Enrollee, Plan, and State Characteristics Associated With Experience of Care Among Adults in Medicaid Managed Care.

Objective: To examine five enrollee-reported experience of care metrics and assess enrollee, plan, and state characteristics associated with higher care ratings.

Study Setting And Design: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study using multivariable linear probability models and predictors that captured various enrollee, plan, and state characteristics. We evaluated five enrollee-reported experience of care measures: being "always or usually" easy to get needed care (yes/no), having a personal doctor (yes/no), having timely access to a checkup or routine care (yes/no), having timely access to specialty care (yes/no), and healthcare rating (0-10).

Behavioural and psychological factors associated with pre-frailty in community-dwelling adults aged 40 and over: a cross-sectional study.

Frailty and pre-frailty are major public health concerns. While frailty is typically associated with older adults, evidence suggests that pre-frailty commonly starts in middle-age. This study examined associations between behavioural and psychological correlates of pre-frailty and frailty in adults from 40 years to help identify at-risk individuals and inform interventions.

Association of a cleaner-burning stove with blood pressure in adults in rural Malawi.

Background: Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its association with household air pollution (HAP) in sub-Saharan Africa is understudied.

Main Objective: To investigate the association between blood pressure (BP) and HAP exposure in a population-based cohort in rural Malawi.

Materials And Methods: In the Chikwawa district, the site of a previous randomized controlled trial of a cleaner-burning cookstove intervention (the Cooking and Pneumonia Study or CAPS), we recruited 1,481 randomly selected adults.

Complete genome and transcriptome of 3488, a clinical isolate with a novel deletion at the RD1 locus.

In members of the complex, the RD1 locus encodes a type VII secretion system involved in virulence. Herein, we describe the genome and transcriptomic analysis of 3488, a clinical isolate from a cat, with a 14.2 kb deletion that encompasses the RD1 locus.

Extensor Hallucis Longus Contracture Following Intramedullary Nailing for a Pilon Fracture.

Extensor hallucis longus (EHL) fibrosis is an uncommon complication following a pilon fracture. This is caused by compartment syndrome from fracture immobilization followed by adhesion of muscle or tendon. Only a few cases of EHL fibrosis secondary to a post-traumatic lower leg fracture have been reported.