Background Adverse drug events, the unintended and harmful effects of medications, are important outcome measures in health services research. Yet no universally accepted set of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) revision 10 codes or coding algorithms exists to ensure their consistent identific...
men were more likely to increase their physical activity. Women had lower rates of risk factor testing and they seem to be less likely to reach cholesterol goal targets. Regarding pharmacological treatment, studies showed that women were less frequently treated with guideline-recommended medications, ...
(L209) for AD and the prescription of topical corticosteroids or calcineurin inhibitors or ICD-10 code L209 with more than 3 claims during the same year and moderate to severe AD is defined as ICD-10 code L209 and the prescription of systemic oral medications for AD or phototherapies with ...
PPD was defined through registers (prescribed medications for depression treatment; International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision [ICD-10] codes F32, F33, and F34.1; or equivalent DSM-IV and DSM-5 minor and major depression), clinical in...
The International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code was used to identify cancer outcomes in all published studies. Skin cancers were defined using ICD-10 codes C43–C44, hematologic cancers were C81–C96, urinary bladder cancer was C67, and lung ...
Depression has been also observed to be consistently associated with quality of life regardless of the people with epilepsy were treated or refractory to anti-seizure medications s [10]. The findings from this meta-analysis should be interpreted with some caution since most of the analysed studies...
Screening for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in antenatal care is inadequate, largely owing to the lack of clarity around whether PCOS is an independent risk factor for pregnancy complications. This systematic review and meta-analysis include 104 studi
Medications for these conditions account for 23% of Italy’s pharmaceutical expenditure. While no data are available for the economic impact of MCI, there are several estimations of the costs related to this disease’s evolution. Cimler et al. [120] estimated that the EU will spend up to ...
During patient intake, providers can review a checklist on the left side of the screen, which includes information like family history, medical history, allergies and medications. Patients can also be placed into a specific exam room. This useful feature, which not all medical software vendors off...
The evidence base can be transformed and improved in 2 ways: (1) investing in research that tests how alternative ways of delivering OAT (and different medications) and adjunct interventions can improve retention, minimize elevated risk of mortality at initiation and maximize cost-effectiveness and ...