Disease relevance of Private Sector

• IVF and infertility research have taken place in an unregulated private sector [1].
• Major challenges are long-term financial support, expansion to remote areas and vulnerable groups, definition of the role of the private sector, and future developments of the HIV epidemic and multidrug resistance [2].
• OBJECTIVES--To assess the accessibility of invasive investigation and revascularisation procedures in the management of coronary heart disease in a defined population in the South West Thames region over 10 years, and to audit the performance of both the NHS and the private sector [3].

Psychiatry related information on Private Sector

• Longitudinal comparison of depression, coping, and turnover among NHS and private sector staff caring for people with dementia [4].
• Reduction in NHS beds for mental health patients has led to increasing use of the private sector [5].

High impact information on Private Sector

• UK to embrace private-sector involvement in NHS [6]?
• Most medication costs were for antimicrobial agents, such as tetracycline in the government sector and iodochlorhydroxyquin in the private sector [7].
• 23rd Bethesda conference: access to cardiovascular care. Task Force 4: Influence of private sector parties on access to cardiovascular care [8].
• ACC news. President's page: private sector relations [9].
• Although Medicare's more rapid spending growth seems out of sync with the current modest health spending growth trends in the private sector, closer examination of factors accounting for growth in 1994 suggests that some difference is warranted [10].

Biological context of Private Sector

• In this paper, we (1) provide a background on the use of telemedicine in the private sector and in the VHA, (2) discuss the use of current telemedicine literature to management of individuals with MS, and (3) review the strengths and limitations of telemedicine as a care delivery vehicle [11].
• Here, the development of the cancer drug bortezomib (Velcade; Millennium Pharmaceuticals) by a biotechnology company - Myogenics/ProScript - started by academics from Harvard University is discussed to dissect the key academia-industry/public sector-private sector interactions that made the development of this drug a success despite many barriers [12].
• The initiative "Policy Principles and Implementation Guidelines for Private Sector Participation in Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation" contributes to equitable, effective, ecological and efficient PSP projects [13].

Associations of Private Sector with chemical compounds

• Women who successfully used insulin pumps were typically from the private sector and in better glucose control at study entry [14].
• Private enterprise and federal agencies attack sulfamethazine residues [15].
• 35 consultant surgeons working for North West Thames Regional Health Authority and in the private sector [16].
• Other challenges include use of misoprostol alone and regulating provision in the private sector [17].
• Vitamin A: lifesaver for the Third World. AID, private sector to bring it [18].

Gene context of Private Sector

• Levels of some trace metals (copper, iron, lead and zinc), aminolevulinate dehydratase (ALAD), caeruloplasmin and haemoglobin were measured in the blood of 37 male workers from private-sector storage-battery factories [19].
• The importance of community support and public/private sector cooperation in relation to RPC is noted [20].
• The profound hope is that the private sector will implement CHES and avoid the threat of government imposition [21].
• Fifty-one percent of IMSS and SSA physicians were dissatisfied, against 25% in the private sector, in the first three areas [22].
• The reagents used for comparison were produced by European and United States manufacturers in both the public and private sector and are widely used in routine ABO typing [23].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Private Sector

• We conducted a comparative study of 150 patients referred for endoscopy to an NHS hospital and 150 patients referred to an open access scheme in the private sector for fundholding GPs [24].
• METHODS: Using data from a multisite prospective observational study of hemodialysis patients from 2001 to 2003, we examined compliance with erythropoietin administration guidelines across Veterans Affairs (VA) versus private-sector facilities and implications for erythropoietin dose, anemia management, and cost [25].

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