OBJECTIVE Elderly choose between utilizing private or public health care providers based on their socioeconomic, demographic, and epidemiological condition. The purposes of this study was to evaluate how these factors affect the choice of health care provider and to compare the impact of their choice on individual and family income. METHODS Data from 7,920 elders interviewed in a study of the...

Connexin43 is the predominant gap junction protein expressed in the heart. To determine the relation between cardiac maturation and gap junction gene expression, the developmental profiles of connexin43 mRNA and protein were examined in the rat heart. Connexin43 mRNA levels accumulate progressively (eightfold) during embryonic and early neonatal stages, accompanied by a parallel, but temporally...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION Agency for healthcare quality and accreditation in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AKAZ) is authorized body in the field of healthcare quality and safety improvement and accreditation of healthcare institutions. Beside accreditation standards for hospitals and primary health care centers, AKAZ has also developed accreditation standards fo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We addressed a lack of geriatric content in our third-year family medicine clerkship. Adding this content posed a challenge in that students are dispersed to clinical sites across New England. Our goal was to promote student skill in functional assessment of elderly patients. METHODS We used multiple formats: a workshop, a small-group case discussion, an online video...

AIM To examine the association between childhood atopic dermatitis (AD) severity and family impact at baseline and after an intervention by a physician specialist, using validated measures of both severity and family impact. METHODS Cross sectional self administered survey of parent-caregivers of 49 randomly selected children with AD; 35 parents were available for follow up. Family impact was...