[Climate-smart and effective health care reduces green-house gas emissions].

Health care is associated with a considerable climate impact and this short review describes approaches to reduce this impact. Reviews from WHO and World Bank Group end up with recommendations on low-carbon and resilient health care which is beneficial for health, economy and climate. The concept of climate-smart healthcare has been suggested as new way of describing this much needed work.

Fast-track access to urologic care for patients with macroscopic haematuria is efficient and cost-effective: results from a prospective intervention study.

Background: The delay between onset of macroscopic haematuria and diagnosis of bladder cancer is often long.

Methods: We evaluated timely diagnosis and health-care costs for patients with macroscopic haematuria given fast-track access to diagnostics. During a 15-month period, a telephone hotline for fast-track diagnostics was provided in nine Swedish municipalities for patients aged ⩾50 years with macroscopic haematuria.

Patient-reported outcome after radical cystectomy: translation and psychometric validation of the Swedish version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale Vanderbilt Cystectomy Index.

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Swedish version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale - Vanderbilt Cystectomy Index (FACT-VCI).

Materials And Methods: For adaptation into Swedish, a multiprofessional team was used for translation including cultural adjustment, followed by back-translation. Test and retest in 10 individuals was followed by assessing metric properties in 75 consecutive patients with bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy.