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Van Gerven L, Hellings PW, Cox T, Fokkens W, Hopkins C, Hox V, Jorissen M, Schuermans A, Sinonquel P, Speleman K, Vander Poorten V, Van Gool K, Van Zele T, Alobid I. Personal protection and delivery of rhinologic and endoscopic skull base procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak. Rhinology 2020; 58:289-294. [PMID: 32441710 DOI: 10.4193/rhin20.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 pandemic, with subsequent profound impact on the entire health care system. During the COVID-19 outbreak, activities in the rhinology outpatient clinic and operation rooms are limited to emergency care only. Health care practitioners are faced with the need to perform rhinological and skull base emergency procedures in patients with a positive or unknown COVID-19 status. This article aims to provide recommendations and relevant information for rhinologists, based on the limited amount of (anecdotal) data, to guarantee high-quality patient care and adequate levels of infection prevention in the rhinology clinic.
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Affiliation(s)
- L Van Gerven
- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Leuven, Belgium; University of Ghent, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Laboratory of Upper Airways Research, Ghent, Belgium; Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Jessa Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Guy's and St Thomas’ Hospitals, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, London, United Kingdom
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- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Brussels, Belgium
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Leuven, Belgium; KU Leuven, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Gastro-enterology and Hepatology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Sint-Jan Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bruges, Belgium
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Leuven, Belgium; University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Oncology, section Head and Neck Oncology, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospital Antwerp, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp, Belgium
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- University of Ghent, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Laboratory of Upper Airways Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Rhinology Unit and Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Centro Medico TEKNON, Barcelona, Spain
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Hellings PW, Akdis CA, Bachert C, Bousquet J, Pugin B, Adriaensen G, Advani R, Agache I, Anjo C, Anmolsingh R, Annoni E, Bieber T, Bizaki A, Braverman I, Callebaut I, Castillo Vizuete JA, Chalermwatanachai T, Chmielewski R, Cingi C, Cools L, Coppije C, Cornet ME, De Boeck I, De Corso E, De Greve G, Doulaptsi M, Edmiston R, Erskine S, Gevaert E, Gevaert P, Golebski K, Hopkins C, Hox V, Jaeggi C, Joos G, Khwaja S, Kjeldsen A, Klimek L, Koennecke M, Kortekaas Krohn I, Krysko O, Kumar BN, Langdon C, Lange B, Lekakis G, Levie P, Lourijsen E, Lund VJ, Martens K, Mő Sges R, Mullol J, Nyembue TD, Palkonen S, Philpott C, Pimentel J, Poirrier A, Pratas AC, Prokopakis E, Pujols L, Rombaux P, Schmidt-Weber C, Segboer C, Spacova I, Staikuniene J, Steelant B, Steinsvik EA, Teufelberger A, Van Gerven L, Van Gool K, Verbrugge R, Verhaeghe B, Virkkula P, Vlaminck S, Vries-Uss E, Wagenmann M, Zuberbier T, Seys SF, Fokkens WJ. EUFOREA Rhinology Research Forum 2016: report of the brainstorming sessions on needs and priorities in rhinitis and rhinosinusitis. Rhinology 2017; 55:202-210. [PMID: 28501885 DOI: 10.4193/rhin17.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The first European Rhinology Research Forum organized by the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA) was held in the Royal Academy of Medicine in Brussels on 17th and 18th November 2016, in collaboration with the European Rhinologic Society (ERS) and the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN). One hundred and thirty participants (medical doctors from different specialties, researchers, as well as patients and industry representatives) from 27 countries took part in the multiple perspective discussions including brainstorming sessions on care pathways and research needs in rhinitis and rhinosinusitis. The debates started with an overview of the current state of the art, including weaknesses and strengths of the current practices, followed by the identification of essential research needs, thoroughly integrated in the context of Precision Medicine (PM), with personalized care, prediction of success of treatment, participation of the patient and prevention of disease as key principles for improving current clinical practices. This report provides a concise summary of the outcomes of the brainstorming sessions of the European Rhinology Research Forum 2016.
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Affiliation(s)
- P W Hellings
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Christine-Kuhne Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Disease, University Hospital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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- European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Health Education North West, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Sao Jose, Hospital Centre of Central Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Wigan Wrightington and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Christine Kuhne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany
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- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Eskisehir Osmangazi, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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- European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Agostino Gemelli Hospital Foundation, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Head and Neck Surgery Area, Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Health Education North West, Manchester, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ENT Departments, Guys and St Thomas Hospitals NHS Trust, London and James Paget University Hospital, Gorieston, United Kingdom
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- Departement Otorhinolaryngologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium
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- European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department Of Otorhinolaryngology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Lubeck, Germany
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, WWL NHS Foundation Trust and NIHR CRN, Greater Manchester, UK
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- Rhinology Unit and Smell Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunology, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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- ENT Clinic Messidor, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Allergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES. Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of OtoRhinoLaryngology, University of Kinshasa, Congo
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- European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK
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- Hospital de Egas Moniz and Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
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- ENT department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Greece
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- Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Allergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES. Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departement d Otorhinolaryngologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium
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- Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Lithuanian Universitys of health sciences, Department of Immunology and allergology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sint-Jozefskliniek, Izegem, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, AZ St. Johns Hospital, Bruges, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Comprehensive Allergy-Centre-Charite, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Carinci F, Van Gool K, Mainz J, Veillard J, Pichora EC, Januel JM, Arispe I, Kim SM, Klazinga NS. Towards actionable international comparisons of health system performance: expert revision of the OECD framework and quality indicators. Int J Qual Health Care 2015; 27:137-46. [PMID: 25758443 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To review and update the conceptual framework, indicator content and research priorities of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) project, after a decade of collaborative work. DESIGN A structured assessment was carried out using a modified Delphi approach, followed by a consensus meeting, to assess the suite of HCQI for international comparisons, agree on revisions to the original framework and set priorities for research and development. SETTING International group of countries participating to OECD projects. PARTICIPANTS Members of the OECD HCQI expert group. RESULTS A reference matrix, based on a revised performance framework, was used to map and assess all seventy HCQI routinely calculated by the OECD expert group. A total of 21 indicators were agreed to be excluded, due to the following concerns: (i) relevance, (ii) international comparability, particularly where heterogeneous coding practices might induce bias, (iii) feasibility, when the number of countries able to report was limited and the added value did not justify sustained effort and (iv) actionability, for indicators that were unlikely to improve on the basis of targeted policy interventions. CONCLUSIONS The revised OECD framework for HCQI represents a new milestone of a long-standing international collaboration among a group of countries committed to building common ground for performance measurement. The expert group believes that the continuation of this work is paramount to provide decision makers with a validated toolbox to directly act on quality improvement strategies.
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- F Carinci
- National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS), Rome, Italy University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Toronto, Canada
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- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Toronto, Canada
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- University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Center for Health Statistics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Seoul, Korea
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- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France
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