Costs will probably vary according to local data

What Will Probably Happen

Do defense mechanisms vary according to the psychiatric disorder?

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the defense mechanisms used by depressive and anxious patients without comorbidities compared to those used by controls and to determine whether these patterns differ between diagnoses. METHOD The sample was composed of 167 psychiatric patients and 36 controls that were evaluated using the Defense Style Questionnaire 40. All subjects were evalua...

Does rear seat belt use vary according to socioeconomic status?

P olicy measures, including legislation, are one method of promoting health. Participation in many voluntary health promoting behaviours is strongly socioeconomically patterned, and this may also apply to behaviours governed by legislation. Rear passenger seat belt use is one legally prescribed behaviour—having been made compulsory in the UK in 1991. Previous research on the socioeconomic distr...

Doppler emboli signals vary according to stroke subtype.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Doppler ultrasound detection of emboli signals may assist in distinguishing embolic from thrombotic stroke. Selected patient groups have a high incidence of such signals. We have examined consecutive stroke cases to identify the incidence of Doppler emboli in different etiologic subtypes of stroke. METHODS Forty-five patients presenting with first-ever acute carotid ter...

Costs of asthma according to the degree of severity.

An increase in asthma-related morbidity and mortality has been reported recently, resulting in a substantial increase in the economic impact of this condition. Little information is available relating to the costs of asthma depending on the degree of severity of the disease. Total, direct and indirect costs generated by asthma patients who sought medical care for asthma control over a one-year ...