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Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action
Excess of health care use in general practice and of comorbid chronic conditions in cancer patients compared to controls
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The number of cancer patients and the number of patients surviving initial treatments is expected to rise. Traditionally, follow-up monitoring takes place in secondary care. The contribution of general practice is less visible and not clearly defined.</p> <p>This study aimed to compare healthcare use in general practice of patients with cancer during the follow-up phase compared with patients without cancer. We also examined the influence of comorbid conditions on healthcare utilisation by these patients in general practice.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We compared health care use of N=8,703 cancer patients with an age and gender-matched control group of patients without cancer from the same practice. Data originate from the Netherlands Information Network of General Practice (LINH), a representative network consisting of 92 general practices with 350,000 enlisted patients. Health care utilisation was assessed using data on contacts with general practice, prescription and referral rates recorded between 1/1/2001 and 31/12/2007. The existence of additional comorbid chronic conditions (ICPC coded) was taken into account.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Compared to matched controls, cancer patients had more contacts with their GP-practice (19.5 vs. 11.9, p<.01), more consultations with the GP (3.5 vs. 2.7, p<.01), more home visits (1.6 vs. 0.4, p<.01) and they got more medicines prescribed (18.7 vs. 11.6, p<.01) during the follow-up phase. Cancer patients more often had a chronic condition than their matched controls (52% vs. 44%, p<.01). Having a chronic condition increased health care use for both patients with and without cancer. Cancer patients with a comorbid condition had the highest health care use.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We found that cancer patients in the follow-up phase consulted general practice more often and suffered more often from comorbid chronic conditions, compared to patients without cancer. It is expected that the number of cancer patients will rise in the years to come and that primary health care professionals will be more involved in follow-up care. Care for comorbid chronic conditions, communication between specialists and GPs, and coordination of tasks then need special attention.</p
Tratamentos pós-colheita com 1-metilciclopropeno em manga 'Tommy Atkins': efeito de doses e número de aplicações
1-Methylcyclopropene postharvest treatment and their effect on apple quality during long-term storage time
Use of a gas chromatography–mass spectrometry organic aerosol monitor for in-field detection of fine particulate organic compounds in source apportionment
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Report of the Tree Fruit Branch Experiment Station, 1944; Volume 7, No. 1
Topics include apple variety studies, apricot studies, budget, frost penetration in relation to ground cover, mildew, peach varieties, pollination experiments, production records, projects, sprays, sale of fruit, general condition report, publication
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Report of the Tree Fruit Branch Experiment Station
Topics include: Field Location of Experimental Programs - Plot; Tree Fruit Branch Experiment Station - 1939; Committees on Organization and Program of the Tree Fruit Experiment Station; U.S.D.A. Cooperative Apple Variety Studies; W.P.A. Improvement Project; Landscape Program for 1939; N.Y.A. Project; 1939 Tree Planting Program; Irrigation Program; Spray Program; Chronology of the Codling Moth; Western Spray Conference Report for 1939; Moth Record; Entomological Investigations:; Biological Studies of Tetranychus Pacificus - 1939 Progress Report; Control Measures for the Pacific Mite - Tetrenychus pacificus Mco; Chemical Investigations; Poar Payllaa Survey of Grant, Douglas, Chelan and Okanogan Counties; Reports on Spray Materials:; General Spray Programs for Orchard - 1939; 1939 Spray Residue Experiments; A report on the Effect of Spray Materials upon the Apparent Carbon Dioxide Intake of Apple Leaves as Determined During the Summer of 1939; A Comparison of the Keeping Quality of Jonathan and Delicious Sprayed with Genicide and Argenate of Lead and Cryolite; Cork Spot in Anjou Pears, 1939; Harvest and Growth Records of Starking Delicious; Upper Fertilizer Plots; 1939 Fertilizer Experimental Program; 1939 Cover Crop Projects; Winter Injury Experiment; Pollination Project; The Effect of Form of Nitrogen Carrier Upon the Production of Rome Apples; The Effect of Time of Nitrogen Application Upon the Production of Jonathan Apples; Fruit Maturity Studies for 1939; Miscellaneous:; Receipts:; Complete Summary of 1938 Report of Apple and Pear Sales and Warehousing and Marketing Expense; Field Day; Financial Statement; List of Publication
THE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MIXED (ALKYLAMINO) AND (ARYLAMINO)PHENYLPHOSPHONIUM COMPOUNDS
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