This study explored the willingness and purchase of travel insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst working adults to ensure their safety and welfare through the lens of the theory of planned behavior. Primary data were gathered from 1,118 working adults across Malaysia and analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling. The study outcomes revealed that attitude toward travel insurance was significantly influenced by insurance literacy, perceived health risk, and health consciousness. The willingness of working adults to purchase travel insurance was highly influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral controls but unaffected by perceived product risks. The purchase of travel insurance was positively influenced by the willingness to purchase travel insurance. In fact, travel insurance literacy and perceived health risk should be emphasized amongst working adults to encourage them to purchase travel insurance policies for traveling abroad.
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Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes
February 2025
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Objective: To determine the financial impact of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) on patients in the United States by examining the medical expenses incurred by patients.
Patients And Methods: We used a convenience sample approach and disseminated a self-reported survey questionnaire to individuals with EDS via patient advocacy organizations and support groups across the country, social media, and health professionals from April 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. The survey focused on the out-of-pocket medical expenses incurred by patients.
HNO
January 2025
Deutsches Hörzentrum der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 3, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
Treatment of patients with severe hearing loss or deafness using cochlear implants (CI) is nowadays clinical routine. In the Hannover Medical School alone, more than 500 patients are treated with CI annually, meaning that the pool of patients with CI increases significantly each year. Worldwide, there are over 1 million patients with a CI system; in Germany the figure is estimated at over 60,000.
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December 2024
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
For Alzheimer's disease (AD), there are currently two FDA-approved agents developed as disease-modifying treatments. Approval of lecanemab (Leqembi®) in 2023, via accelerated approval mechanism, followed by traditional approval accompanied by medical coverage decision by the Center for Medicare Services, has resulted in increasing use of this anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody, demonstrated in 18-month long clinical trials to slow Alzheimer's disease. Despite a broad package insert (with only contraindication product severe hypersensitivity), nationwide prescriptions have been reportedly affected by concerns regarding drug eligibility, monitoring, and whether real-world experience would mirror clinical trial data.
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December 2024
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc., Parsippany, New Jersey.
Objective: To evaluate the current utilization of advanced practice providers (APPs) within the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Setting: Web-based.
Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Purpose: To investigate the characteristics and rate of sociodemographic variables reported in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) studying platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods: In January 2024, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were queried for the phrase "Platelet-Rich Plasma Knee Osteoarthritis." Included studies were RCTs investigating PRP use in knee OA published in English between 2012 and 2023.
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