Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis.

Background: Opioid use disorders constitute a vast disease burden, need for comprehensive treatment, and substantial costs to individuals, families, and society. The multifaceted needs of people with opioid dependence call for integrated care. The study aims to assess the added value of an integrated medically assisted rehabilitation (MAR) program providing opioid agonist therapy for patients with opioid dependence as compared to the standard of care (SoC) in Norway.

Effect of Oral Screen Training After Stroke-A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Objective: To assess the effects of oral screen training in patients with dysphagia post-stroke.

Background: Oral screen training has been identified as an effective method for improving orofacial and oropharyngeal motor functions. However, the evidence supporting a positive transfer effect on swallowing capacity post-primary stroke rehabilitation is still unclear.

Next-generation sequencing improves diagnostic accuracy of imaging and carcinoembryonic antigen alone for pancreatic cystic neoplasms.

Background: New tools are needed to determine the pancreatic cysts that require surgical resection. This study aimed to evaluate whether next-generation sequencing (NGS) is useful for identifying mucinous, malignant, or pre-malignant cysts leading to surgery.

Methods: Laboratory, cytological, and histological data from 97 patients with worrisome features on imaging or an unclear pancreatic cystic lesion (PCL) who were indicated for further investigation and who underwent endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) between 2018 and 2022 were analyzed.

Collaborative dynamics and shared motivation: exploring tobacco control policy development in Zambia.

In Zambia, efforts to produce a tobacco control policy have stalled for over a decade, and the country is not yet close to developing one. Limited studies have explored the dynamics in this policy process and how they affect the attainment of policy goals and outcomes. This study explored how collaborative dynamics within tobacco control policy development shaped shared motivation among stakeholders in Zambia.

Universal Health Coverage of Opioid Agonist Treatment in Norway: An Equity-Adjusted Economic Evaluation.

Background: Detailed information on the efficiency of health services targeting opioid use disorder (OUD) and treatment with opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is sparse. Many countries, including Norway, are still falling short of universal health coverage (UHC) of OAT. This study aims to evaluate the incremental lifetime costs and effects of treating OUD with OAT as compared to no OAT in Norway and scaling up the treatment to a universal coverage level using equity-adjusted health economic evaluations.