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There are some sex differences in the perception of defined noxious stimuli, with females being more sensitive than males in both rodents and humans. Using imaging techniques gender differences of the brain were recently demonstrated in neurophysiological response and pain perception to heating of the skin. ⋯ Since the details of the mechanisms which govern the biological differences between the sexes in health and disease are largely unknown there is scope for additional studies. It is anticipated that such research will reveal new important gender related data which will elucidate the background to a number of ailments and contribute to the development of better and/or quite new treatments of different patients, e.g. patients with chronic pain syndromes.
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Cost Per Patient (CPP) is a method to calculate health care costs for every individual health care contact. The method, which supplies information about diagnosis-related health care consumption, and was employed at the Primary Health Care Centre of Odeshög, Sweden. The study was conducted during 2001 and showed that 2% of the patients who had at least one contact with the health care centre were consuming 20% of the center's total resources. Furthermore, the single highest healthcare consumption was noted among the group of diabetic patients, mainly due to associated illness and the need for home care among those who were unable to manage their insulin injections themselves.