Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has declined dramatically in wealthier countries in the past three decades, but it remains endemic in many lower-resourced regions and can have significant costs to households. The objective of this study was to quantify the economic burden of RHD among Ugandans affected by RHD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional cost-of-illness study that randomly sampled 87 participants and their households from the Uganda National RHD registry between December 2018 and February 2020. Using a standardized survey instrument, we asked participants and household members about outpatient and inpatient RHD costs and financial coping mechanisms incurred over the past 12 months. We used descriptive statistics to analyze levels and distributions of costs and the frequency of coping strategies. Multivariate Poisson regression models were used to assess relationships between socioeconomic characteristics and utilization of financial coping mechanisms. Results: Most pa
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Show Transcript GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I M DAN GREEN. ERIN CLARK IS OFF TONIGH T. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY. WHERE TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON BLUE JAY LANE IN SOLEDAD. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORR TE ARIANA JASO LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPEN. ED
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 7:33 PM PDT May 18, 2021 Two people were shot in a gated community outside of Soledad, Tuesday afternoon, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office reported.Two people were shot on Blue Jay Lane in the Riverview Estates, located off of Metz-Soledad Rd, according to investigator Bryan Hoskins. One gunshot victim was left on Blue Jay Lane while the other got inside a vehicle with two other
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A local mental health provider is offering a free text message service that could improve how you feel and disrupt negative thoughts.
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TAMPA, Fla. â As a suicide and abuse survivor, I know how complicated life can get, explained Johnny Crowder, who spent years trying to cope with his mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
And through that experience, he developed Cope Notes, a text message service that can help boost your mood.
Cope Notes We ll text you once a day, but you ll never when we ll reach out or what we ll say. And over time, this trains your brain to default to healthier thought patterns, Crowder explains.
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