Does EuroSCORE work in individual European countries?

Exposure to psychosocial work factors in 31 European countries.

BACKGROUND Although psychosocial work factors are recognized as major occupational risk factors, little information is available regarding the prevalence of exposure to these factors and the differences in exposure between countries. AIMS To explore the differences in various psychosocial work exposures between 31 European countries. METHODS The study was based on a sample of 14,881 male an...

Research on return to work in European Union countries.

BACKGROUND Research on return to work (RTW) is increasing. It is important to benefit from studies originating from different countries since certain factors influencing the RTW process are specific to each country. AIMS To compare RTW research in Europe with the USA and to describe research on RTW in Europe. METHODS Medline was scanned with specific search strings to identify studies conce...

Preoperative risk stratification in infective endocarditis. Does the EuroSCORE model work? Preliminary results.

OBJECTIVE There is an important role for risk prediction in cardiac surgery. Prediction models are useful in decision making and quality assurance. Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) have a particularly high risk of mortality. The aim was to assess the performance of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in IE. METHODS The additive and logistic EuroSCORE mod...

How Does Culture Contribute to Innovation? Evidence from European Countries

Culture is deemed to be a crucial basis for innovation in various respects. The aim of this paper is to explore the relationships between different cultural dimensions introduced by Hofstede (2001) and the capability of initiating innovation measured by the number of patent applications using the sample of European countries at the regional level. As a novel approach, instead of using Hofstede’...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries