Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur before a child reaches the age of 15 with ...

MFIs rely on standardized interest rate systems that treat borrowers uniformly, regardless of the individual likelihood of ...

Background While maternal depression and anxiety have been linked to adverse childhood respiratory outcomes, the role of ...

A large NHANES analysis found that nearly four in ten US adults met criteria for metabolic syndrome between 2013 and 2023, ...

Metabolic syndrome affects nearly 40% of adults, with sharper increases seen in older age groups and non-Hispanic Black ...

Individual prediction uncertainty is a key aspect of clinical prediction model performance; however, standard performance metrics do not capture it. Consequently, a model might offer sufficient ...

Occam’s razor is the principle that, all else being equal, simpler explanations should be preferred over more complex ones. This principle is thought to guide human decision-making, but the nature of ...

Background Many individuals initiating tuberculosis (TB) treatment do not successfully complete the regimen. Understanding variation in treatment outcomes could reveal opportunities to improve the ...

Objective: To assess the correlates of changes in emergency department (ED) prices for self-pay patients from 2021 to 2023. Study Design: Retrospective longitudinal analysis of self-pay prices for ED ...

Traditional financial distress prediction relies heavily on backward-looking financial indicators such as leverage, liquidity ...

Reduced costly care: Behavioral health–related emergency department visits and inpatient admissions decreased by 35% and 43%, respectively. Lower total medical costs: The intervention group saved ...

Background Primary healthcare is crucial for universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries. While research on ...