Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.2146/news180042 | DOI Listing |
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi
January 2025
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University.
Objectives Although childhood cancer treatment has recently become centralized at specialized hospitals worldwide, the relationship between mortality ratios and living in rural areas or traveling long distances for treatment remains controversial. In the present study, we examined whether regional differences in patient mobility and mortality ratios exist in Japan.Methods We investigated 10,713 patients with cancer aged ≤18 years, diagnosed between 2016 and 2019, registered in the national cancer registry data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroorganisms
January 2025
Fundació Lluita Contra les Infeccions, Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera Canyet, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus commonly associated with animals which can also be a zoonotic human pathogen. To date, there is little data available on infections. The aim of this study was to characterize the infections identified in two hospitals located, respectively, in rural and urban areas of Catalonia, Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Rural Health
January 2025
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Purpose: To provide a new approach for defining rural hospital markets.
Methods: First, we estimated models of hospital choice. We defined hospitals in the choice set using nationwide hospital data from the Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS).
Curr Oncol
January 2025
Department of Advanced Nursing Science, University of Venda, P/Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.
Background: The diagnosis and treatment of cancer are associated with substantial physical, psychological, and social morbidity for most patients. Distress can be seen as an unpleasant experience of an emotional, psychological, social, or spiritual nature that interferes with the ability to cope with cancer treatment.
Purpose: The aim was to understand patients' experiences of distress in their context and to analyze and interpret the findings.
Front Public Health
January 2025
The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Objective: This study aims to investigate the perceived benefits, costs, and relationships that influence doctors' inclination to participate in urban-rural medical consortia (URMC). Furthermore, the study analyzes how perceived relationships moderate the impact of perceived benefits and costs on the inclination to take part in URMC.
Methods: The study was conducted between September 2022 and June 2023 utilizing an online survey in Henan Province, Central China, which included 749 respondents from provincial hospitals.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!