Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Monday, January 09, 2012
Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2011 - The Commonwealth Fund including link to 2011 patient care coordination (11 countries)
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Australia
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Canada
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commonwealth fund
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Denmark
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France
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germany
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Japan
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Norway
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patient care
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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UK
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US
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
abstract: Comparing diagnostic delay in cancer: a cross-sectional study in three European countries with primary care-led health care systems (UK, Netherlands, Sweden)
Conclusions. A large-scale study comparing cancer delays in European countries and based on primary care-held records is feasible but would require supplementary sources of data in order to maximize information on demographic variables, the cancer stage at diagnosis and treatment details. Such a large-scale study is timely and desirable since our findings suggest systematic differences in the way cancer is managed in the three countries.
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delays
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diagnostics
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Europe
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Netherlands
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primary care
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Sweden
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UK
Friday, January 28, 2011
abstract: Validation of a Self-Concept Scale for Lynch Syndrome in Different Nationalities (multinational study) Denmark, Sweden, Canada
J Genet Couns. 2011 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print]
"Learning about hereditary cancer may influence an individual's self-concept, which otherwise represents a complex but stable cognitive structure. Recently, a 20-statement self-concept scale, with subscales related to stigma-vulnerability and bowel symptom-related anxiety, was developed for Lynch syndrome. We compared the performance of this scale in 591 mutation carriers from Denmark, Sweden and Canada. Principal component analysis identified two sets of linked statements-the first related to feeling different, isolated and labeled, and the second to concern and worry about bowel changes. The scale performed consistently in the three countries. Minor differences were identified, with guilt about passing on a defective gene and feelings of losing one's privacy being more pronounced among Canadians, whereas Danes more often expressed worries about cancer. Validation of the Lynch syndrome self-concept scale supports its basic structure, identifies dependence between the statements in the subscales and demonstrates its applicability in different Western populations."
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Canada
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Denmark
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Lynch Syndrome
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self concept
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Sweden
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
abstract/full access: Cancer survival in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, 1995–2007 (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): an analysis of population-based cancer registry data : The Lancet
Note: Full access to article is free after registration (free)
"Background
Cancer survival is a key measure of the effectiveness of health-care systems. Persistent regional and international differences in survival represent many avoidable deaths. Differences in survival have prompted or guided cancer control strategies. This is the first study in a programme to investigate international survival disparities, with the aim of informing health policy to raise standards and reduce inequalities in survival.
Methods Data from population-based cancer registries in 12 jurisdictions in six countries were provided for 2·4 million adults diagnosed with primary colorectal, lung, breast (women), or ovarian cancer during 1995—2007, with follow-up to Dec 31, 2007.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
BRCA1 gene mutations may explain more than 80% of excess number of ovarian cancer cases after breast cancer - a population based study from the Wester
BRCA1 gene mutations may explain more than 80% of excess number of ovarian cancer cases after breast cancer - a population based study from the Western Sweden Health Care region.
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BRCA
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cancer genetics risks
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mutations
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Sweden
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