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Substance use disorders are regarded as one of the most prevalent, deadly and costly of health problems. Research has consistently found that the prevalence of other psychiatric disorders among those with substance related disorders is substantial. Combined, these disorders lead to considerable disability and health years lost worldwide as well as extraordinary societal costs. Relatively little of
This Master Thesis was made under and in collaboration with Pond Healthcare Innovation for Celgene. Celgene is a global pharmaceutical company developing treatments for cancer and other severe, immune, inflammatory conditions. In March 2015 Celgene launched a new oral treatment called Otezla (effective substance aprimelast) on the Nordic market. With this move they entered the arena of Psoriasis a
Although there has been extensive research on pharmaceutical industry payments to healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations with key roles in health systems have received little attention. We seek to contribute to addressing this gap in research by examining drug company payments to General Practices in England in 2015. We combine a publicly available payments database managed by the phar
AIMS: To evaluate the validity of recorded chronic disease diagnoses in Icelandic healthcare registries.METHODS: Eight different chronic diseases from multiple sub-specialties of medicine were validated with respect to accuracy, but not to timeliness. For each disease, 30 patients with a recorded diagnosis and 30 patients without the same diagnosis were randomly selected from >80,000 participants
AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent individual-based extended information given to mothers from city parts of low education can improve precautions taken by them to prevent burn and scald injuries involving young children in the home and further to compare the results with a group of mothers who had not received extended information. METHODS: This intervention study, with
Draft Paper Heightened marginalization of communities on the margins: A blanket approach to the Pandemic and the impact on women and girls in Kenya Nerima Akinyi Were University of Nairobi Lisa Achieng Owino KELIN March 2021 RWI supported the above research through its capacity building programs worldwide. These publications reflect the authors’ views and are not necessarily endorsed by RWI. This
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Background The queues within Swedish healthcare are presently unacceptably long. The demands and costs of healthcare have increased and are expected to rise in the future. This has resulted in a higher stress on all of the healthcares resources, from the financial aspect to the human. As with many other public establishments, Lund University Hospital has suffered from weak finances, which in the l
OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine the association between primary care consultations and a Care Need Index (CNI) used to compensate Swedish primary care practices for the extra workload associated with patients with low socioeconomic status.DESIGN: Observational study combining graphical analysis with linear regressions of cross-sectional administrative practice-level data.SETTING: Three Swe
Background Dyspnoea is one of the emergency department’s (ED) most common and deadly chief complaints, but frequently misdiagnosed and mistreated. We aimed to design a diagnostic decision support which classifies dyspnoeic ED visits into acute heart failure (AHF), exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD), pneumonia and “other diagnoses” by using deep learning and complete, uns
Preliminary mobile was considered to be a device to make human connections easier. But today the consumption of this device has been evolved to a platform for gaming, web surfing and GPS-enabled application capabilities. Embedding GPS in handheld devices, altered them to significant trajectory data gathering facilities. Raw GPS trajectory data is a series of points which contains hidden informatio
This research was requested by one of the divisional HR departments´of Region Skåne. The research explores the HR personnels’ perception of the organizational structure, in comparison with the aims of the geographical decentralization strategy, Healthcare Skåne 2.0, which was implemented in 2013-2014. Furthermore, it evaluates and analyses the grander implications of being a geographically decentr
Recording of lunch seminar 24 April 2024 Topic: Why robots don't do open heart surgery - and what could be done about itWhen: 24 April at 12.00-13.15Where: OnlineSpeaker: Maj Stenmark, Computer Science, Lund UniversitySpoken language: EnglishAbstractLund University and Children’s Heart Center has a collaboration with a clear vision: in 20 years, there should be a robotic surgeon in the operating r
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INTRODUCTION: Hip and knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Currently, the course of deterioration in pain and physical functioning in individuals with osteoarthritis is difficult to predict. Factors such as socioeconomic status and comorbidity contribute to progression of osteoarthritis, but clear associations have not been established. There is a need for early identifi
Here you will find dissertations by SWEAH affiliated PhD students. The PhD projects within SWEAH contribute with interdisciplinary perspectives on ageing and health. The theses are being developed at partner universities throughout Sweden. 2026Welfare technology a paradoxical path forward for home care servicesSamantha Svärdh, Lund UniversityCare and support for couples when one partner has young-
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How do care seekers navigate through healthcare services and make choices about where to access medicines? Rui Liu took an interest in the field of substandard and falsified medicine when she began with her doctoral studies. She had the ambition to focus on the grey zones and bring awareness of what counts as legal, ethical and moral. With a bachelor’s degree in applied linguistics and two master’
Aims and objectives: To explore healthcare professionals' conceptions of caring for sick children in home care services. Background: Families often prefer home care to hospital care, and the number of home care services for children is increasing. Caring for children at home has been recognised as challenging for healthcare professionals in home care services used to providing care predominately f
BACKGROUND: Pain is a common complaint presented in healthcare, but most epidemiological pain research has focused either on single pain conditions or on the adult population. The aim of this study was to investigate the 2017 consultation prevalence of a wide range of pain conditions in the general population of young people.METHODS: We used the Skåne Healthcare Register, covering prospectively co
