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602. Les difficultés d'un commencement
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Closon, Francis-Louis, primary
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- 1971
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603. Experience of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology with single-administration 5 g/m2 ifosfamide with mesna as second- or third-line therapy in advanced breast cancer
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Paridaens, R., Focan, C., Michel, J., Piccart, M., Salamon, E., Beauduin, M., Closon, M. T., Tueni, E., Vindevoghel, A., Majois, F., and T'Hooft-Andry, M.
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Summary In an ongoing phase II trial conducted in advanced breast cancer, we tested a therapy schedule consisting of continuous, 24-h infusion of 5 g/m
2 ifosfamide (IFO) in 3 l dextrose saline with mesna (MSN), repeated every 3 weeks until disease progression. Since September 1988, 16 heavily pretreated patients with advanced disease (11 with visceral lesions) considered refractory to standard chemotherapy (regimens always including cyclophosphamide) have been included. Objective partial remissions were observed in two cases (one in liver and one in soft-tissue and pleural lesions), and disease stabilization for at least 3 months occurred in four cases. No treatment-related death was recorded and tolerance was judged to be excellent (six cases) or acceptable in all instances. The haematological toxicity consisted mainly of transient leucopenia (nadirs evaluated by WHO scale as grade 3 in 43% and grade 4 in 29%), sometimes associated with thrombocytopenia (grade 3 in 7% and grade 4 in 7%). Other side effects included nausea and/or vomiting (grade 3-4 in 33%); worsening of preexisting alopecia (five cases); haemorrhagic cystitis (one case); mild, transient somnolence (two cases); and moderate fluid retention (two cases). We concluded that infusion of 5 g/m2 IFO over 24 h with MSN rescue might represent an acceptable second-or third-line salvage regimen. Close monitoring of haematological and renal function parameters is recommended. A larger number of patients will be treated in a continuation of this study to evaluate the true response rate within narrower confidence limits.- Published
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604. Manuel de l'Enquêteur
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F.-Louis Closon and Louis Joseph Lebret
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Sociology and Political Science ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) - Published
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605. Questionnaire préanesthésique et document d’information : utile et fiable ?
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Page, Mathieu, Biot, Loic, Boiste, Fabienne, Collin, Anthony, Closon, Matthieu, Dartayet, Bruno, Jacquiot, Nicolas, Petit Maire, Stéphane, Riaux, Daniel, and Georges Yavordios, Patrick
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Le questionnaire pré-anesthésique (QPA) est fréquemment remis au patient avant une consultation pré-anesthésie (CPA) afin d’améliorer l’exhaustivité du recueil des antécédents. Il est parfois couplé au document d’information sur l’anesthésie (DIA) permettant de compléter l’information orale [1]. Nous avons évalué l’utilité et la fiabilité de ces documents par un audit clinique.
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606. Inequality in treatment use among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: USA, Belgium and Quebec.
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Perelman J, Shmueli A, McDonald KM, Pilote L, Saynina O, Closon MC, TECH Investigators, Perelman, Julian, Shmueli, Amir, McDonald, Kathryn M, Pilote, Louise, Saynina, Olga, and Closon, Marie-Christine
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Background: Previous research has provided evidence that socioeconomic status has an impact on invasive treatments use after acute myocardial infarction. In this paper, we compare the socioeconomic inequality in the use of high-technology diagnosis and treatment after acute myocardial infarction between the US, Quebec and Belgium paying special attention to financial incentives and regulations as explanatory factors.Methods: We examined hospital-discharge abstracts for all patients older than 65 who were admitted to hospitals during the 1993-1998 period in the US, Quebec and Belgium with a primary diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Patients' income data were imputed from the median incomes of their residential area. For each country, we compared the risk-adjusted probability of undergoing each procedure between socioeconomic categories measured by the patient's area median income.Results: Our findings indicate that income-related inequality exists in the use of high-technology treatment and diagnosis techniques that is not justified by differences in patients' health characteristics. Those inequalities are largely explained, in the US and Quebec, by inequalities in distances to hospitals with on-site cardiac facilities. However, in both Belgium and the US, inequalities persist among patients admitted to hospitals with on-site cardiac facilities, rejecting the hospital location effect as the single explanation for inequalities. Meanwhile, inequality levels diverge across countries (higher in the US and in Belgium, extremely low in Quebec).Conclusion: The findings support the hypothesis that income-related inequality in treatment for AMI exists and is likely to be affected by a country's system of health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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607. A pilot experience of client centred care in Brusssels city.
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Jeanmart, Caroline, Baeyens, Jean-Pierre, and Closon, Marie-Christine
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- 2010
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608. PCV19Evaluation of The Costs of Heart Failure in Belgium
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Annemans, L, Block, P, Rompay, W, and Closon, MC
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OBJECTIVE: To calculate the cost of heart failure in Belgium, based on an epidemiological model. METHODS: We applied a state transition model to simulate the disease progression of heart failure over a period of 5 years, taking into account a weighted average of current practice. Costs related to current practice (1996 values) and disease progression were taken from the perspective of the health insurance. Unit costs of ambulatory care were collected through official listings; hospitalization costs for heart failure were collected from a database of 58 hospitals (ICD codes 402, 428, 429). Current practice was obtained through review of 250 patient records in primary care, starting on the day of initiating therapy up to 6 months later, and through expert interviews (2 rounds Delphi method). RESULTS: The model indicates that the expected cost of treating heart failure in 1996 in Belgium was 318,000 Bef over 5 years, for an average number of life years of 3.59. ACE inhibitors are used in 34% of patients but are mostly applied only in higher NYHA classes (more ill patients), although studies recommend to prescribe those drugs earlier in the disease development, since they can avoid morbidity (hospitalisation) and morality. We calculated that starting earlier with ACE inhibitors and doubling their use would increase the total costs to 351,700 Bef for an extra survival time of 0.07 life years. CONCLUSIONS: The study showed that state transition models can be applied in the assessment of the management of heart failure. Changes in the management should be expressed in extra costs per extra life year and compared to interventions in other disease areas.
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- 1998
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609. INFRACLINIC ACTIVATION OF PLATELETS AND FIBRIN FORMATION IN CANCER PATIENTS
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David, J L, Lambrichts, M, and Closon, M T
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610. CVB3Evaluation of The Costs of Coronary Heart Disease in Belgium
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Annemans, L, Backer, W, Rompay, W, and Closon, MC
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OBJECTIVE: To calculate the cost of ischaemic heart disease in Belgium. METHODS: We calculated the cost of acute and follow-up treatment of coronary heart disease in Belgium, taking into account a weighted average of current practice. Costs related to current practice (1996 values) and disease progression were taken from the perspective of the health insurance. Unit costs of ambulatory care were collected through official listings; hospitalisation costs for heart failure were collected from a database of 58 hospitals (ICD codes 410 to 414). Current practice was obtained through review of 240 patient records in primary care, post coronary event, during 6 months and through expert interviews (2 rounds Delphi method). Epidemiological data regarding incidence and distribution of coronary events were obtained via the MONICA WHO study. RESULTS: The results indicate that the acute cost of coronary heart disease is equal to 191,933 Bef (37Bef = 1$) for acute MI, 175,959 Bef for coronary insufficiency, and 159,912 Bef for angina pectoris. Follow-up costs amount to 47,000 Bef per year, of which 13,000 for drugs, statins not included. An existing model has been applied and reviewed according to Belgian risk predictions to estimate the cost-effectiveness of statins. CONCLUSIONS: The study showed that coronary heart disease is not only expensive in the acute stage but even more in the follow-up. There are no large differences between the costs of different coronary events.
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- 1998
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611. Comparing the quality of care across Belgian hospitals from medical basic datasets: the case of thromboembolism prophylaxis after major orthopaedic surgery.
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Gerkens, Sophie, Crott, Ralph, Closon, Marie‐Christine, Horsmans, Yves, and Beguin, Claire
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HEALTH services administration , *HOSPITAL case management services , *TOTAL hip replacement , *TOTAL knee replacement ,THROMBOEMBOLISM treatment - Abstract
Rationale, aims and objectives In the current context, the assessment of the quality of care in daily clinical practice becomes essential. The aim of this study was to use medical basic datasets associated with information on pharmacological treatments to assess the quality of care of a prophylaxis treatment after major orthopaedic surgery and to compare hospitals' clinical practices. Methods The study was performed in 20 Belgian hospitals. Patients who underwent total hip replacement (THR), total knee replacement (TKR), or hip fracture surgery (HFS) were selected retrospectively from the hospitals' 2002 and 2003 administrative databases ( n = 14 991). Quality indicators assessed were incidence of venous thromboembolism, major bleeding and death. Prophylaxis analysed were enoxaparin, nadroparin and fondaparinux. Results Venous thromboembolism and major bleeding events were rare (1.9% and 1.1% respectively). Patients who underwent HFS were at greater risk of having pulmonary embolism [OR = 2.01; confidence interval (CI) = 1.38–2.92; P = 0.0002], major bleeding (OR = 4.00; CI = 2.93–5.46; P < 0.0001) or death from any cause (OR = 8.86; CI = 6.85–11.45; P < 0.0001) than patients who underwent THR or TKR. Multivariate analyses showed that the hospital variable had a significant impact on the probability to have adverse events and that patients who received enoxaparin were at greater risk of death than patients who received nadroparin (ORenoxaparin vs fraxiparin = 1.59; 95% CI = 1.04–2.44; P = 0.033). Conclusion Results indicate that differences in thromboembolism prophylaxis practices among hospitals have a significant impact on adverse events. This reinforces the need to develop data-processing tools that enable better monitoring of quality of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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612. Vergelijking van kost en kwaliteit van twee financieringssystemen voor de eerstelijnszorg in België : Verdeelsleutel tussen het Fonds en de verzekeraars
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Annemans, Lieven, Closon, Jean-Pierre, Closon, Marie-Christine, Heymans, Isabelle, Lagasse, Raphaël, Roch, I., Mendes da Costa, Elise, and Moureaux, Catherine
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R85 ,Primary Health Care ,W 84.6 Primary health care ,2005-15 ,Health Care Costs ,Capitation Fee ,Quality Indicators, Health Care - Abstract
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- 2008
613. Comparaison du coût et de la qualité de deux systèmes de financement des soins de première ligne en Belgique
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Annemans, Lieven, Closon, Jean-Pierre, Closon, Marie-Christine, Heymans, Isabelle, Lagasse, Raphaël, Roch, I., Mendes da Costa, Elise, and Moureaux, Catherine
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R85 ,Primary Health Care ,W 84.6 Primary health care ,2005-15 ,Health Care Costs ,Capitation Fee ,Quality Indicators, Health Care - Abstract
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- 2008
614. Comparaison du coût et de la qualité de deux systèmes de financement des soins de première ligne en Belgique : - Annexes
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Annemans, Lieven, Closon, Jean-Pierre, Closon, Marie-Christine, Heymans, Isabelle, Lagasse, Raphaël, Roch, I., Mendes da Costa, Elise, and Moureaux, Catherine
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R85 ,Primary Health Care ,W 84.6 Primary health care ,2005-15 ,Health Care Costs ,Capitation Fee ,Quality Indicators, Health Care - Abstract
ix, 162 p. ill.
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- 2008
615. Recurrence dynamics of breast cancer according to baseline body mass index.
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Biganzoli, Elia, Desmedt, Christine, Fornili, Marco, de Azambuja, Evandro, Cornez, Nathalie, Ries, Fernand, Closon-Dejardin, Marie-Thérèse, Kerger, Joseph, Focan, Christian, Di Leo, Angelo, Nogaret, Jean-Marie, Sotiriou, Christos, Piccart, Martine, and Demicheli, Romano
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CANCER relapse , *BREAST tumor risk factors , *OBESITY complications , *ADIPOSE tissues , *COMBINED modality therapy , *ESTROGEN receptors , *MENOPAUSE , *SURVIVAL , *PERIMENOPAUSE , *DISEASE management , *BODY mass index , *POSTMENOPAUSE , *CANCER risk factors - Abstract
Background In cancer follow-up, in addition to the evaluation of survival probabilities, there is a fundamental need of assessing recurrence dynamics for optimal disease management. Although the time-dependent effect of the oestrogen receptor (ER) status of the tumour has already been described, so far no factor has proven to disentangle the multi-peak behaviour observed for breast cancer recurrences. Here, we aimed at investigating whether adiposity at diagnosis, reflected by increased patient's body mass index (BMI), could be associated with breast cancer recurrence patterns over time after primary cancer therapy. Methods We retrieved BMI from 734 of 777 patients with node-positive breast cancer from a phase III randomised clinical trial, which compared different chemotherapy regimens and had a median follow-up of 15.4 years. Cumulative incidence estimation as well as piecewise exponential models were carried out to estimate the distant recurrence dynamics, in all patients, as well as in subgroups based on the ER status, with the ER-positive group being further split according to the menopausal status. Results In patients with ER-negative breast cancer, time-dependent analyses revealed that the hazard of late relapses could mainly be attributed to the overweight and obese patients. Within the subgroup of premenopausal patients with ER-positive tumours, obesity was associated with an early high narrow peak of distant recurrences followed by another main peak after 5 years of follow-up. The risk for overweight patients was intermediate between obese and normal-weight patients. In the postmenopausal subgroup of patients with ER-positive tumours, the distant recurrence rate was significantly more elevated in the overweight patients compared to the other BMI categories, and a second late peak of recurrences was also observed for the obese patients. Conclusion These results demonstrate that the patient's BMI at diagnosis is associated with cancer recurrence dynamics. Patient adiposity should therefore be central to the exploration of late adjuvant treatment modalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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616. Résilience scolaire :stratégies d’accrochage scolaire des adolescents congolais dans un contexte socio-économique complexe
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Mbakidi Toko, Isabelle, Closon, Caroline, Tingu Yaba Nzolameso, Maurice, Masiala Masolo, André, Hellemans, Catherine, Sylin, Michel, and Tungisa Kapela, Danny
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engagement scolaire ,pauvreté des ménages ,congelese students ,school dropout ,abandon scolaire ,attitude de faire face ,school engagement ,Psychologie de l'adolescence ,Psychologie de la famille et des systèmes humains ,household poverty ,Psychologie ,élèves congolais ,Cognition sociale ,attitude to face ,Emotion, stress et trauma - Abstract
Résumé de la thèse :L’étude interroge les facteurs spécifiques du décrochage scolaire dans le contexte congolais.Trois études ont été menées dans le cadre de ce travail. Les résultats ont permis de mettre en exergue les facteurs personnels et environnementaux qui amènent les jeunes à entrer dans le processus de décrochage scolaire. La recherche théorique et les résultats des différentes investigations nous permettent de discuter des facteurs classiquement étudiés dans ce cadre de recherche et de mettre en exergue les facteurs spécifiques aux moeurs et coutumes congolais. La recherche a permis également de relever les différentes stratégies mises en place par certains jeunes ( qui pour la plupart d’entre eux constituent déjà une population à risque au décrochage scolaire) pour pouvoir se maintenir à l’école en dépit des conditions défavorables de leur milieu. Ces informations ont été tirées de deux sources différentes: de la population de ceux qui continuent tant bien que mal à s’accrocher encore au système et d’une population de décrocheurs de l’école., Summary of the thesis :The study questions the specific factors of dropping out of school in the Congolese context.Three studies were carried out as part of this work. The results made it possible to highlight the personal and environmental factors that lead young people to enter the process of dropping out of school. Theoretical research and the results of the various investigations allow us to discuss the factors classically studied in this research framework and to highlight the factors specific to Congolese mores and customs. The research also made it possible to identify the different strategies implemented by some young people (most of whom already constitute a population at risk of dropping out of school) in order to be able to stay in school despite the unfavorable conditions of their schooling. environment. This information was drawn from two different sources: from the population of those who still cling to the system and from a population of school dropouts., Doctorat en Sciences psychologiques et de l'éducation, info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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617. Effects of l-histidine and histamine H3 receptor modulators on ethanol-induced sedation in mice
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Didone, Vincent, Quoilin, Caroline, Nyssen, Laura, Closon, Catherine, Tirelli, Ezio, and Quertemont, Etienne
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HISTIDINE , *HISTAMINE receptors , *IMMUNOMODULATORS , *ETHANOL , *ANIMAL sedation , *LABORATORY mice , *THIOPERAMIDE - Abstract
Abstract: Recent studies suggest that the brain histaminergic system and especially the H3 receptors are involved in the regulation of alcohol consumption and alcohol-induced behaviors. Part of this effect might be due to a modulation of ethanol-induced sedation by central histamine. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of several histaminergic drugs on ethanol-induced sedation using the loss of righting reflex experimental protocol in female Swiss mice. A pretreatment with l-histidine, the histamine precursor, significantly reduced ethanol-induced sedation, suggesting that brain histamine protects against the sedative effects of ethanol. In a second set of experiments, several H3 receptor agonists (immepip or imetit) and inverse agonists/antagonists (thioperamide, A331440, or BF2.649) were tested. Surprisingly, both H3 receptor agonists and antagonists potentiated the sedative effects of ethanol. This paradoxical effect might be due to the subtle regulatory actions related to the H3 heteroreceptor function. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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618. Revisiting health policy and the World Bank in Bolivia.
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Silva, Herland Tejerina, De Paepe, Pierre, Soors, Werner, Lanza, Oscar V., Closon, Marie-Christine, Van Dessel, Patrick, and Unger, Jean-Pierre
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BANKING industry , *BUDGET , *CHILDREN'S health , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *HEALTH facility administration , *HEALTH services accessibility , *HEALTH status indicators , *IMMUNIZATION , *INFANT mortality , *HEALTH insurance , *INTERVIEWING , *MEDICAL care , *HEALTH policy , *PRACTICAL politics , *POVERTY , *WORLD health , *HUMANITARIAN assistance , *HEALTH care industry , *INTERNATIONAL cooperation - Abstract
This article analyses the influence of the World Bank on reforms of the health sector in Bolivia during the period 1986—2006, and assesses their impact on the health care delivery system to date. The article examines the transformation of health services undertaken by the current socialist government since 2006. A literature review and interviews with decision-makers critically examine the outcome of reforms on criteria linked to health system integration. The study illustrates that Bolivia applied quite comprehensively the WB recommendations. Among others these included indirect privatization through public health services’ restriction of access to a basic package of care and decentralization with devolution. In consequence, the segmentation and fragmentation of the health system was exacerbated, accessibility and quality of care suffered and health status barely improved.The article attempts to locate the relationship between policy, health care delivery and health systems functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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619. Discursive Practices Constructing Normative and Trans* Sex/Gender Categories: The effects of the legal certification of sex in Belgium and the definition of the (gendered) worker subject
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Aguirre-Sánchez-Beato, Sara, Closon, Caroline, Rorive, Isabelle, Hellemans, Catherine, Casini, Annalisa, Mottier, Véronique, and Iñiguez-Rueda, Lupicinio
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transgenre ,transsexuel ,analyse du discours ,genre ,législation ,travail ,Droit ,Sciences sociales ,Psychologie ,Sociologie ,transgender ,transsexual ,discourse analysis ,gender ,legislation ,work - Abstract
The main interest of this interdisciplinary thesis (psychology-law) is the understanding of transphobia and discrimination against trans* people. I locate the problem of this type of discrimination in the social construction of ‘sex/gender’ categories. Particularly, I situate it in the definition of the norms that constitute ‘woman’ and ‘man’ as two essential and mutually exclusive categories that sustain the unequal binary organisation of society. People who transgress those norms have been labelled as ‘mentally ill’ by psychiatry and psychology since the end of the 19th century. The emergence of trans* activism from the 1960s and especially Trans Studies in the 1990s has allowed questioning those pathologising discourses. In the present context, we observe a tendency towards the depathologisation of trans* experiences and identities. Depathologisation is coupled with increased visibility of trans* people in the cultural domain and a more favourable public opinion towards them. However, trans* people still face serious discrimination and the norm that divides humankind into ‘women’ and ‘men’ is still very much present. Drawing on these premises I argue that the transgression of ‘sex/gender’ norms have been redefined nowadays so that the binary opposition between women and men is maintained as the norm. Thus, trans* people are still depicted as ‘abnormal’ although pathologising and psychiatric discourses are not necessarily employed today. The general objective of the thesis is to understand how this redefinition is carried out and the effects of it in two specific contexts: the legal certification of sex in the civil status of individuals in Belgium and the definition of the worker subject. The choice of these two cases responds to the fact that trans* people report facing many obstacles and discrimination in them. Based on the theoretical and methodological principles of discursive psychology and Perelmanian new rhetoric, I realised the discourse analysis of two corpora: a legislative corpus and a corpus of interviews. The legislative corpus comprises texts of Acts, bills, amendments, parliamentary debates and Circulars regulating the mention of sex in the civil status in Belgium. The second corpus includes the transcriptions of five group interviews with workers carried out with co-workers from five work organisations in Brussels. In both cases, the identification of discursive practices and their variability allowed me to elucidate the effects they produce. Specifically, it allowed me to show that, although the identified practices seem less stigmatising, they still depict trans* people as a ‘deviation from the norm’, thereby legitimising a different legal treatment towards them and justifying the discrimination and exclusion they endure at work. Moreover, the identified practices reproduce the binary organisation of society and justify discrimination against women in the workplace. The ultimate purpose of this thesis is to promote an informed critical attitude towards those discursive practices and, in this way, to contribute to the struggle against transphobia and sexism., Dans cette thèse interdisciplinaire (psychologie-droit) je m’intéresse à la transphobie et la discrimination à l’égard des personnes trans*. Je situe ce problème de discrimination dans la construction sociale des catégories « sexe/genre », notamment dans la définition des normes qui constituent les catégories « femme » et « homme » comme deux catégories essentielles et mutuellement exclusives qui soutiennent l’organisation binaire et inégale de la société. Les personnes qui ont transgressé ces normes ont été étiquetées comme « malades mentales » par la psychiatrie et la psychologie depuis la fin du 19ème siècle. L’émergence de l’activisme trans* dans les années soixante et notamment des Trans Studies dans les années nonantes ont permis la remise en question de ces discours pathologisants. Dans le contexte actuel, on observe une tendance vers la dépathologisation des expériences et identités trans*, accompagnée d’une croissante visibilité des personnes trans* dans le domaine culturel et d’une opinion publique globalement plus favorable à leur égard. Par contre, les personnes trans* font encore l’objet de nombreuses discriminations et la norme qui divise l’humanité entre « femmes » et « hommes » est encore extrêmement présente. Sur la base de ces prémisses, je soutiens que la transgression des normes de « sexe/genre » a été actuellement redéfinie de façon à ce l’opposition binaire entre les femmes et les hommes est maintenue comme norme. Ainsi, les personnes trans* sont encore définies comme « anormales » alors que des discours pathologisants et psychiatrisants ne sont pas nécessairement mobilisés aujourd’hui. L’objectif général de la thèse est de comprendre comment cette redéfinition est faite et quels sont ses effets dans deux contextes spécifiques :la certification légal de la mention du sexe dans l’état civil en Belgique et la définition du sujet travailleur. Le choix de ces deux cas se justifie par le fait que ce sont deux domaines dans lesquels les personnes trans* signalent beaucoup d’obstacles et de discrimination. M’appuyant sur les principes théoriques et méthodologiques de la psychologie discursive et de la nouvelle rhétorique perelmanienne, j’ai effectué l’analyse du discours de deux corpus :un corpus législatif et un corpus d’entretiens. Le corpus législatif est composé de textes de loi, projets et propositions de loi, amendements, travaux parlementaires et circulaires régulant la mention du sexe dans l’état civil en Belgique. Le deuxième corpus inclut les transcriptions de cinq entretiens de groupe menés auprès de travailleuses et de travailleurs dans cinq organisations de Bruxelles. Dans les deux cas, l’identification des pratiques discursives et de leur variabilité m’a permis de dévoiler les effets qu’elles produisent. Spécifiquement, j’ai pu démontrer que, bien que ces pratiques semblent moins stigmatisantes aujourd’hui, elles continuent à définir les personnes trans* comme une « déviation de la norme », légitimant ainsi un traitement légal différent à leur égard et justifiant la discrimination et l’exclusion dont elles sont victimes au travail. En outre, ces pratiques discursives reproduisent l’organisation binaire de la société et la discrimination à l’égard des femmes au travail. Avec cette thèse j’espère contribuer à la promotion d’une attitude critique informée par rapport aux pratiques discursives identifiées et, par ce biais, à la lutte contre la transphobie et le sexisme., Doctorat en Sciences psychologiques et de l'éducation, info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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- 2019
620. La Cumbre pide una Europa más cercana a sus ciudadanos
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Bisiaux, Amaury, Comisión Europea. Dirección General de Política Regional y Urbana, Monfret, Agnès, and Closon, Denis
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Comité Económico y Social Europeo, European Economic and Social Committee ,Protección del medio ambiente, Environmental protection ,Prensa, Press ,Programa de Medios de Comunicación YOUTH4REGIONS ,Comité de las Regiones, Committee of the Regions ,Declaración de Bucarest ,Principio de subsidiariedad, Principle of subsidiarity ,Integración europea, European integration ,Joven, Young person ,Reunión en la Cumbre, Summit meeting ,Globalización, Globalisation - Abstract
El ISSN corresponde a la versión electrónica del documento En la reciente Cumbre Europea de Regiones y Ciudades 2019 celebrada en Rumanía, Amaury Bisiaux, un joven periodista francés y ganador del concurso de blogs #EUinMyRegion, reflexiona sobre los objetivos y aspiraciones de la Declaración de Bucarest.
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- 2019
621. Efficacité du transfert proximal des apprentissages et rapport au pouvoir dans la relation d’évaluation :cas des téléopérateurs dans les centres d’appels du grand Tunis
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Fliss, Dorsaf, Sylin, Michel, Hamzaoui, Mejed, Closon, Caroline, Lagabrielle, Christine, and Saidani, Chiraz SCH
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Sciences sociales ,évaluation de l’efficacité de la formation professionnelle formelle, transfert et transfert proximal des apprentissages, déterminants du transfert proximal (individuels, liés à la formation et liés à l’environnement de travail), étude de cas unique, modélisation par les équations structurelles, centres d’appels du grand Tunis - Abstract
Cette recherche s’inscrit dans les études sur l’efficacité de la formation professionnelle formelle, considérée comme une préoccupation majeure pour les organisations. Dans le cadre de ce travail, notre objectif final est d’identifier les facteurs susceptibles d’affecter le transfert proximal des apprentissages de la formation formelle, comme première étape d’un processus plus long, cruciale pour sa réussite. L’absence de recherches consacrées spécifiquement aux déterminants du transfert proximal des apprentissages de la formation formelle dans le contexte des centres d’appels nous a conduits à supposer l’existence d’un ensemble de déterminants, dont le rapport à l’évaluation, qui, en conjonction avec les spécificités de ce type de transfert et de celles des téléopérateurs exerçant dans ces centres, vont servir à évaluer son efficacité. Une revue de la littérature des déterminants du transfert des apprentissages enrichie par l’intégration de déterminants relatifs au rapport à l’évaluation, comme relation de pouvoir, nous a permis de faire l’inventaire théorique des facteurs probables d’influence et de proposer un modèle motivationnel théorique. Une première étude qualitative exploratoire, par étude d’un cas unique, nous a permis de cerner les facteurs d’influence spécifiques, de proposer des hypothèses de recherche et un modèle contextualisé à tester. L’analyse des données collectées par une multi angulation de méthodes, alliant entretiens individuels, focus groupe, observations non participante et recherche documentaire, nous a permis d’adapter les échelles de mesures existantes et de créer deux échelles de mesure pour les déterminants inhérents au rapport à l’évaluation (types d'évaluation et types de pouvoir de l'évaluateur). Une seconde étude quantitative a été menée à l’aide d’une enquête par questionnaire auprès de deux échantillons de téléopérateurs. Le premier échantillon nous a servi pour les analyses exploratoires et le deuxième pour les analyses confirmatoires. Des analyses factorielles en axes principaux et des analyses factorielles confirmatoires ont été réalisées pour tester la fiabilité et la valider des échelles de mesure. Des analyses par la méthode des équations structurelles ont été réalisées pour valider le modèle de structure et tester les hypothèses de recherche et des tests de type bootstrap ont été effectués pour vérifier les effets médiateurs des variables motivationnelles. Au terme de ce travail, nous avons pu élaborer un modèle explicatif du transfert proximal des apprentissages de la formation formelle propre au contexte des centres d’appels du grand Tunis. Un modèle intégrant quatre variables inhérentes au rapport à l’évaluation, trois motivationnelles, une liées à la formation et trois liés à l’environnement de travail., Doctorat en Sciences politiques et sociales, info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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622. Mathematical models integrating an ultrasound-based technology improve the diagnosis of ovarian cancer
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Vaes, Evelien, Robert, Annie, UCL - SSS/IREC/EPID - Pôle d'épidémiologie et biostatistique, Robert, Annie, Lison, Dominique, Berlière, Martine, Closon, Marie-Christine, Legrand, Catherine, Menon, Usha, Nir, Dror, and Van Eycken, Elizabeth
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RMI ,HistoScanning ,Ovarian cancer ,Ultrasound ,Differential diagnosis - Abstract
In the European countries, age standardized incidence rates (European standard) for ovarian cancer vary between 7.2 and 19.3/100,000 while mortality rates are ranging between 2.8 and 12.2/100,000.1 In Belgium, ovarian cancer is not as frequent as breast cancer since breast cancer presents with very high incidence rates (similar for other European countries). However, age standardized breast cancer mortality rates in 2008 were less than one fourth of the age standardized incidence rates whereas for ovarian cancer, mortality rates were two thirds of the incidence rates (see figure 1). And, unlike for breast cancer, mortality rates for ovarian cancer were not decreasing over the past years.2 Indeed, ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of death from gynaecological malignancies.3 This is explained by the fact that in general, ovarian cancer is detected at too advanced stages. Early diagnosis of ovarian cancer is thus the key for improving outcomes for the disease. Medical imaging techniques have revolutionised medicine during the last decades. Ultrasound (US) in particular gives access to vital data in a non-invasive way and is effective for imaging soft tissues of the body. Compared to other medical imaging modalities, US has the following positive attributes: • US is a real-time, easy operation medical imaging technique • US has a non-invasive and radiation free nature • US is relatively low-priced, Hence US has become widely used as a diagnostic technique in general clinical practice. In gynaecology, US is one of the most important and primary diagnostic tools. Its use continues to increase and it is now an essential part of the diagnostic procedure in examining the female pelvis. Indeed, the use of US morphology to characterize adnexal masses and thus diagnose ovarian cancer is well established.4 As a part of patient management, gynaecologists use US morphology to differentiate between malignant and non-malignant ovarian masses that come to their attention. In addition, a large number of indexes and mathematical prediction models that assess the likelihood of malignancy for an ovarian mass have been developed and they all incorporate US. A novel computer-aided technology, HistoScanningTM, makes use of US data for characterising ovarian tissue suspicious of being malignant. In part I of this research work, we investigated whether ovarian HistoScanning could improve the performance of existing prediction models for the differential diagnosis of ovarian masses and we also explored what place could be granted to this new technology in clinical practise. Part I is organised as follows: Chapter 1 concerns the epidemiology of ovarian cancer and discusses the importance of differential diagnosis of ovarian masses. Detailed aims are described in chapter 2. Chapter 3 introduces the general methods used for this work. In chapter 4, two publications that present the results of this work are presented. Finally, a discussion, regarding the results presented in part I, concludes this work in chapter 5. (MED 3) -- UCL, 2011
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- 2011
623. Les enfants de la rue à Kinshasa et le sida : approche de la prévention articulant les concepts d'éthique narrative et de 'capabilités'
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Mukandu Basua Babintu, Leyka, UCL - SSS/IRSS/IRSS - Institut de recherche santé et société, Baum-Botbol, Mylène, Deccache , Alain, Closon , Marie-Christine, Clumeck , Nathan, Hirsch , François, and Houéto , David
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Diversité ,Ethique de la recherche ,Prévention par capabilités ,Contexte de vulnérabilité ,IST/VIH/SIDA ,Stigmatisation ,Bien être pluriel - Abstract
Cette thèse propose une relecture de la problématique de prévention et de soins – dans le contexte de vulnérabilité- envers les capabilités des enfants de la rue, à partir d’une approche d’éthique narrative et d’anthropologie de la santé. Notre hypothèse forte est que, pour sortir de l’impasse du paradigme universalisme/relativisme et de la dichotomie entre besoin et offre de prévention et de soins, il est adéquat de mettre en œuvre une démarche dialogale (de bas en haut), du type universel pragmatique. Celle-ci entraine un « double avantage éthique ». Il s’agit d’abord d’ouvrir nos approches de santé publique à l’altérité et au pluralisme, d’enrichir notre base d’informations décisionnelles par les apports des autres traditions et pratiques, venant des individus usagers de prévention et de soins. Ensuite, de s’émanciper du « tout culturel quantifié » et prendre conscience de la complexité des individus et de l’existence d’un bien-être pluriel. Cela, à travers une approche d’évaluation décisionnelle, axée sur les réalisations que la personne peut choisir d’accomplir, c'est-à-dire ses capabilités. Ce double avantage éthique, qui demande de dépasser une approche purement statistique et utilitariste, nous mène à proposer une prévention des IST/VIH/SIDA articulant les concepts d’éthique narrative et de capabilités, c'est-à-dire une pratique de prévention qui considère les réalisations que la personne peut choisir comme véritable objet d’action et d’évaluation. Notre perspective est donc bien dans l'esprit de notre groupe de recherche et les travaux qui ont été menés ces dernières années, pour introduire la perspective d'économie de la santé compatible avec l'éthique, telle qu'elle a été développée par Amartya Sen et le groupe « Human Development and Capabilities » (HDCA). Cette approche de prévention procédurale, fondée sur l'importance donnée aux choix libres des enfants de la rue de Kinshasa, peut se traduire par un changement de paradigme de l'approche de prévention et de soins éventuels. Au travers des actes concrets simples et quotidiens fondés sur la recherche de leur survie et la reconnaissance de leurs capacités, ces enfants veulent devenir ou être coresponsables de leur projet de vie et de santé. Le but est d’améliorer la prise en charge, dans une perspective participative, qui devient axée sur les capacités en santé publique et est conjuguée aux normes d’action sanitaire. L'originalité de notre démarche est d'articuler le courant bioéthique d'éthique narrative fondée sur la biographie du sujet et la théorie des capabilités d’Amartya Sen qui a rénové la perspective du développement en santé publique. (MED 3) -- UCL, 2011
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- 2011
624. Indemnisation des dommages résultant de soins de santé. : Phase V: impact budgétaire de la transposition du système français en Belgique
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Yerna, Benoît-Laurent, Maréchal, Xavier, Denuit, Michel, Closon, Jean-Pierre, and Vinck, Imgard
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Actuarial Analysis ,Malpractice ,adverse effects ,R107 ,HG 8054 Insurance for professions. Malpractice insurance. Professional liability insurance -- Physicians ,Insurance, Liability ,2008-54 - Abstract
xi, 51 p. ill.
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- 2009
625. Magnetische Resonantie Beeldvorming : kostenstudie
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Obyn, Caroline, Cleemput, Irina, Léonard, Christian, and Closon, Jean-Pierre
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R106 ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,2008-51 ,Hospital Costs ,WN 185 Magnetic resonance imaging ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Abstract
viii, 134 p. ill.
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626. Imagerie par résonance magnétique : analyse de coûts
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Obyn, Caroline, Cleemput, Irina, Léonard, Christian, and Closon, Jean-Pierre
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R106 ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,2008-51 ,Hospital Costs ,WN 185 Magnetic resonance imaging ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Abstract
ix, 134 p. ill.
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- 2009
627. Comparison of three instruments assessing the quality of economic evaluations : a practical exercise on economic evaluations of the surgical treatment of obesity
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Gerkens, Sophie, Scrott, R., Cleemput, Irina, Thissen, Jean-Paul, Closon, Marie-Christine, Horsmans, Yvres, and Beguin, Claire
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Questionnaires ,Bariatrics ,Evaluation Studies as Topic ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,Great Britain ,Journal Article ,Humans ,W 1 Serials. Periodicals - Abstract
318-325 OBJECTIVES: The increasing use of full economic evaluations has led to the development of various instruments to assess their quality. The purpose of this study was to compare the frequently used British Medical Journal (BMJ) check-list and two new instruments: the Consensus Health Economic Criteria (CHEC) list and the Quality of Health Economic Studies (QHES) instrument. The analysis was based on a practical exercise on economic evaluations of the surgical treatment of obesity. METHODS: The quality of nine selected studies was assessed independently by two health economists. To compare instruments, the Spearman rank correlation coefficient was calculated for each assessor. Moreover, the test-retest reliability for each instrument was assessed with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) (3,1). Finally, the inter-rater agreement for each instrument was estimated at two levels: comparison of the total score of each article by the ICC(2,1) and comparison of results per item by kappa values. RESULTS: The Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between instruments was usually high (rho > 0.70). Furthermore, test-retest reliability was good for every instruments, that is, 0.98 (95 percent CI, 0.86-0.99) for the BMJ check-list, 0.97 (95 percent CI, 0.73-0.98) for the CHEC list, and 0.95 (95 percent CI, 0.75-0.99) for the QHES instrument. However, inter-rater agreement was poor (kappa < 0.40 for most items and ICC(2,1) < or = 0.5). CONCLUSIONS: The study shows that the results of the quality assessment of economic evaluations are not so much influenced by the instrument used but more by the assessor. Therefore, quality assessments should be performed by at least two independent experts and final scoring based on consensus.
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- 2008
628. Improving the information available to health care decision makers in the field of economic evaluations
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Gerkens, Sophie, UCL - BIFA - Sciences biomédicales et pharmaceutiques, Horsmans, Yves, Closon, Marie-Christine, Beguin, Claire, D'Hoore, William, Robays, Hugo, Launois, Robert, and Crott, Ralph
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Pharmacoeconomics ,Administrative database ,Quality of care ,Quality assessment instruments ,health care economics and organizations ,Markov model - Abstract
In the current context of the growing of health care expenses, the allocation of scarce resources in the most efficient way becomes essential. Consequently, the routinely use of full economic evaluations in decision processes should be promoted. However, information provided by economic evaluations is not used in an optimal way by health care decision makers, mostly because of their lack of transferability to other countries and the difficulty of judging about their quality. The aim of the thesis was thus to investigate a number of methods in the field of economic evaluations which could be used to improve the information transmitted to Belgian health care decision makers. Three tools were investigated in this research: the use of Belgian administrative databases, the use of Markov models, and the use of quality assessment instruments. The first part of the thesis analyzed the use of Belgian administrative databases to assess the quality of prophylactic treatment in prevention of venous thromboembolism after major orthopedic surgery. In the second part, the use of Markov models to assess the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C was analyzed and finally, in the third part, three quality assessment instruments were compared and used in a systematic review of economic evaluations on the surgical treatment of obesity. Such investigations allowed us to formulate methodological recommendations but also suggestions to improve the quality of care. While recommendations concerning the use of Belgian administrative databases and the use of Markov models were mostly specific to the Belgian context, recommendations on the use of quality assessment instruments had an international impact. Health care decision makers could use the information provided by this research in decision processes concerning the reimbursement of health care programs but also in the process of determining new clinical practice and health economic guidelines. This research would thus be interesting not only for policy makers but also for medical care providers, health care purchasers, health economists, and other health care researchers. (SBIM 3) -- UCL, 2008
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- 2008
629. Het opstellen van een medische index voor private ziekteverzekerings-overeenkomsten
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Devolder, Pierre, Denuit, Michel, Maréchal, Xavier, Yerna, Benoît-Laurent, Closon, Jean-Pierre, Léonard, Christian, Senn, Arnaud, and Vinck, Imgard
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Economic Competition ,Insurance, Health ,Price Indexes ,R96 ,Cost Control ,Price Regulation ,2008-53 ,W 100 Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Service Plans -- General works - Abstract
v, 70 p. ill.
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- 2008
630. Hearing aids in Belgium : Health Technology Assessment
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Beguin, Claire, Deggouj, Naïma, Debaty, Marie, Gerkens, Sophie, Van den Steen, Dirk, Roberfroid, Dominique, De Laet, Chris, and Closon, Marie-Christine
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Hearing Aids ,Hearing Tests ,R91 ,WV 274 Hearing devices. Cochlear implants. Cochlear implantation ,Insurance, Health, Reimbursement ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,Hearing Loss ,2005-11 - Abstract
vi, 172 p. ill.
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- 2008
631. Appareils auditifs en Belgique : Health Technology Assessment
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Beguin, Claire, Deggouj, Naïma, Debaty, Marie, Gerkens, Sophie, Van den Steen, Dirk, Roberfroid, Dominique, De Laet, Chris, and Closon, Marie-Christine
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Hearing Aids ,Hearing Tests ,R91 ,WV 274 Hearing devices. Cochlear implants. Cochlear implantation ,Insurance, Health, Reimbursement ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,Hearing Loss ,2005-11 - Abstract
viii, 172 p. ill.
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- 2008
632. Hoorapparaten in België : Health Technology Assessment
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Beguin, Claire, Deggouj, Naïma, Debaty, Marie, Gerkens, Sophie, Van den Steen, Dirk, Roberfroid, Dominique, De Laet, Chris, and Closon, Marie-Christine
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Hearing Aids ,Hearing Tests ,R91 ,WV 274 Hearing devices. Cochlear implants. Cochlear implantation ,Insurance, Health, Reimbursement ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,Hearing Loss ,2005-11 - Abstract
viii, 172 p. ill.
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- 2008
633. Construction d’un index médical pour les contrats privés d’assurance maladie
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Devolder, Pierre, Denuit, Michel, Maréchal, Xavier, Yerna, Benoît-Laurent, Closon, Jean-Pierre, Léonard, Christian, Senn, Arnaud, and Vinck, Imgard
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2008-58 ,Economic Competition ,Insurance, Health ,Price Indexes ,R96 ,Cost Control ,Price Regulation ,W 100 Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Service Plans -- General works - Abstract
viii, 58 p. ill.
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- 2008
634. Indemnisation des dommages résultant de soins de santé, phase IV. : Clé de répartition entre le Fonds et les assureurs
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Maréchal, Xavier, Denuit, Michel, Vinck, Imgard, and Closon, Jean-Pierre
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Actuarial Analysis ,2007-32-3 ,Malpractice ,HG 8054 Insurance for professions. Malpractice insurance. Professional liability insurance -- Physicians ,Insurance, Liability ,R68 - Abstract
ix, 68 p. ill.
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- 2007
635. Vergoeding van schade als gevolg van gezondheidszorg, fase IV : Verdeelsleutel tussen het Fonds en de verzekeraars
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Maréchal, Xavier, Denuit, Michel, Vinck, Imgard, and Closon, Jean-Pierre
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Insurance ,2007-32-3 ,Malpractice ,HG 8054 Insurance for professions. Malpractice insurance. Professional liability insurance -- Physicians ,Insurance, Liability ,R68 - Abstract
ix, 68 p. ill.
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- 2007
636. Etude relative aux coûts potentiels liés à une éventuelle modification des règles du droit de la responsabilité médicale (phase III) : affinement des estimations
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Maréchal, Xavier, Vinck, Imgard, Closon, Jean-Pierre, and Denuit, Michel
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Actuarial Analysis ,Malpractice ,HG 8054 Insurance for professions. Malpractice insurance. Professional liability insurance -- Physicians ,Insurance, Liability ,2005-25-3 ,R35 - Abstract
ix, 73 p., 7p., 4p. ill.
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- 2006
637. Studie naar de mogelijke kosten van een eventuele wijziging van de rechtsregels inzake medische aansprakelijkheid (fase III) : precisering van de kostenraming
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Maréchal, Xavier, Vinck, Imgard, Closon, Jean-Pierre, and Denuit, Michel
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Vaccines Conjugate ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,Infant ,2005-25-3 ,Pneumococcal Infections ,R35 - Abstract
x, 73 p., 7p., 4p. ill.
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- 2006
638. Etude relative aux coûts potentiels liés à une éventuelle modification des règles du droit de la responsabilité médicale (phase II) : développement d'un modèle actuariel et premières estimations
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Denuit, Michel, Closon, Jean-Pierre, and Maréchal, Xavier
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Legislation, Medical ,Patient Rights ,Actuarial Analysis ,Malpractice ,Liability, Legal ,R16 ,2004-26-4 ,W 44 Malpractice - Abstract
v, 160 p. ill.
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- 2005
639. Le coût des prothèses dentaires
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Van den Steen, Dirk, Crott, Ralph, Vanobbergen, Jacques, De Visschere, Luc, Vermeersch, Marieke, Lebrun, Jean-Michel, and Closon, Jean-Pierre
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Dental Prosthesis ,Denturists ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,WU 500 General works. Dental prosthesis (General) ,2004-07-1 ,Dental Health Surveys ,R10 - Abstract
xi, 84 p., 6 ann. ill.
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- 2005
640. De kost van tandprothesen
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Van den Steen, Dirk, Crott, Ralph, Vanobbergen, Jacques, De Visschere, Luc, Vermeersch, Marieke, Lebrun, Jean-Michel, and Closon, Jean-Pierre
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Dental Prosthesis ,Denturists ,Costs and Cost Analysis ,WU 500 General works. Dental prosthesis (General) ,2004-07-1 ,Dental Health Surveys ,R10 - Abstract
xi, 84 p., 6 bijlagen ill.
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- 2005
641. Studie naar de mogelijke kosten van een eventuele wijziging van de rechtsregels inzake medische aansprakelijkheid (fase II) : ontwikkeling van een actuarieel model en eerste schattingen
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Denuit, Michel, Closon, Jean-Pierre, and Maréchal, Xavier
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Legislation, Medical ,Patient Rights ,Actuarial Analysis ,Malpractice ,Liability, Legal ,R16 ,2004-26-4 ,W 44 Malpractice - Abstract
v, 161 p. ill.
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- 2005
642. Inequalities and inequities in mental health and care
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Lorant, Vincent, UCL - MD/ESP - Ecole de santé publique, Closon, Marie-Christine, Tonglet, René, Philippot, Pierre, Deliège, Louise, Ansseau, Marc, and Seghers, Arlette
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Socio-economic factors ,Mental health ,Inequity - Abstract
This dissertation aims at analyzing the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and mental health and care. It attempts to understand how different socio-economic groups present unequal risk of mental disorders and to what extent different socio-economic groups use unequal quantity, type and quality of mental care. Since its earlier beginnings, psychiatric epidemiology has evidenced the association between socio-economic status and mental disorder. However, the numerous prevalence studies addressing depression have yielded inconsistent results. This calls for a thorough investigation of the sources of such heterogeneity. This dissertation attempts to achieve the following objectives: . To unfold methodological and contextual covariates influencing the SES/mental health relationship. . To assess the longitudinal influences of material deprivation on depression. . To assess the extent to which outpatient and inpatient mental care are fairly used. The methodological influences of socio-economic inequalities in mental health were tackled through a meta-analysis of previously published works. We built a database of previous published studies addressing the socio-economic factors of depression prevalence, incidence and persistence in adults population studies and being published in English, French, German and Spanish after 1979. The lower socio-economic group has 80% more prevalence of depression. Inequalities are more acute for persistent depression than for new episode. The results indicated that inequalities are much more pronounced when mental health is looked at from a subjective point of view or in terms of resulting disability. Social inequalities in mental health are also influenced by geographic context. Europe has a gradient 30% less pronounced than North-America. As the period of reference decreased, the gradient rose, suggesting that duration might be an explanatory factor. Geographical analysis of socio-economic inequalities in mortality is carried out with the death certificates of the Belgian National Institute of Statistics (NIS), covering all causes mortality and 11 specific mortality causes, from 1985 to 1993. Spatial concentration was computed through a Moran ? I. We compare a simultaneous autoregressive model with a weighted-least-square model. Findings show that spatial concentration is pervasive, that suicide and mortality by liver cirrhosis are among the most correlated causes of death. Getting rid of spatial autocorrelation leads to significant change in the relationship between deprivation and mortality, suggesting the influence of contextual effects on socio-economic inequalities. The difficulty to move from correlation to causation between SES and depression owes partly to the difficulty of disentangling the direct effect of socio-economic status from other ?and numerous- confounding factors such as family history, genetic endowment, cognitive abilities, early schooling experience, which, for most of them are rather stable overtime. The longitudinal analysis attempts to estimate the impact of time-varying socio-economic covariates on depression. The results show that material deprivation (and change of) does not affect the level or the risk of depression while social network does slightly. We found much stronger gradient with time invariant socio-economic factors such as educational level.[...] (ESP 3) -- UCL, 2002
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- 2002
643. EARLY EFFECTS OF IRRADIATIONS AT LOW DOSES
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Closon, J
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- 1965
644. DIRECT EFFECT OF X RAYS ON THE CONCENTRATION AND OXIDATION OF IODIDES BY THE THYROID OF RAT
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Closon, J
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- 1959
645. EFFECT OF CHLORPROMAZINE ON THE SURVIVAL OF IRRADIATED RATS
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Closon, J
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- 1959
646. COMPLEMENTARY STUDY OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF THE RAT SUBJECTED TO LETHAL X IRRADIATION
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Closon, J
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- 1964
647. CONSUMPTION OF OXYGEN IN THE RAT EXPOSED TO LETHAL X IRRADIATION: ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THYROXINE AND TRIIODOTHYRONINE
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Closon, J
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- 1963
648. TREATMENT OF VAQUEZ'S DISEASE (POLYCYTHEMIA VERA) WITH RADIOPHOSPHORUS
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Closon, J
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- 1950
649. DISTRIBUTION OF RADIOACTIVE COLLOIDAL GOLD IN THE ORGANISM
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Closon, J
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- 1952
650. RADIOACTIVE GOLD Au$sup 198$ AND ARTICULATIONS
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Closon, J
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- 1951
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