“…To provide better access to residential care services and an additional choice for elderly people in need, a novel means-tested residential care service voucher has been introduced in Hong Kong for elderly people to purchase places in the private sector to enable consumer-directed care. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the perspectives of voucher users and their carers toward the voucher scheme and to identify key elements in the design that will contribute to meeting the scheme’s objectives. …”
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“…For rectal cancer, the rate of “surgery plus chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy” was higher for people with regional spread of disease (versus localised, SHR=5.2, 95%CI:3.6-7.7) and lower for people with poorer physical functioning (SHR=0.5, 95%CI:0.3-0.8) or no private health insurance (SHR=0.7, 95%CI:0.5-0.9). …”
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“…HIV infection was associated with studying in private institutions (adjusted odds ratio[AOR] = 6.0; 95% confidence intervals [CI] : 1.2–30.0, p = 0.027), preferring a sex partner of any age—younger, same or older (AOR = 5.2; 95 CI: 1.1–25.2, p = 0.041), last sex partner being > 25 years (AOR = 6.4; 95% CI: 1.2–34.6, p = 0.030), meeting the last sex partner online (AOR = 4.2; 95% CI; 1.1–17.0, p = 0.043) and testing positive for Neisseria gonorrhea (AOR = 7.8; 95% CI: 2.0–29.9, p = 0.003). …”
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“…The mean (SD) age was 28.4 (9.1) years, 53 006 (8.7%) were Asian patients, 90 675 (14.9%) were Black patients, 101 812 (16.7%) were Hispanic patients, and 275 860 (45.3%) were White patients; 292 991 (48%) were insured by Medicaid, and 290 526 (47.7%) had private insurance. Asian patients had the lowest postpartum ED visit rates (2118 ED visits after 53 006 births by Asian patients [3.99%]), and Black patients had the highest postpartum ED visit rates (8306 ED visits after 90 675 births by Black patients [9.15%]). …”
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“…The second approach is scatter-site PSH (SS-PSH), which uses apartments rented from a private landlord while providing mobile case management services. …”
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“…DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A validated algorithm was applied to private, military, and public (Medicaid and Medicare) administrative health claims data sets to identify adult cases of MS between 2008 and 2010. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main funding source(s): Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering BACKGROUND: Although primarily considered a respiratory virus, cardiovascular manifestations have been reported in patients with Covid-19 infection. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Pfizer BACKGROUND: Type 1 long QT syndrome (LQT1) is a genetic channelopathy characterized by both haploinsufficient and dominant-negative loss-of-function pathogenic variants in the KCNQ1-encoded Kv7.1 K+ channels conducting IKs. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): ZOLL BACKGROUND: The wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) is a temporary treatment option for patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in whom implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is temporarily not possible. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Unrestricted grant for fellowship support - Abbott Medical BACKGROUND: The dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an important role in atrial fibrillation (AF). …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): unrestricted grant from Abbott-Netherlands to the University Medical Center Groningen INTRODUCTION: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) commonly co-exist and both conditions are typically characterized by impaired left atrial (LA) function. …”
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“…One of the steps taken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on our increasing AF ablation waiting list was to collaborate with the private sector (MH) which functioned as a ‘clean’ site for elective EP procedures. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): The DCM-VT study was partially supported by an investigator-initiated grant (IIS-310) from Biosense Webster (a Johnson & Johnson company). …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Small fee from Boston Scientific. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA INTRODUCTION: Increasing evidence suggests early rhythm-control therapy in atrial fibrillation (AF) results in higher freedom from atrial arrhythmia (AA) recurrence and improved cardiovascular outcomes. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Abbott Laboratories BACKGROUND: Localization of the critical isthmus of conduction of LAMRT circuits within scar tissue is challenging (Panel A). …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): BIOTRONIK SE & Co. …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Boris Schmidt, KR Julian Chun and Stefano Bordignon received speaking honoraria from Medtronic and Boston Scientific BACKGROUND: The cryoballoon (CB) is one of the most commonly used single shot devices for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). …”
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“…FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Medtronic BACKGROUND: Atrial cardiomyopathy (ACM) is associated with an increased risk for new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF), progression from paroxysmal to persistent AF-forms and higher arrhythmia recurrence rates after PVI. …”
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