Amy Case

United States Solvitur Consulting

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评论了 Epidemiology of birth defects based on a birth defect surveillance system in Southern Jiangsu, China, 2014–2018
It is unclear to me how expanding surveillance will contribute to reducing the occurrence of birth defects; many countries, states, and provinces have robust surveillance programs but have not been able to use the data to affect periconceptional behaviors or exposures.

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评论了 Quantitative narrative analysis software options compared: PC-ACE and CAQDAS (ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, and NVivo)
Fascinating! I had never heard of quantitative narrative analysis and will explore it more.

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评论了 Building Trust: Clergy and the Call to Eliminate Religious Exemptions
As a clergy spouse, I was amused to see this sentence: "In a particularly insightful interview, a seasoned pastor reminded us that 'clergy are people, too.'" I'm pretty sure that's true.

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评论了 Congenital intestinal malrotation in adolescent and adult patients: a 12-year clinical and radiological survey
It is quite possible, and anecdotally, probable, that IM symptoms go undiagnosed unless there is a crisis. I'm glad to see this article say that "Many patients had ongoing abdominal discomforts since childhood, while others encountered a relatively sudden onset of symptoms leading to chronic episodes of abdominal pain."

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评论了 The effects of the PRISMA statement to improve the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of nursing interventions for patients with heart failure
I have long been puzzled by journals don't insist on these guidelines being followed before an article is accepted for publication. This would greatly improve the quality of peer-reviewed articles.

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评论了 Using the STROBE statement: survey findings emphasized the role of journals in enforcing reporting guidelines
I have long been puzzled by journals don't insist on these guidelines being followed before an article is accepted for publication. This would greatly improve the quality of peer-reviewed articles.

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评论了 Identifying neuropsychiatric disorders in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey: the benefits of combining health survey and claims data
There are two phenomena at work here--the influence of social desirability on revealing that one has a neuropsychiatric disorder to an interviewer, and the failure to obtain care for such disorders. It is interesting, however, that respondents would be unwilling to say that they were affected by a neuropsychiatric conditions, knowing that the field interviewer will be entering data from their Medicare and insurance statements, and would be able to draw that conclusion themselves.

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评论了 Medicare Beneficiaries, Especially Unsubsidized Minorities, Struggle to Pay for Prescription Drugs: Results from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
"Clinicians should also be aware of the financial barriers to the therapies they recommend and how different patients may cope with the costs differently." This is enormously important, and an actionable conclusion/recommendation arising from this study. Both research and anecdotes suggest that prescribers rarely consider it their responsibility to ask about patients' ability to pay for the drugs they prescribe.

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评论了 A cardiovascular disease risk prediction algorithm for use with the Medicare current beneficiary survey
Glad to see add-on functionality for this important study.

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评论了 Misclassification of Medicaid Participation by Dual Eligibles: Evidence From the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
It is unfortunate that the survey information collected through the MCBS cannot be relied upon for determining outcomes among dual-eligibles. One has to wonder why the survey requires respondents to answer this question, rather than linking the administrative data before fielding it.

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评论了 The Evolution of Grandparents
This makes intuitive sense--it is good to see the evidence supporting the important role of grandparents in society.

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评论了 Research perspectives in the etiology of congenital anorectal malformations using data of the International Consortium on Anorectal Malformations: evidence for risk factors across different populations
Given that NSAIDS may also pose an increased risk for birth defects, what alternatives should be or have been explored for treating fever in the first trimester?

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评论了 The contributions of paradata and features of respondents, interviewers and survey agencies to panel co-operation in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
The finding on daily contact with interviewers is interesting, but not clear as to whether supervisors are in contact with *every* interviewer *every* day, or whether they are in contact with *interviewers* every day.

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评论了 Comparing survey data and administrative records on gross earnings: nonreporting, misreporting, interviewer presence and earnings inequality
I imagine these findings would vary a great deal by country, as they would be strongly affected by sociocultural norms regarding how acceptable it is to discuss one's income.