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Immobilisation versus immediate mobilisation after intrauterine insemination: randomised controlled trial Open

I Custers, P. A. Flierman, P.J. van der Maas, Tessa Cox, Thierry J.H.M. van Dessel , et al. · 2009

Medicine Biology

Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN53294431.

A comparison of physicians' end-of-life decision making for non-western migrants and Dutch natives in the Netherlands Open

Hilde M. Buiting, Judith Rietjens, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, P.J. van der Maas, Johannes J. M. van Delden , et al. · 2008

Medicine Psychology Sociology

Euthanasia was not less common among non-suddenly deceased non-western migrants as compared to Dutch natives. However, intensive symptom alleviation was used less frequently and forgoing potentially life-prolonging treatment involved diffe…

Medical decision making in scarcity situations Open

Johannes J. M. van Delden, Astrid M. Vrakking, Agnes van der Heide, P.J. van der Maas · 2004

Psychology Medicine Political science

The issue of the allocation of resources in health care is here to stay. The goal of this study was to explore the views of physicians on several topics that have arisen in the debate on the allocation of scarce resources and to compare th…

Nationwide breast cancer screening programme fully implemented in the Netherlands Open

Jacques Fracheboud, Harry J. de Koning, Rob Boer, Johanna H. Groenewoud, A.L.M. Verbeek , et al. · 2001

Medicine Sociology Biology

The period 1990-1997 saw the implementation of a nationwide breast cancer screening programme in the Netherlands, which provided biennial mammography for all women aged 50-69 years (50-75 years at present). The National Evaluation Team mon…

Breast cancer screening programme in the Netherlands: an interim review Open

P.J. van der Maas · 2001

Medicine History

The year 1988 saw the introduction of a nationwide breast cancer screening programme in the Netherlands. Some 10 years on, a network that extended throughout the country was in place and all women in the target group had been invited to un…

Interval cancers in the Dutch breast cancer screening programme Open

Jacques Fracheboud, Harry J. de Koning, Petra M. M. Beemsterboer, Rob Boer, A.L.M. Verbeek , et al. · 1999

Medicine

The nationwide breast cancer screening programme in The Netherlands for women aged 50-69 started in 1989. In our study we assessed the occurrence and stage distribution of interval cancers in women screened during 1990-1993. Records of 0.8…

The new old epidemic of coronary heart disease. Open

Luc Bonneux, Jan J. Barendregt, P.J. van der Maas · 1999

Medicine Sociology Physics

OBJECTIVES: This study quantified the consequences for prevalence of increased survival of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the Netherlands from 1980 to 1993. METHODS: A multistage life table fitted observed mortality and registration rates…

Assessment of physician-assisted death by members of the public prosecution in The Netherlands. Open

J.M. Cuperus-Bosma, Gerrit van der Wal, Caspar W. N. Looman, P.J. van der Maas · 1999

Psychology Medicine Political science

OBJECTIVES: To identify the factors that influence the assessment of reported cases of physician-assisted death by members of the public prosecution. DESIGN/SETTING: At the beginning of 1996, during verbal interviews, 12 short case-descrip…

The expiry date of man: a synthesis of evolutionary biology and public health. Open

Luc Bonneux, Jan J. Barendregt, P.J. van der Maas · 1998

Medicine Biology Physics

In industrialised countries, mortality and morbidity are dominated by age related chronic degenerative diseases. The health and health care needs of future populations will be heavily determined by these conditions of old age. Two opposite…

Demographic and epidemiological determinants of healthcare costs in Netherlands: cost of illness study Open

W. J. Meerding, Luc Bonneux, Johan Polder, Marc Koopmanschap, P.J. van der Maas · 1998

Medicine Economics

Objectives : To determine the demands on healthcare resources caused by different types of illnesses and variation with age and sex. Design: Information on healthcare use was obtained from all 22 healthcare sectors in the Netherlands. Most…

Short-Term Effects of Population-Based Screening for Prostate Cancer on Health-Related Quality of Life Open

Marie‐Louise Essink‐Bot, Harry J. de Koning, H. G. T. Nijs, Wim J. Kirkels, P.J. van der Maas , et al. · 1998

Medicine

At the group level, we did not find evidence that prostate cancer screening induced important short-term health-status effects, despite the short-lasting side effects related to the biopsy procedure. However, subgroups may experience high …

Preventing fatal diseases increases healthcare costs: cause elimination life table approach Open

Luc Bonneux, Jan J. Barendregt, Wilma J. Nusselder, P.J. van der Maas · 1998

Medicine Economics

Objectives: To examine whether elimination of fatal diseases will increase healthcare costs. Design: Mortality data from vital statistics combined with healthcare spending in a cause elimination life table. Costs were allocated to specific…

End of life decisions in mentally disabled people Open

P.J. van der Maas · 1997

Psychology Biology

The acid test for any society that claims to be civilised is whether it really protects the life and promotes the wellbeing of its most vulnerable citizens, including the very young, the very old, the chronically ill, and certainly the men…

Incidence of interval cancer and detection rate of first screenings are inconsistent Open

Rob Boer, Harry J. de Koning, G.J. van Oortmarssen, P.J. van der Maas · 1995

Medicine Mathematics

Screening for breast

Nationwide study of decisions concerning the end of life in general practice in the Netherlands Open

L Pijnenborg, Johannes J. M. van Delden, J. W. P. F. Kardaun, J. J. Glerum, P.J. van der Maas · 1994

Medicine Psychology Political science

Objective : To gain insight into decisions made in general practice about the end of life. Design : Study I: interviews with 405 physicians. Study II: analysis of death certificates with data obtained on 5197 cases in which decisions about…

Health expectancy: an indicator for change? Technology Assessment Methods Project Team. Open

Jan J. Barendregt, Luc Bonneux, P.J. van der Maas · 1994

Medicine Mathematics Economics

STUDY OBJECTIVE--Health expectancy is an increasingly used indicator of population health status. It collapses both mortality and morbidity into a single indicator, and is therefore preferred to the total life expectancy index for populati…

Estimating clinical morbidity due to ischemic heart disease and congestive heart failure: the future rise of heart failure. Open

Luc Bonneux, Jan J. Barendregt, K Meeter, Gouke J. Bonsel, P.J. van der Maas · 1994

Medicine Sociology Physics

OBJECTIVES. Many developed countries have seen declining mortality rates for heart disease, together with an alleged decline in incidence and a seemingly paradoxical increase in health care demands. This paper presents a model for forecast…

Deciding not to resuscitate in Dutch hospitals. Open

Johannes J. M. van Delden, P.J. van der Maas, L Pijnenborg, Caspar W. N. Looman · 1993

Medicine Political science

The use of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders in Dutch hospitals was studied as part of a nationwide study on medical decisions concerning the end of life. DNR decisions are made in 6 per cent of all admissions, and 61 per cent of all in-hosp…

Regional differences in mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention in The Netherlands: a comparison of four time periods. Open

Johan P. Mackenbach, Anton E. Kunst, C. W. N. Looman, J. Dik F. Habbema, P.J. van der Maas · 1988

Medicine Mathematics Business

In The Netherlands, as in many other countries, important geographical variation in mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention exists. Associations with a number of simple medical care supply characteristics (general practi…

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