Effect of Cesarean Section on the Severity of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Chinese Women: The Shanxi Study.

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is one of the most adverse obstetric outcomes. Our aim is to detect the risks of multilevel PPH in different cesarean section (CS) groups [including nulliparous CS with indications, nulliparous CS without indications, repeat cesarean (RC), vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), cesarean after vaginal birth (CAVB)]. We conducted a retrospective cohort study, and the data on 127 145 women collected from January 2014 to May 2016 and from 35 tertiary hospitals in Shanxi province, China, were reviewed.

A machine learning based approach to identify protected health information in Chinese clinical text.

Background: With the increasing application of electronic health records (EHRs) in the world, protecting private information in clinical text has drawn extensive attention from healthcare providers to researchers. De-identification, the process of identifying and removing protected health information (PHI) from clinical text, has been central to the discourse on medical privacy since 2006. While de-identification is becoming the global norm for handling medical records, there is a paucity of studies on its application on Chinese clinical text.

Impact of Health Education on Knowledge and Behaviors toward Infectious Diseases among Students in Gansu Province, China.

Objectives: Infectious disease knowledge and behaviors are key elements that ensure student health and safety. This study explores the impact of health education on student knowledge and behaviors toward infectious diseases and determines the factors affecting infectious diseases knowledge and behaviors among students in Gansu, China.

Methods: A cross-sectional study and three sampling methods were used in two counties, 12 schools, and 32 classes in Gansu, China, from 2012 to 2013.

Insurance status, inhospital mortality and length of stay in hospitalised patients in Shanxi, China: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To determine insurance-related disparities in hospital care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF) and pneumonia.

Setting And Participants: A total of 22 392 patients with AMI, 8056 patients with HF and 17 161 patients with pneumonia were selected from 31 tertiary hospitals in Shanxi, China, from 2014 to 2015 using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes. Patients were stratified by health insurance status, namely, urban employee-based basic medical insurance (UEBMI), urban resident-based basic medical insurance (URBMI), new cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) and self-payment.