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Int J Technol Assess Health Care
November 2024
Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA), School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
Objectives: Healthcare disinvestment requires multi-level decision-making, and early stakeholder engagement is essential to facilitate implementation and acceptance. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Malaysian healthcare stakeholders to disinvestment initiatives as well as identify disinvestment activities in the country.
Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted from February to March 2023 among Malaysian healthcare stakeholders involved in resource allocation and decision-making at various levels of governance.
Dig Dis Sci
November 2024
Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Background: The fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin (FIT) is now a widely used non-invasive test in population-based organized screening programs for colorectal neoplasia. The positivity thresholds of tests currently in use are based on the fecal hemoglobin concentration (f-Hb), but the rationale for the adopted thresholds are not well documented. To understand current global usage of FIT in screening programs we conducted an international survey of the brands of FIT used, the f-Hb positivity threshold applied and the rationale for the choice.
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December 2024
Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Vaccines (Basel)
October 2024
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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September 2024
Department of Cardiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, 410007, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
The article "Effect of Bedside Ultrasound‑Guided Versus Fluoroscopy‑Guided Transvenous Cardiac Temporary Pacing in Children with Bradyarrhythmia" offers valuable insights into comparative short-term pacing strategies for pediatric bradyarrhythmias. There are some comments that the study overlooks the impact of genetic factors on bradyarrhythmias and treatment outcomes, lacks detailed information on the influence of medications, and does not address the cost-effectiveness of the pacing techniques. The analysis and explanation are made here, and it is hoped that through further research in the future, the conclusions will be more reliable.
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