The impact of a reproductive health voucher in Uganda using a quasi-experimental matching design.

This study assesses the impact of a voucher project that targeted vulnerable and poor pregnant women in Uganda. Highly subsidised vouchers gave access to a package of safe delivery services consisting of four antenatal visits, safe delivery, one postnatal visit, the treatment and management of selected pregnancy-related medical conditions and complications, and emergency transport. Vouchers were sold during the project's operational period from 2016 to 2019.

Covid-19 Across Professions-Infection, Hospitalization, and Intensive Care Unit Patterns in a Swedish County.

Objective: The aim of the study was to study infection, hospitalization, and admission to intensive care unit for COVID-19 in different occupations and pandemic waves in a Swedish county.

Methods: Individual registry data of infection and hospitalization were merged with occupational data in this cross-sectional study. Infected, hospital-, and intensive care unit-admission were analyzed by occupational groups.

Ten-year review of groin laparoscopy in 1001 pediatric patients with clinical unilateral inguinal hernia: an improved technique with transhernia multiple-channel scope.

Purpose: The purpose of this 10-year review of data is to verify the effectiveness, safety, and appropriate age group for using a multichannel scope during inguinal herniorrhaphy in pediatric patients with clinical unilateral inguinal hernia to evaluate for contralateral patent processus vaginalis (CPPV).

Methods: The data evaluated are age, sex, negative findings, positive findings, false positives, false negatives, recurrences, date of recurrence, and complications. Patients who clinically had bilateral hernias or were born prematurely were excluded.

Integration of immigrants: the role of language proficiency and experience.

In this article, the authors evaluate a Swedish pilot scheme that targeted immigrants with weak Swedish-language skills registered as unemployed at public employment offices. By sandwiching work-oriented language teaching and practical workplace training, the project aimed at enhancing the employability of project participants but also at alerting them to and preparing them for available training and further education opportunities. For the evaluation, a comparison group of nonparticipants was selected using a propensity score methodology.