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Health care costs and resource utilization for different asthma severity stages in Colombia: a claims data analysis

Flórez-Tanus, Álvaro; Parra, Devian; Zakzuk, Josefina; Caraballo, Luis; Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson (World Allergy Organization Journal, 2018)

Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory conditions worldwide. Asthma-related economic burden has been reported in Latin America, but knowledge about its economic impact to the Colombian health ...

Gasto de bolsillo y gasto catastrófico en salud en los hogares de Cartagena, Colombia

Alvis-Zakzuk, Jossie; Marrugo-Arnedo, Carlos; Alvis-Zakzuk, Nelson J.; Gómez de la Rosa, Fernando; Florez-Tanus, Álvaro; Moreno-Ruiz, Deicy; Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson (Revista de Salud Pública, 2018-04-20)

Objetivo Estimar el gasto de bolsillo y la probabilidad de gasto catastrófico de los hogares y sus determinantes socioeconómicos en Cartagena, Colombia. Materiales y Métodos Estudio transversal en una muestra poblacional ...

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Roth, Gregory A; Abate, Degu; Abate, Kalkidan Hassen; Abay, Solomon M; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbasi, Nooshin; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdela, Jemal; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson (The Lancet, 2018)

Background Global development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for benchmarking a nation’s progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 ...

The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson; Safiri, Saeid; Sepanlou, Sadaf G; Ikuta, Kevin S; Bisignano, Catherine; Salimzadeh, Hamideh; Delavari, Alireza; Ansari, Reza; Roshandel, Gholamreza; Merat, Shahin (The Lancet, 2019-10-21)

Background Data about the global, regional, and country-specific variations in the levels and trends of colorectal cancer are required to understand the impact of this disease and the trends in its burden to help policy ...

First cardiovascular event in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of a cardiovascular risk management program of a poor colombian population: a cohort study

Miranda-Machado, Pablo; Salcedo-Mejía, Fernando; Paz Wilches, Justo; Fernandez-Mercado, Juan; De la Hoz-Restrepo, Fernando; Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson (BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2018-09-26)

Background: According to several studies in population of high-income countries (HIC), patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have a considerably higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, it is ...

Dengue, Chikunguña and Zika in Colombia 2015-2016

Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson; Zakzuk, Josefina; Vargas Moranth, Rusvelt; Alcocer Olaciregui, Adalgisa Esther; Parra Padilla, Devian (Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2017-05)

Objective: To describe the epidemiological trends during 2015 - 2016 of three of the most important arthropod-borne virus infections occurred in the country in recent years: Zika, Dengue and Chikunguña. Materials and ...

Antimicrobial resistance trends in methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidisisolates obtained from patients admitted to intensive care units. 2010-2015

Castro Orozco, Raimundo; Consuegra-Mayor, Claudia; Mejía-Chávez, Gloria; Hernández-Escolar, Jacqueline; Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson (Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2019)

Introduction: The emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant strains in hospitals, mainly in intensive care units (ICU), has become a serious public health problem.Objective: To analyze the temporal trends of bacterial ...

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017

Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson; Burstein, Roy; Henry, Nathaniel J.; Collison, Michael L.; Marczak, Laurie B.; Sligar, Amber; Watson, Stefanie; Marquez, Neal; Abbasalizad-Farhangi, Mahdieh; Abbasi, Masoumeh (Nature, 2019-10-16)

Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2—to end preventable ...

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2017, and forecasts to 2030, for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017

Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson; Frank, Tahvi D; Carter, Austin; Jahagirdar, Deepa; Biehl, Molly H; Douwes-Schultz, Dirk; Leigh Larson, Samantha; Arora, Megha; Dwyer-Lindgren, Laura; Steuben, Krista M (The Lancet, 2019-08-19)

Background Understanding the patterns of HIV/AIDS epidemics is crucial to tracking and monitoring the progress of prevention and control efforts in countries. We provide a comprehensive assessment of the levels and trends ...

Mortality, morbidity, and hospitalisations due to influenza lower respiratory tract infections, 2017: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017

E Troeger, Christopher; F. Blacker, Brigette; A. Khalil, Ibrahim; M Zimsen, Stephanie R; Albertson, Samuel B.; Abate, Degu; Abdela, Jemal; Adhikari, Tara Ballav; Aghayan, Sargis; Agrawal, Sutapa; Ahmadi, Alireza; aichour, amina; Aichour, Ibtihel; Eddine Aichour, Miloud Taki; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; Alahdab, Fares; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed; Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson (Universidad de la Costa, 2019)

Although the burden of influenza is often discussed in the context of historical pandemics and the threat of future pandemics, every year a substantial burden of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and other respiratory ...