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Opinion Article Pages 344-346
Abstract: In a correspondence paper published on the European Journal of Epidemiology [1], Subramanian and Kumar proposed an interesting correlation analysis between percentage of vaccinated population (PVP) and Covid-19 contagion incidence. The presented statistical analysis utilized a substantial dataset, encompassing demographic data from multiple countries worldwide and thousands of US counties. Nevertheless, the methodology may be improved, e.g., through multivariate regression analyses, to yield more reliable outcomes. While, as acknowledged by the authors, combining vaccines with other contagion containment measures is undoubtedly beneficial, the manuscript in its current form may risk being misleading and may lead readers to flawed conclusions. The univariate statistical analysis at the country level cannot adequately assess a correlation between contagion rate and vaccination coverage, whereas the county-level analysis, contrary to the authors' conclusions, reveals a risk reduction associated with high population vaccination rates.
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Research Article Pages 336-343
Abstract: Emergency admission risk stratification (EARS) tools predict admission risk for a general practice patient population. Policy has encouraged targeting higher risk patients with proactive care approaches, in partnership with patients. Previously published stakeholder views on the acceptability and use of EARS tools have been limited to professionals. Our objective was to explore the views of patients on acceptability, benefits, challenges and risks of communicating emergency admission risk scores to patients.
Research Article Pages 331-335
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated suppression strategies that strain the resources of families and disrupt the pediatric medical home, especially for children in under-resourced communities. For these children, barriers to access to the medical home were present prior to the pandemic, but their inability to access well care is exacerbated by it. The combination of disruptions of families’ lives and in-person pediatric care delivery may negatively affect the health of all children, but especially those who live in communities where the pandemic has disparate negative outcomes. We are called to focus on health equity in pediatric services to prevent healthcare and health disparities. Therefore, the recommendations for health systems to redesign how they maintain the pediatric medical home in the context of pandemic suppression strategies must incorporate health equity.
Editorial Pages 328-331
Abstract: Congenital heart disease (CHD) in Latin America and the Caribbean nations has a global prevalence of 8-13 cases per 1,000 live births. They are 60% more prevalent than cancer and five times more frequent than other congenital malformations [1,2]. Previous studies by Hoffman J, et al., in 2013 showed that 136,000 children are born with CHD in the Americas every year (65,000 in North America and 71,000 in South America).
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