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Costos de la prueba de tamización para la enfermedad de Chagas en donantes de dos bancos de sangre de Colombia, 2015
(Biomédica, 2018)
Introducción. La transfusión es un mecanismo de transmisión de la enfermedad de Chagas. No se han hecho estudios de costos de la prueba de tamización en bancos de sangre de Colombia.Objetivo. Estimar los costos de la prueba ...
Psychosocial analysis of policy confidence through multifactorial statistics
(Universidad de la Costa, 2020-12-07)
Trust is defined as widespread belief or rooted value orientation in evaluative standards of technical and ethical competence, and in the future actions of a person (interpersonal trust) or an institution (institutional ...
Dementia in Latin America assessing the present and envisioning the future
(Neurology, 2018-06-30)
The demographic structure of Latin American countries (LAC) is fast approaching that of developing countries, and the predicted prevalence of dementia in the former already exceeds the latter. Dementia has been declared a ...
A first approximation to the Colombian Amazon basin remnant natural capital. Policy and development implications
(Elsevier BV, 2022)
The Amazon basin is one of the most extensive, biodiverse, and dynamic tropical forest ecosystems on the earth. The Colombian Amazon basin occupies an area of approx. 34 million hectares, located in the country's southeast. ...
Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts and suicide morbidity among sexual and gender minority adults in Colombia
(LGBT HEALTH, 2021-07-08)
Purpose: We assessed the association between sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE) experiences and lifetime suicide morbidity among sexual and gender minority (SGM) groups in Colombia.
Methods: A ...
Direct medical costs of severe asthma in two colombian reference centers
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2020)
Objectives: Severe asthma, although infrequent, generates an important clinical and economic burden in both patients and healthcare system. We aimed to describe demographic and clinical characteristics, exacerbations, ...
Prevalence of juvenile idiophatic arthritis in Colombia
(Universidad de la Costa, 2019-05)
To estimate the prevalence of Juvenile Idiophatic Arthritis (JIA) in Colombia. This cross-sectional study identified patients with a diagnosis code for AIJ (ICD-10 M08-M09) using a nationally-representative database of ...
Economic costs of chikungunya virus in Colombia
(Universidad de la Costa, 2018)
Objective: The aim of the present study was to estimate the economic impact of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in Colombia from a societal perspective. Methods: We conducted a retrospective, bottom-up cost-of-illness ...
Heavy metal pollution and toxicity assessment in Mallorquin swamp: a natural protected heritage in the Caribbean Sea, Colombia
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2021)
This work reports the level and ecotoxicity impact of metals in the sediments of the Mallorquín swamp, a protected coastal lagoon in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The distribution of metals was in the following decreasing ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of strategies of Covid-19 vaccination in Colombia: comparison of high-risk prioritization and no prioritization strategies with the absence of a vaccination plan
(Elsevier USA, 2022)
Objectives Our study compares two national COVID-19 vaccination plan strategies—high-risk prioritization and no prioritization—and estimates their cost-effectiveness compared with no vaccination, to generate possible ...