The number of patients with chronic conditions is expected to rise by 37% within the next 24 years,12 placing significant strain on existing healthcare systems, particularly as the condition of this population is exacerbated by existing social and economic risk factors. 1. National Center for Heal...
Vulnerable population groups were derived from the 2011 England and Wales Census, available from the Office for National Statistics. Major city and town boundaries are defined by the Office for National Statistics in 201522. References Ngo, E. B. When disasters and age collide: reviewing ...
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Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations are defined as those at greater risk for poor health status and health care access‚ vulnerable groups are categorized by: • Disease: e.g.‚ HIV‚ cancer or any chronic health conditions‚ • Age groups: e.g.‚ the elderly‚ children...
Since less than 10% of the population who test positive for atherosclerosis will experience a near-term event, additional risk stratification based on reliable markers of disease activity is needed and is expected to further focus the search for the vulnerable patient in the future. All individuals...
vulnerable population, patients were divided into four groups according to their income level. the nrd data measures a patient’s income level by quartiles of the median household income in their zip code of residence. for example, in 2013, a patient would fall into one of the following ...
Health concerns were greater among all vulnerable groups than the general population. Levels of preparedness varied among vulnerable respondents, and awareness of power outage notification programs was low. Our findings highlight the need to increase awareness and preparedness among at-risk people. 展开...
The adoption of large language models (LLMs) in healthcare demands a careful analysis of their potential to spread false medical knowledge. Because LLMs ingest massive volumes of data from the open Internet during training, they are potentially exposed to unverified medical knowledge that may includ...
Finally, we outline how the notion of vulnerability can influence the interpretation of particular provisions in the GDPR. In this process, we focus on issues of consent, Data Protection Impact Assessment, the role of Data Protection Authorities, and the participation of data subjects in the ...
Health equity is the absence of systematic and potentially remediable differences in one or more aspects of health across populations or population groups defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically [6]. Achieving health equity usually involves ensuring that disadvantaged sectors of ...