Do children with neurological disabilities use more inpatient resources: an observational study [0.03%]
神经功能残疾儿童住院治疗的花费多吗——一项观察性研究
Jin-Xi Yuan,Marian McGowan,Irene Hadjikoumi et al.
Jin-Xi Yuan et al.
Background: Advances in healthcare have improved the survival of children with neurological disabilities (ND). Studies in the US have shown that children with ND use a substantial proportion of resources in children's hos...
Comparison of response patterns in different survey designs: a longitudinal panel with mixed-mode and online-only design [0.03%]
不同调查设计下的回答模式比较:一种混合模式与在线模式的纵向面板研究
Nicole Rübsamen,Manas K Akmatov,Stefanie Castell et al.
Nicole Rübsamen et al.
Background: Increasing availability of the Internet allows using only online data collection for more epidemiological studies. We compare response patterns in a population-based health survey using two survey designs: mix...
Estimating the prevalence of dementia using multiple linked administrative health records and capture-recapture methodology [0.03%]
基于多个链接的行政健康记录和重复捕获方法估计痴呆症的流行率
Michael Waller,Gita D Mishra,Annette J Dobson
Michael Waller
Background: Obtaining population-level estimates of the incidence and prevalence of dementia is challenging due to under-diagnosis and under-reporting. We investigated the feasibility of using multiple linked datasets and...
Participatory epidemiology: the contribution of participatory research to epidemiology [0.03%]
参与性流行病学:参与式研究对流行病学的贡献
Mario Bach,Susanne Jordan,Susanne Hartung et al.
Mario Bach et al.
Background: Epidemiology has contributed in many ways to identifying various risk factors for disease and to promoting population health. However, there is a continuing debate about the ability of epidemiology not only to...
Exploring diurnal variation using piecewise linear splines: an example using blood pressure [0.03%]
利用分段多项式探索日间变异性的变化:以血压为例
Jamie M Madden,Xia Li,Patricia M Kearney et al.
Jamie M Madden et al.
Background: There are many examples of physiological processes that follow a circadian cycle and researchers are interested in alternative methods to illustrate and quantify this diurnal variation. Circadian blood pressur...
Parameters associated with design effect of child anthropometry indicators in small-scale field surveys [0.03%]
小型调查中影响儿童营养指标设计效应的因素分析
Erin N Hulland,Curtis J Blanton,Eva Z Leidman et al.
Erin N Hulland et al.
Background: Cluster surveys provide rapid but representative estimates of key nutrition indicators in humanitarian crises. For these surveys, an accurate estimate of the design effect is critical to calculate a sample siz...
Nutrition surveillance using a small open cohort: experience from Burkina Faso [0.03%]
布基纳法索开展营养监测的经验:一个小规模动态队列的使用
Mathias Altmann,Christophe Fermanian,Boshen Jiao et al.
Mathias Altmann et al.
Background: Nutritional surveillance remains generally weak and early warning systems are needed in areas with high burden of acute under-nutrition. In order to enhance insight into nutritional surveillance, a community-b...
Comparison of dementia recorded in routinely collected hospital admission data in England with dementia recorded in primary care [0.03%]
英国常规住院数据与初级保健中记录的认知障碍的比较研究
Anna Brown,Oksana Kirichek,Angela Balkwill et al.
Anna Brown et al.
Background: Electronic linkage of UK cohorts to routinely collected National Health Service (NHS) records provides virtually complete follow-up for cause-specific hospital admissions and deaths. The reliability of dementi...
Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa [0.03%]
回忆时间对利用口头自传调查死亡原因的影响——来自南非农村的实证证据
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb,Max Petzold,Mark Collinson et al.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb et al.
Background: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays i...
Assessing delivery practices of mothers over time and over space in Uganda, 2003-2012 [0.03%]
基于时间和空间的乌干达2003-2012年母婴交付行为评估报告
Daniel A Sprague,Caroline Jeffery,Nadine Crossland et al.
Daniel A Sprague et al.
Background: It is well known that safe delivery in a health facility reduces the risks of maternal and infant mortality resulting from perinatal complications. What is less understood are the factors associated with safe ...