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sj-docx-1-sjp-10.1177_14034948211062656 – Supplemental material for Return to work: does cardiac rehabilitation make a difference? Danish nationwide register-based study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-sjp-10.1177_14034948211062656 for Return to work: does cardiac rehabilitation make a difference? Danish nationwide register-based study by Sasja Maria Pedersen, Marie Kruse, Ann Dorthe O. Zwisler, Charlotte Helmark, Susanne S. Pedersen and Kim Rose Olsen in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health</p
Age, morbidity, or something else? A residual approach using microdata to measure the impact of technological progress on health care expenditure
Full text linkThis study measures the increment of health care expenditure (HCE) that can be attributed to technological progress and change in medical practice by using a residual approach and microdata. We examine repeated cross‐sections of individuals experiencing an initial health shock at different point in time over a 10‐year window and capture the impact of unobservable technology and medical practice to which they are exposed after allowing for differences in health and socioeconomic characteristics. We decompose the residual increment in the part that is due to the effect of delaying time to death, that is, individuals surviving longer after a health shock and thus contributing longer to the demand of care, and the part that is due to increasing intensity of resource use, that is, the basket of services becoming more expensive to allow for the cost of innovation. We use data from the Danish National Health System that offers universal coverage and is free of charge at the point of access. We find that technological progress and change in medical practice can explain about 60% of the increment of HCE, in line with macroeconomic studies that traditionally investigate this subject
A note on Kim-Ma characterization of the Hilbert ball
No full textThis is an open access article under the CC BY license.[No abstract available]Kortney Rose Foundation, KRF, (2002-070-C00005); National Research Foundation of Korea, NRF* Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (K.-T. Kim), [email protected] (D. Ma). 1 Research supported in part by the grant KRF 2002-070-C00005 from The Korea Research Foundation
Opportunistically identifiable vertebral fractures on routine radiological imaging predict mortality: observational cohort study
Full text linkUNLABELLED: In men and women with opportunistically identifiable vertebral fractures (VFs) on routine CT scans including the chest and/or abdomen, the risk of death is 51% higher than in those with no VF on the CT scan, and 325% higher than an age- and sex-matched general population cohort.PURPOSE: There is little knowledge about the risk of death in patients with VFs present on routine radiological imaging. We evaluated the risk of death in men and women aged 50 years or older with opportunistically identifiable VFs on routine CT scans and not treated with osteoporosis medications.METHODS: Thoracic and lumbar VFs were identified through a blinded, two-step approach on CT scans performed as part of normal clinical care in a Danish hospital in 2010 or later. Subjects with VF were matched on age and sex against those with no VF (1:2-ratio) and a general population cohort (1:3-ratio), respectively, and followed for up to 7 years through the national Danish registers. Subjects treated with an osteoporosis medication in the year prior to baseline were excluded.RESULTS: Subjects with VF had a significantly higher risk of death during follow-up as compared to subjects with no VF on the CT scan (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 1.51 [95% confidence interval 1.27-1.79; p < 0.001]) and even more so when compared to the general population cohort (HR 4.25 [3.53-5.12; p < 0.001]). In subjects with versus without VF on the CT scan, the risk was higher in those with moderate or severe VF, in those with no malignancy prior to baseline, and in those with a lower Charlson comorbidity index score.CONCLUSION: Subjects with VF available for identification on routine CT scans face a substantially increased risk of death. Opportunistic identification and reporting of VF is important to identify these patients to allow intervention if indicated.</p
Healthcare costs associated with opportunistically identifiable vertebral fractures
Full text linkPurpose: vertebral fractures (VFs) are often available on radiological imaging undertaken during daily clinical work, yet the healthcare cost burden of these opportunistically identifiable fractures has not previously been reported. In this study, we examine the direct healthcare costs of subjects with vertebral fractures available for identification on routine CT scans.Methods: thoracolumbar vertebral fractures were identified from 2000 routine CT scans. Subjects with VF on the scan were matched 1:2 against subjects with no VF on the scan, and similarly in a 1:3-ratio against a general population cohort. We excluded those subjects who received treatment with osteoporosis medication(s) in the year prior to baseline. Direct healthcare costs, identified from the national Danish registers, were accrued over up to 6 years of follow-up, and reported per day at risk and per year.Results: in subjects undergoing a CT scan, costs were initially high, yet declined over time. Comparing subjects with prevalent vertebral fracture (n = 321) against those subjects with no vertebral fracture (n = 606), mean total healthcare costs per day at risk was numerically higher in the first three years after baseline, while healthcare costs per year were similar between the cohorts. No differences reached statistical significance. When compared to the general population cohort, costs were significantly higher in the vertebral fracture cohort.Conclusions: subjects with vertebral fractures available for identification on routine CT scans incur substantially higher healthcare costs than matched subjects representing the general population, and numerically, albeit non-significantly, higher healthcare costs per day at risk in the short term, as compared to subjects with no visible VF on the CT scan.</p
The White Rose
No full textResearch background: Companies and artists around Australia have identified the need for, but also the complexity of, producing a genuinely Australian musical. Research contribution: This original production of a contemporary Australian musical about the Jewish anti-Nazi White Rose movement was mounted with the participation of the author Craig Christie and composer Andrew Patterson one year after its first composition and performance. This challenging work explores the memories of Sophie as she looks back over events from her past as a resistance leader, and demands highly emphathetic acting and vocal performance. The direction provided resources to investigate and examine the dramatic and musical structures inherent in the work with a small regional ensemble. The production developed a 'poor theatre' aesthetic through the use of antique objects and period clothing and a band with 3 members instead of an orchestra. Research significance: The significance of this research is that it proved the authenticity and theatrical flexibility of the material and provided sophisticated benchmarks for artist training. Durban's dramaturgical approach also strengthened the script and introduced the work to a new regionally-based audience. Its value is attested to by the following indicators: 1. The script has gained subsequent representation for its author and composer by Australia's leading musical licensing represetatives Hal Leonard Australia, 2. Cast members have gained employment with national and international arts companies including The Ten Tenors, Tokyo Disney and West Side Story
Pieces Of The Past: The Holocaust Diary Of Rose Rabinowitz by C. Matas
No full textMatas, Carol. Pieces Of The Past: The Holocaust Diary Of Rose Rabinowitz. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2013. Print. Dear Canada.The “Dear Canada” series from Scholastic recently celebrated its tenth anniversary with now more than 30 titles. It includes fictional diaries written from the point of view of a child or teenager during a time of historical significance. Pieces of the Past opens with Rose in her third Winnipeg foster home having been given the diary by her “not-father” Saul. Her guardian and a psychologist by trade, Saul suggests she write in it to help remember the past. At first she is reluctant to delve into her memories of such a dark and brutal time: “this little book seems far too small to write down ‘what happened’. How will I ever fit what is stuffed into my head into these tiny pages, all the wild waking nightmares tamed onto these straight lines…” However she progressively reveals more with each entry, interspersing her present-day teenage hardships of trying to fit in at school and in someone else’s home, with the atrocities she and her family endured during the Holocaust.The entries are intimate and immediately gripping. Alternating between her teenage and more child-like voice from the past heightens the emotional connection readers will feel with Rose, whose name was changed from “Rozia” when she arrived in Canada from her native Poland. She describes the gradual and confusing process of losing all of their possessions, their home and finding shelter with various other families in cramped apartments and eventually ending up in a lice-ridden underground dug out. Although in our present day, media-driven society we have become somewhat desensitized to the atrocities of the Holocaust and war in general, Rose’s story re-personalizes the tragedy in a very powerful way. As she begins to piece together the circumstances of the deaths and disappearances of her family members, we mourn with her. Some of the subplots and underlying themes will also resonate with youth of any generation. Her only friend, Susan, is the victim of bullying. Issues associated with foster care and blended families are also explored. Although at the conclusion of the diary, Rose’s circumstances are much improved it is by no means a fairy-tale ending. The author provides a subtle moral conclusion with no utopian delusions: “So diary, no storybook life for me. I know I can never really be safe. And I know that people who think they can be are just kidding themselves. But I know I can try to be good. And I will.” The book contains a lot of useful material for the classroom. There is a historical section that provides a summary of the major events recounted in the diary. There is also a timeline of the Warsaw Ghetto, a selection of black and white photographs, and some reproductions of primary source material from the war such as a young Polish emigrant’s identification document and newspaper articles about the arrival of Jewish orphans in Canada. This book is recommended for children Grades 4-6 and higher. It is an excellent addition to the series, and like another famous diary, Rose’s story will be forever etched in the reader’s psyche.Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Kim Frail Kim is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta. Children’s literature is a big part of her world at work and at home. She also enjoys gardening, renovating and keeping up with her kids
Christmas Wishes (program)
Full text linkPerformed December 8-10, 1990.
Cast:Sam Hunter: Chuck RoeKip James: Bob BoazOfficer Johnson: Jamey JamesonJimmy Flint: Donald SandlinArtie Blank: Keith MooreSidney Banks: Charles AdamsTommy Marks: Steve WilliamsJackie Sloan: Willie MartinCandace Roberts: Kim JonesLiza Roberts: Lauren EdwardsJace Roberts: Bobby BroughtonLibby Wylie: Renee GoldmanKaren Olsen: Christine CreasyRobin Bently: Maris K. ThomasMichael Eastman: Neil FloydBailey Brent: David WhiteMalcom Taylor: David RubioNadine Williams: Jennifer FoldingA.L. Garrison: Bobby BroughtonKenndall Reinhold: Don NealGeorge Orrman: Johnathan VestAnnouncer: Willie MartinLara Eastman: India MeddersRyan Olsen: Johnny ScottChorus: Nancy Bellcock, Amy Bowman, Timy Chrisman, Amy Eaton, Michelle Evins, Janis Glenn, Jason Hewitt, Mark Hogan, Molly Majors, Heather McGlaughlin, Laura Richardson, Renee Rose, Andrea Shelley, Amy Smoak, Stephanie Tapp, Angie Treat, and Stephanie VincentClerks: Greta Casey, Jennifer Folding, Laura Hannah, Jill Jordan, Jema McCarddell, Minda RugglesChildren: Jana Baber, Landry Camp, Louisa Duke, Audrey Howell, Bill Lincks, Neika Noble, Emily Wilson, and Elizabeth Waltershttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/theatre-history/1127/thumbnail.jp
Kim Moodie : Recent Work
No full textCatalogue to accompany an exhibition of Moodie’s recent paintings, prints and drawings (1996-1999). Curator J. Patten exposes “the ambivalent nature and rhizomatous structure” of the artist’s production, discussing the themes of knowledge and written language, colonialism, conquest domination, carnival, human folly, the grotesque, the spritual/material and low /high culture. The author also examines Moodie’s vision, his personal universe and working methods, while describing the skin-like surfaces accentuated through the repetition of imagery and inclusion of objects such as rose petals. List of works. Biographical notes. 4 bibl. ref
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