Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the literature on the determinants of hospital
emergency department (ED) visits by elders, using a modification of the Andersen behavioral …

Few prospective studies of smoking initiation have investigated a wide range of time-varying
and invariant predictor variables at the individual and contextual levels concurrently. In this …

OBJECTIVE: Despite numerous randomized clinical trials and observational epidemiologic
studies, evidence on the potential effectiveness of statins for prevention of cancer remains …

Most existing coronary risk assessment methods are based on baseline data only. The
authors compared the predictive ability of coronary multivariable risk scores based on updated …

Importance Little is known about whether sex differences in acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
presentation exist in young patients and what factors determine absence of chest pain in …

Objective To assess the socioeconomic, geographical and demographic inequities in the
use of postnatal health-care services in low- and middle-income countries. Methods We …

Background Around 90% of deaths from ovarian cancer are due to high-grade serous
cancer (HGSC), which is frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage. Several cancer …

Background— High systolic blood pressure (SBP) occurs more frequently both among men
and boys than among women and girls. No longitudinal study has investigated whether the …

Background: Access to care may be implicated in disparities between men and women in
death after acute coronary syndrome, especially among younger adults. We aimed to assess …

PURPOSE: To describe longitudinal trajectories of smoking intensity in adolescent novice
smokers and to identify predictors of trajectory class membership. METHODS: Cigarette …