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Could the rise in mortality rates since 2015 be explained by changes in the number of delayed discharges of NHS patients?
Background 2015 saw the largest annual spike of mortality rates in England in almost 50 years. We examine whether these changes in mortality rates are associated with an indicator of poor functioning ...
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Parental employment quality and the mental health and school performance of children and youth
Background Lower-quality employment, characterised by excessive or part-time hours, irregular schedules and inadequate earnings, is a key social determinant of health among adults. Research examining ...
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Differential use of antidiabetic medication related to income, cohabitation and area of residence: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
Background Poor adherence to antidiabetic medication in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) may lead to increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Socioeconomic and demographic factors associated ...
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Combined oral contraceptives, smoking, and cardiovascular risk.
UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess age ...
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Effects of self-monitoring devices on blood pressure in older adults with hypertension and diabetes: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to Dr Kaijun Niu, Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; nkj0809{at}gmail.com Background Hypertension and ...
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Urban air pollution and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related emergency department visits
Environmental Epidemiology Study Group, Laboratory of Experimental Air Pollution, University of São Paulo Faculty of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil Methods: The sample data were collected between ...
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Excess mortality in England and Wales during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Background Deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic result directly from infection and exacerbation of other diseases and indirectly from deferment of care for other conditions, and are socially and ...
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Seasonal variation in cardiovascular disease risk factors in a subarctic population: the Tromsø Study 1979–2008
3 Unit of Applied Clinical Research, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 4 Department of Heart Disease, St. Olavs ...
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Gender differences in postpartum depression: a longitudinal cohort study
Background The course of depression from pregnancy to 1 year post partum and risk factors among mothers and fathers are not known. Aims (1) To report the longitudinal patterns of depression from the ...
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Association of socioeconomic deprivation with opioid prescribing in primary care in England: a spatial analysis
Correspondence to Magdalena Nowakowska, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Suite 5, 5th Floor, Williamson Building, 176 Oxford Road, ...
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Declining incidence of breast cancer after decreased use of hormone-replacement therapy: magnitude and time lags in different countries
Correspondence to Kevin Zbuk, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, David Braley CVSRI, Hamilton General Hospital Campus, 237 Barton Street E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada; ...
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Socioeconomic inequalities in physical and cognitive functioning: cross-sectional evidence from 37 cohorts across 28 countries in the ATHLOS project
Background Physical and cognitive functioning in older age follows a socioeconomic gradient but it is unclear whether the strength of the association differs between populations. Using harmonised data ...