Background Familial hypercholesterolaemia increases the risk for cardiovascular disease. The primary aim of the present study was to describe sex differences in incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular disease leading to hospitalisation in a complete cohort of genotyped familial hypercholesterolaemia patients. Design and methods In this registry study data on 5538 patients with verified genot...

BACKGROUND Although modern psychiatric services seek alternatives to hospitalisation wherever appropriate, the national trend toward higher bed occupancies on acute psychiatric wards has refocused attention on community-based alternatives and methods of assessing reed for acute care. METHOD We surveyed key decision makers in a community-oriented district service with a low acute psychiatric b...

OBJECTIVES Little is known on predictors of hospitalisation in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure, and known predictors may not apply to Mediterranean countries. Our aim was to document longitudinal trends in hospitalisations and identify patient-related predictors of hospital admission, re-admission and length of stay in the targeted population. METHODS Population-based retrospec...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) presents very similar to influenza and is the principle cause of bronchiolitis in infants and young children worldwide. Yet, there is no systematic monitoring of RSV activity in Australia. This study uses existing published data sources to estimate incidence, hospitalisation rates, and associated costs of RSV among young children in Australia. Published reports...

OBJECTIVE The primary aim is to verify the efficacy of long-acting injectable (LAI) and oral antipsychotics (AP) in terms of re-hospitalisation rate of patients with psychotic disorders. The second aim is to evaluate socio-demographic and clinical differences in patients that were re-hospitalised after the index discharge compared to patients that were not re-hospitalised. Finally, socio-demogr...

BACKGROUND understanding the determinants of health burden after a fracture in ageing populations is important. OBJECTIVE assess the effect of clinical vertebral and other osteoporotic fractures on function and the subsequent risk of hospitalisation. DESIGN individuals from the prospective population-based cohort study Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES)-Reykjavik study were examine...

Résumé Introduction: peu de données existent sur les plaintes des patients pour identifier des pistes d’amélioration de la qualité de soins des personnes âgées avec des multimorbidités. L’objectif de cette étude était d’analyser les plaintes des personnes âgées qui présentent des multimorbidités dans les formations sanitaires à Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Méthodes: nous avons réalisé une étud...

The incidence of pertussis cannot be directly measured; estimates are generally based on data sources such as notifications, hospitalisations and deaths. However, these data represent only a proportion of the total cases occurring in the community. The accuracy of notification data may vary between states and territories or over time due to different surveillance practices and as new diagnostic...

OBJECTIVE To examine the changing pattern of age distributions of hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among Canadian men and women. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS 257,604 COPD inpatients aged 55-90 years with 463,089 hospital admissions during a 3-year study period (1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97) in Canada. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES COPD listed as ...

AIMS To study morbidity among active seafarers in the merchant navy in order to clarify possible work related morbidity and the morbidity related to work and lifestyle where possible preventive measures may be initiated. METHODS From a register in the Danish Maritime Authority a cohort of Danish merchant seafarers who had been actively employed at sea in 1995 was identified. For each seafarer...