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BACKGROUND: China's National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) has become the primary route for drug reimbursement in China. More recently, the authority has made pharmacoeconomic evaluation an integral part of the application for NRDL inclusion. The underlying financial conflict of interests (FCOI) of pharmacoeconomic ev…

OBJECTIVE: The study's purpose was to describe the range of knowledge pertaining to the Bobath concept/NDT in adult neurological rehabilitation, synthesize the findings, identify knowledge gaps and develop empirically based recommendations for future research. This article explores the conceptual literature. METHODS:…

PURPOSE: To investigate whether MR imaging is an accurate means of assessing mandibular invasion in patients with carcinoma. METHODS: We retrospectively studied the MR scans of 22 patients with pathologic or surgical confirmation of mandibular invasion from oral and oropharyngeal cancers. The MR images were blindly an…

This study investigates the perceptions of university students majoring in film and media production (FMP) regarding the over-the-top (OTT) industry. We used the Q methodology to achieve this study's purpose, with 33 Q sets and 22 university students majoring in FMP. The study revealed three perception structures of FM…

Part I The author examined 62 hips in 58 patients treated by shelf operations, and their long-term results were studied as a follow-up for an average of 10 years. Satisfactory results of the shelf operation were obtained in 51.7% of patients, if over 10 years of age when operated on, but in as many as 72.0%, if under 6…

PURPOSE: The clinical performances of physicians have come under scrutiny as greater public attention is paid to the quality of health care. However, determinants of physician performance have not been well elucidated. The authors sought to develop a theoretical model of physician performance, and explored the literatu…

This study investigated the experience of living with chronic orofacial pain. Participating in this study's individual in-depth interviews were 6 participants with chronic orofacial pain who were undergoing treatment at a pain clinic. In consideration of the empirical nature of the study, the interviews were transcribe…

OBJECTIVE: This study attempts to replicate data from a similar study performed 5 years ago by comparing point-of-care (POCUS) extended focused abdominal sonography in trauma (eFAST) examinations performed by an air medical flight crew with those performed by a trauma team at a level 1 trauma center. METHODS: This pro…

BACKGROUND: Comfort of an orthosis is an important characteristic that is likely to dictate use of and satisfaction with a device. However, instruments to assess only orthosis user comfort do not exist. The Prosthetic Socket Fit Comfort Score, developed previously for prosthesis users, may be adapted to serve this purp…

This study explores the relationship between exposure to U.S. media coverage of chemical threats to pediatric environmental health and mothers' behaviors to protect their children. Prior content analytic work revealed that media coverage volume from September 2012 to February 2013 differed significantly by type of chem…

BACKGROUND: Life satisfaction is the cognitive assessment of an individual's current life circumstances. Since its introduction, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) has been translated into more than 30 languages. However, there is a limited information on the comprehensive synthesis of the psychometric methods of…

PURPOSE: The present study's purpose was to examine the size and location of the thyroid gland using anatomic dissection methods on fetal cadavers. METHODS: This study was performed on 200 spontaneously aborted human fetuses (100 males and 100 females) aged between 9 and 40 weeks of gestation. Fetuses without any exte…

Considering that lung cancer is a leading global perpetrator, novel treatment approaches must be investigated. Due to the broad spectrum of lung cancer, conventional therapies including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgeries, are not always effective and can have adverse consequences. The present study's overarching…

BACKGROUND: Within the context of the Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) on Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD), researchers often discuss the methodological problems and challenges they are confronted with. The aim of the current article was to give an overview of these challenges.…

BACKGROUND: The mainstay treatment of the neck for clinically negative neck (cN0) supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma (SGLC) is neck dissection. However, the optimal extent remains controversial. This study's purpose is to determine whether ipsilateral level II-III neck dissection is appropriate for cN0SGLC patients. MET…

Implementing a telephone follow-up system after a patient's emergency department (ED) visit is challenging, but it may improve patient safety and care. This study's objective was to describe the development and implementation of a comprehensive ED telephone follow-up system over a 9-year period. Discharged patients who…

PURPOSE: Limited research has examined the interrelationships among cardiometabolic parameters, physical activity, and hearing function, which was this study's purpose. METHOD: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006 were used in the path analyses. Physical activity and hearin…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine adverse vitreoretinal outcome rates after glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Medical records from the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital with financial claims from 1991 to 2005 for GDD surgery coded for endophthalmitis, choroidal hemorrhage, or retinal detac…

This exploratory mixed methods survey yielded a comprehensive picture of safety planning practices with children and adolescents in Texas emergency domestic violence shelters. Shelter personnel described safety planning goals, methods, timing, and contents and views of best practices, barriers, and risks. The study's a…

A content analysis was performed on a random sample (N = 168) of 25% of the articles published in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (JVME) per year from 1974 through 2004. Over time, there were increased numbers of authors per paper, more cross-institutional collaborations, greater prevalence of references or…