Search Results - "Emmerick, Isabel"
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Effects of low dose computed tomography (LDCT) on lung cancer screening on incidence and mortality in regions with high tuberculosis prevalence: A systematic review
Published in PloS one (11-09-2024)“…Lung cancer screening (LCS) using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is a strategy for early-stage diagnosis. The implementation of LDCT screening in…”
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Spatial analysis and factors associated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Portugal: a retrospective analysis from 2015 to 2017
Published in BMJ open (06-02-2023)“…ObjectivesTo identify the factors associated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) use of TAVI in inpatients with aortic stenosis (AS) in…”
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Oral cancer patient's profile and time to treatment initiation in the public health system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in BMC health services research (15-02-2021)“…This paper aims to describe the profile of oral cancer (OC) patients, their risk classification and identify the time between screening and treatment…”
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Factors associated with late-stage diagnosis and overall survival for lung cancer: An analysis of patients treated in a Brazilian hospital and a US-hospital from 2009 to 2019
Published in Cancer epidemiology (01-10-2023)“…Lung cancer is a major public health problem due to its high incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Histology, socioeconomic conditions, access, quality of…”
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Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co-payment on rational use of medicines
Published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews (08-05-2015)“…Growing expenditures on prescription medicines represent a major challenge to many health systems. Cap and co-payment policies are intended as an incentive to…”
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Hypertension and diabetes treatment affordability and government expenditures following changes in patient cost sharing in the "Farmácia popular" program in Brazil: an interrupted time series study
Published in BMC public health (08-01-2020)“…Increasing medicines availability and affordability is a key goal of Brazilian health policies. "Farmácia Popular" (FP) Program is one of the government's key…”
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Burden of disease from COVID-19 and its acute and chronic complications: reflections on measurement (DALYs) and prospects for the Brazilian Unified National Health System
Published in Cadernos de saúde pública (2020)“…COVID-19 is an acute infectious respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The disease is highly communicable and…”
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Barriers to access to medicines for non-communicable diseases for patients using the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS)
Published in Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (01-01-2021)“…This paper investigates difficulties related to access to medicines in SUS and factors associated with the inability to obtain medicines in SUS by…”
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Effect of municipal and state regulation on access and outcomes for cervical cancer patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: An interrupted time series analysis
Published in Journal of cancer policy (01-09-2022)“…Cervical cancer (CC) is one of Brazil's most prevalent neoplasms, and organizing health care flows that guarantee adequate and timely referral is a challenge…”
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Barriers in household access to medicines for chronic conditions in three Latin American countries
Published in International journal for equity in health (31-10-2015)“…Access to medicines is one of the major challenges in health policy. The high out-of-pocket expenditures on medicines in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC)…”
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Retrospective interrupted time series examining hypertension and diabetes medicines usage following changes in patient cost sharing in the ‘Farmácia Popular’ programme in Brazil
Published in BMJ open (01-11-2017)“…Objectives‘Farmácia Popular’ (FP) programme was launched in 2004, expanded in 2006 and changed the cost sharing for oral hypoglycaemic (OH) and…”
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Strengthening the capacity of managers in pharmaceutical services based on Primary Health Care (PHC) at different levels of the health system
Published in Human resources for health (13-06-2014)“…Distance learning methods have been widely used because of their advantages to continuing professional development processes. The Primary Health Care (PHC) is…”
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Brazilian generics market change after Farmácia Popular program
Published in Revista de saúde pública (01-01-2019)“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends in the use of generic and non-generic medicines to treat hypertension and diabetes under the Farmácia Popular Program (FP) and…”
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Longevity and cost of care: the challenge of a self-managed health plan
Published in Ciência & saude coletiva (01-10-2020)“…This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the cost of health care and the aging of the population assisted by a self-managed plan, refecting on the…”
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Sources of medicines for chronic patients using the Brazilian Unified National Health System
Published in Cadernos de saúde pública (26-03-2018)“…The article aimed to identify the sources of medicines for users of the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) that reported chronic non-communicable…”
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Stakeholders' perspectives on access-to-medicines policy and research priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean: face-to-face and web-based interviews
Published in Health research policy and systems (25-06-2014)“…This study aims to rank policy concerns and policy-related research issues in order to identify policy and research gaps on access to medicines (ATM) in low-…”
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The Brazilian private pharmaceutical market after the first ten years of the generics law
Published in Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice (14-08-2019)“…To describe changes in the private market for selected originators, branded generics (' '), and generic products during the 10 years following passage of the…”
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The Incidence of Node-Positive Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Sublobar Resection and the Role of Radiation in Its Management
Published in Frontiers in oncology (26-05-2020)“…Purpose: To identify the incidence, preoperative risk factors, and prognosis associated with pathologically positive lymph node (pN+) in patients undergoing a…”
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Access to medicines for acute illness in middle income countries in Central America
Published in Revista de saúde pública (01-12-2013)“…OBJECTIVE : To analyze the main predictors of access to medicines for persons who experienced acute health conditions. METHODS : This was a cross-sectional…”
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Farmácia Popular Program: pharmaceutical market analysis of antihypertensive acting on the renin-angiotensin system medicines
Published in Ciência & saude coletiva (01-08-2017)“…This paper aims to analyse changes in the retail pharmaceutical market following policy changes in the Farmácia Popular Program (FP), a medicines subsidy…”
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