The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antidiabetic medicine in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. A quantitative, retrospective drug utilisation study was performed on data for the year 2004. ...
multicultural cities and natural beauty. If you want tostudy in Canada, the good news is that tuition fees are generally less expensive than in other major Anglophone destinations (the US, UK and
While the overall cost ofstudying abroadis a valid concern, there’s often a lot of exaggeration and confusion around the question “how much does it cost to study abroad?” And understandably so; between the varying fees of different study abroad programs, the types and amounts of aid offer...
This study examines the association between mobile money, medical cost anxiety, and the welfare of households in Malaysia. The study made use of the data sourced from the Global financial survey conducted by the World Bank. The study applied the logit mo
4 Patients with lower incomes were more likely to report cost-related underuse; nearly two-thirds of these patients also experienced difficulty affording diabetes equipment, indicating broader cost barriers to diabetes management. This study has limitations. This single-center study may be limited in ...
Anti-amyloid drugs can cause dangerous brain swelling and bleeding, requiring patients be closely monitored through neurology visits and MRI scans, contributing to the new cost estimates. Medicare estimates, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that out-...
While the effects of face-to-face mindfulness meditation have been studied in women in the perinatal period [15], and one study [16] has examined mindfulness via a mobile app in the prenatal population, no studies have examined the use of mindfulness app across the peripartum period. Further...
Study design We considered digital tools for public health surveillance and/or outbreak response to include smart phone or tablet-based approaches which are either SMS-, app- or web-based. We defined the limits of the review by geographical setting – Africa; public health conditions of interest...
The implementation of digital disease surveillance systems at national levels in Africa have been challenged by many factors. These include user applicability, utility of IT features but also stable financial support. Funding closely intertwines with imp
In 2021 doctors reported spending, on average, 15.6 hours per week on paperwork and other administrative tasks. First-year medical residents spend only about 10% of their work time face-to-face with patients, according to a study from Penn Medicine and Johns Hopkins University. Heavy workloads ...