Case-mix adjustment through inverse probability weighting to compare health indicators across territories or providers - an application in the agency for health protection of Milan.

Background: The Epidemiological Unit of the Agency for Health Protection of Milan (ATS) calculates several indicators, at hospital and at patients' residence area level (group level of analysis), with monitoring and programming scopes. Outcome indicators are usually influenced by differences in subject case-mix; therefore, adjustment methods are applied to compare each group level with mean ATS values. Inverse probability weighting (IPW) is explored as an alternative to multivariable generalized linear model (GLM), to overcome some limitations of the latter method.

Remote Patient Monitoring System for Polypathological Older Adults at High Risk for Hospitalization: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Health care systems are increasingly facing challenges posed by the aging of populations. In particular, hospitalization, both initial and subsequent, is often observed among older adult patients. However, research suggests that nearly 23% of all hospitalizations could be avoided.

Recurrent nerve damage following thyroid surgery: What can I do?

Objectives: Bilateral recurrent nerve damage still represents one of the main complications following thyroid surgery, even though the nerve intraoperative monitoring has allowed the decrease of this injury This observational retrospective study aims to define the onset modalities and the recovery time of different clinical conditions that may occurs after thyroidectomy.

Methods: From a total of 1417 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for benign tumors between 2017 and 2022 in ENT Unit of University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli," this study involved 30 patients with bilateral vocal folds motility deficit.

Health Outcomes of Construction Workers Building Infrastructure for Mega-Sporting Events: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Background: Migrant construction workers involved in building infrastructure for mega-sporting events face elevated risks of illness and death. However, specific health outcomes for these workers have not been systematically reviewed, limiting opportunities to identify and address their challenges.

Methods: This study systematically reviewed health outcomes among migrant construction workers involved in mega-sporting events.

Diagnostic accuracy of case-identification algorithms for heart failure in the general population using routinely collected health data: a systematic review.

Background: Heart failure (HF), affecting 1-4% of adults in industrialized countries, is a major public health priority. Several algorithms based on administrative health data (HAD) have been developed to detect patients with HF in a timely and inexpensive manner, in order to perform real-world studies at the population level. However, their reported diagnostic accuracy is highly variable.