The aim of this study was to describe a systematic process of record-linkage, cross-validation, case-ascertainment and capture-recapture analysis to assess the quality of tuberculosis registers and to estimate the completeness of notification of incident tuberculosis cases in The Netherlands in 1998. After record-linkage and cross-validation 1499 tuberculosis patients were identified, of whom 1...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the real cost data of the pathology examinations by using the activity-based costing method and to contribute to the financial planning of the departments, health managers and also the social security institution. MATERIAL AND METHOD Forty-four examinations selected from the Healthcare Implementation Notification system list and performed at the Ankara University Facu...

BACKGROUND The United States has relied upon partner notification strategies to help break the chain of infection and re-infection for sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Physicians are a vital link in the system of STD control, but little is known of physician opinions about partner notification strategies. METHODS We collected opinions about partner notification from a national probability...

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the spatial-temporal distribution of leprosy in a priority municipality for control. Methods: ecological study, conducted city Northeast Brazil, whose analysis units were census sectors. The study used compulsory notification data cases registered between 2008 and 2017. TerraView software Batch Geocode tool was geocoding. detection agglomerations high relative ri...

BACKGROUND Although previous studies have found reminder/recall to be effective in increasing immunization rates, little guidance exists regarding the specific ages at which it is optimal to send reminder/recall notices. PURPOSE To assess the relative effectiveness of centralized reminder/recall strategies targeting age-specific vaccination milestones among children in urban areas during June...

1Student, Dept. of Computer Engineering, PICT, Pune, India 2Professor, Dept. of Computer Engineering, PICT, Pune, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract With the rapid growth in Data Center Network (DCN), many problems are observed by the researchers. These problems are related to...