Secondary health conditions in individuals aging with SCI: Terminology, concepts and analytic approaches

Social networks and secondary health conditions: The critical secondary team for individuals with spinal cord injury

OBJECTIVES To describe the structure of informal networks for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community, to understand the quality of relationship of informal networks, and to understand the role of informal networks in the prevention and management of secondary health conditions (SHCs). DESIGN Mixed-method descriptive study. SETTING Ontario, Canada Participants: C...

Aging and Bone Health in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Low bone mass density (BMD), a classical age-related health issue and a known health concern for fair skinned, thin, postmenopausal Caucasian women, is found to be common among individuals with developmental/intellectual disabilities (D/IDs). It is the consensus that BMD is decreased in both men and women with D/ID. Maintaining good bone health is important for this population as fractures coul...

Pharmacoeconomics: basic concepts and terminology.

in promoting rational prescribing [4] or in clinical trials Introduction which incorporate an economic component. In some areas (e.g. Australia) economic evaluations are now formally Spending on drugs is a major target for savings in health care costs for governments around the world. Such a focus required prior to a drug being approved for reimbursement— the ‘fourth hurdle’ for a new drug afte...

Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts

Pharmacoeconomics in Ireland. Concepts and terminology.