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Evolution of educational inequalities in life and health expectancies at 25 years in Belgium between 2001 and 2011: a census-based study
calculated for each inequality index. Results: The LE increased in all EL s and both genders, except in the lowest EL for women. The increase was larger in the highest EL, leading in 2011 to 6.07 and 4.58 ...
Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study
Keywords: Health inequality Inequality indices Monitoring Relative index of inequality Abstract: BACKGROUND: The slope (SII) and relative (RII) indices of inequality are commonly recommended to monitor health ...
Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Suetens, Carl; Katrien Latour; Tommi Kärki; Enrico Ricchizzi; Pete Kinross; Maria Luisa Moro; Beatrice Jans; Susan Hopkins; Sonja Hansen; Lyytikäinen, Outi; Reilly, Jacqui; Aleksander Deptula; Wa ...
Meta-analysis of the accuracy of p16 or p16/Ki-67 immunocytochemistry versus HPV testing for the detection of CIN2+/CIN3+ in triage of women with minor abnormal cytology.
Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index triage Uterine Cervical Diseases Uterine Cervical Dysplasia Abstract: BACKGROUND: Women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC- US) ...
Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis
using a regression-based decomposition of a Gini-type index. Results The Gini index – measuring the variability in U5M related to the four socioeconomic factors – varied from 0.006 (95% CI: 0.001–0.010) ...
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: NCD-RisC; Karin De Ridder Source: Nature, Volume 569, Issue 7755 (2019) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart bren ...
addhaz: Contribution of Chronic Diseases to the Disability Burden Using R.
https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-055/index.html File: Version: Published Full text access: Public Access Full text language: English Category: A1 FOS Classification: 3.03 Health sciences ...
Risk factors and impact of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-negative CF patients.
mutation (homozygous or heterozygous), and Pa colonization. RESULTS: Median FEV at the year of diagnosis (index year) was significantly lower in patients with ABPA. The median of cumulative values of FEV and ...
Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the global burden of disease 2016 study
by acting on risk factors directly linked to a significant part of the Belgian burden of diseases, i.e., alcohol and tobacco consumption, and high body mass index. National burden of disease estimates ...
Orthogonal typing methods identify genetic diversity among Belgian Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated over a decade from poultry and cases of sporadic human illness.
congruence between both typing methods. The discriminatory power of P- BIT and MLST was similar, with Simpson’s diversity indexes of 0.978 and 0.975, respectively. Furthermore, P- BIT could provide additional ...