in Muli County, China
The objective of this study was to estimate the monetary burden of neurocysticercosis (NCC) on hospitalized patients from Muli County, China. Muli is an agricultural county in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China where pigs are raised and the zoonotic cestode, Taenia solium, is endemic. Demographic and treatment data were collected from the Muli County Health Insurance Department on hospitalized individuals with an NCC diagnosis between 2014-2021. These patients represent residents of Muli County that purchased health insurance and received treatment in a public hospital in Sichuan Province. Hospital costs were co...
Source: Acta Tropica - July 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ilana A Mosley Tiaoying Li Xingping Zhao Lin Huang Xingwang Chen Yang Liu Zhihua Chen Mianchuan Duan Christine M Budke Source Type: research

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 23rd July2022.
In this study, researchers sought to determine whether differences in occult hypoxemia treatment existed between people of different races.Occult hypoxemia was defined as arterial blood oxygen saturation of less than 88 percent despite a pulse oximetry reading of 92 percent or more.-----https://healthitsecurity.com/news/security-awareness-and-training-crucial-to-preventing-healthcare-phishing-attacksSecurity Awareness and Training Crucial to Preventing Healthcare Phishing AttacksSecurity awareness and training greatly decreased the likelihood of an employee falling for a healthcare phishing attack, KnowBe4 researchers foun...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 23, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations -United States, 2018
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2021 May 14;70(3):1-26. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7003a1.ABSTRACTPROBLEM/CONDITION: Adults are at risk for illness, hospitalization, disability and, in some cases, death from vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly influenza and pneumococcal disease. CDC recommends vaccinations for adults on the basis of age, health conditions, prior vaccinations, and other considerations. Updated vaccination recommendations from CDC are published annually in the U.S. Adult Immunization Schedule. Despite longstanding recommendations for use of many vaccines, vaccination coverage among U.S. adults remains low.REPORTING PER...
Source: MMWR Surveill Summ - May 13, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Peng-Jun Lu Mei-Chuan Hung Anup Srivastav Lisa A Grohskopf Miwako Kobayashi Aaron M Harris Kathleen L Dooling Lauri E Markowitz Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz Walter W Williams Source Type: research

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