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  • The study focuses on understanding the healthcare resources and costs associated with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) in Malaysia.
  • A modified Delphi panel of local experts validated clinical pathways and resource utilization, while a Markov model estimated the financial burden on patients.
  • The findings reveal total annual costs of MYR 5981 in public settings and MYR 8581 in private settings, highlighting significant contributions from outpatient visits and medical devices to overall expenses.
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  • A study in Malaysia found that 26.8% of older adults have cataracts.
  • The main barriers preventing them from getting cataract surgery were feeling that they didn't need the surgery (43.5%) and fear of the surgery or its outcomes (16.2%).
  • Additionally, reluctance to undergo the surgery was higher in areas outside the Central zone.
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Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused changes in the surgical treatment of non-Covid patients, especially in thoracic surgery because most procedures are aerosol generating. Hospital Kuala Lumpur, where thoracic procedures are performed, was badly affected. We describe our experience in performing aerosol generating procedures safely in thoracic surgery during the Covid-19 era.

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