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Objective To analyze the principal components and trends of total health expenditure from 1995 to 2011 in Xinjiang,in order to put forward policy recommendations to improve health financing.Methods Calculating the total health expenditure in Xinjiang using the financing source method,and analyzing the calculation results.Results Total health expenditure increase in Xinjiang averaged 14.75％ from 1995 to 2011.The total health expenditure in Xinjiang and per capita health expenses maintained a growing trend,and the level of financing was higher than regional economic development,but the health consumption elasticity coefficient was unstable; Residents' individual health burden was gradually decreasing,the health expenses of financing structure were relatively reasonable; Urban and rural residents health care spending grew faster than the per capita income,and the proportion in people's living consumption was found rising.Conclusion It is recommended to continue with the health reform,make full use the policy of strategic health support to Xinjiang,promote primary health service equity,develop economy and improve the urban and rural income,strengthen social health care security systems,tighten macro-control and curb the fast rising trend of health expenses.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between inflammation and blood coagulation function in the patients with acute exacerbation of chronic cor pulmonale (AECCP) and discuss the potential mechanism and influence on the patients. Methods The present study was based on 30 healthy controls and 141 cases of AECCP in our hospital from January 2011 to June 2014.Levels of white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil (NEUT), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP, Complement 3 (C3), prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen (FIB) and thrombin time (TT) in the patients were determined. Results Compared with the healthy controls, the patients had higher levels of WBC, NEUT, hs-CRP, PT, APTT, FIB, TT (all P < 0.001) and lower level of C3 (P < 0.001). Significant positive correlations were found between the levels of WBC, NEUT and FIB (r = 0.196 and r = 0.199, both P < 0.05); hs-CRP and APTT, FIB(r = 0.234, P < 0.01 and r = 0.466, P < 0.001); C3 and FIB(r = 0.466, P < 0.001), and significant negative correlations were observed between the levels of C3 and PT, APTT, TT (r=-0.258, P<0.01;r=-0.279, P < 0.01 and r = -0.168, P < 0.05, respectively). Compared with the survival patients, the cases of death had higher levels of WBC and NEUT (both P < 0.01). The area under receiver operating characteristic curve of WBC and NEUT, predicting the prognosis, was 0.666 (95% CI 0.552, 0.780; P < 0.01) and 0.695 (95% CI 0.558, 0.801; P = 0.001) respectively. Conclusions Inflammation and blood coagulation function disorder usually coexist in the patients with AECCP, and are closely associated with the severity. Levels of both WBC and NEUT can be used as prognosis predictors for the patients.
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Objective To detect serum levels of thyroid hormones in patients with thyroid nodules (TN), and investi-gate their relationship with the nature of TN. Methods A total of 245 patients with TN were recruited in the study. Accord-ing to levels of thyroid antibodies and postoperative pathological results, all patients were divided into nodular goiter (NG) group, thyroid adenoma (TA) group and thyroid cancer (TC) group. TC group was further classified as the TC with increased level of thyroid antibodies (TC-AB+group) and the TC with normal level of thyroid antibodies (TC-AB-group). The serum levels of free T3 (FT3), free T4 (FT4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) were detected for all patients before operation, and differences of thyroid hormones were analyzed between different groups. Results The serum level of TSH was signifi-cantly higher in TC group than that of NG group and TA group (P<0.05). The serum level of FT3 was significantly lower in TC-AB+group than that of NG group and TC-AB-group. The serum level of FT4 was significantly lower in TC-AB+group than that of NG group, and the serum TSH level was significantly higher than that of other groups (P<0.05). Conclusion The increased serum levels of TSH were found in some patients with TC, which may partly attribute to their coexistence with autoimmune thyroiditis and subsequent hypothyroidism. The increased serum TSH level may not be the inherent characteris-tics of TC.
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Objective To retrospectively investigate the effect of finasteride on bone mineral density in elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Methods 120 elderly patients with BPH were retrospective studied in our hospital,and grouped into the finasteride group and the control group according to taking finasteride or not.Bone mineral density in all patients was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry at baseline and 12-15 months after follow-up,and peripheral blood was collected for measuring serum biochemical indicators including calcium,phosphorus,creatinine and alkaline phosphatase (ALP).Results There were no significant differences in indexes of bone mineral density,serum calcium,phosphorus,creatinine and ALP between the finasteride group and the control group.Conclusions Finasteride may not increase the risk of osteoporosis in elderly patients with BPH.