• In the United States of America (USA), the VHA runs 123 acute care hospitals in rural and urban settings, where elderly patients with severe COVID-19 receive primary care. (news-medical.net)
  • Under the program, acute-care hospitals are rewarded or penalized depending on the quality of care. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Rural acute-care hospitals may be in a better position to ensure quality because they are likely to have a greater familiarity with their patients, the report said. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • 5 years of age in 14 hospitals/health centers in Niger, data are limited ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 5 years of age in 14 hospitals and health centers in introduced widely in high- and middle-income countries, urban and rural Niger. (cdc.gov)
  • thus, to capture more terpretation of the rapid test was reinforced at the con- cases, we included hospitals and health centers in the study. (cdc.gov)
  • Surveillance was implemented in several stages, beginning in December 2009 at 3 health centers in Madarounfa and at Genotyping the regional hospital in Maradi. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program began tying hospital payments to patient-reported experience scores, but whether implementation of this program narrowed differences in scores between safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals is unknown. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Resentment against Syrians living in Turkey is rising, particularly in the country's urban centers where most Syrians live, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned in a recent report. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • A working group of 25 representatives from major academic medical centers and research, government, military, public health and emergency management institutions and agencies developed consensus-based recommendations for measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals following the use of tularemia as a biological weapon against a civilian population. (cdc.gov)
  • A study by Newgard et al evaluated 53,487 EMS transported trauma patients and found that only 29.4% of critically injured rural patients were initially transported to major trauma centers versus 88.7% of urban patients. (medscape.com)
  • All-Payer Model for hospitals, which shifted the state's hospital payment structure from an all-payer hospital rate setting system to an all-payer global hospital budget that encompasses inpatient and outpatient hospital services. (who.int)
  • According to Virgil Dickson at Modern Healthcare, "rural hospitals on average have done better at avoiding the spread of hospital-acquired conditions and have scored higher in Medicare's value-based purchasing program than their urban counterparts. (dotmed.com)
  • To evaluate whether the VBP program's implementation was associated with changes in measures of patient-reported experience at safety-net hospitals compared with non-safety-net hospitals between 2008 and 2019. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • This cohort study evaluated 2266 US hospitals that participated in the VBP program between 2008 and 2019. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Piecewise linear mixed regression models were used to assess annual trends in performance on each patient experience measure by hospital safety-net status before (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2011) and after (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2019) implementation of the VBP program. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Safety-net hospitals consistently had lower patient experience scores than non-safety-net hospitals across all measures from 2008 to 2019. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • In 2019, Discovery Health published a risk adjustment model to determine standardised mortality rates across South African private hospital systems, with the aim of contributing towards quality improvement in the private healthcare sector. (who.int)
  • In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open , researchers performed a retrospective cohort study among 64,856 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) enrollees aged ≥65 years to describe VHA characteristics and community hospitals delivering care for veteran coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. (news-medical.net)
  • We evaluated these against the background of the formalisation of primary care networks across the NHS in England in 2019. (rand.org)
  • Methods A prospective trauma registry was launched in two hospitals in Oman: Khoula Hospital, the national referral centre located in Muscat and Nizwa Hospital, a regional centre serving rural communities. (bmj.com)
  • The substantially lower risk of death when care is provided in a dedicated trauma centre instead of a general hospital 3 comes at considerable cost. (scielo.org.za)
  • Abdominal gunshot wounds: an urban trauma centre experience with 300 consecutive patients Ann Surg, Vol 208, 1988, pp 362-370. (scirp.org)
  • Researchers from the BRACE Centre examined the rationale for and implementation of hospitals taking responsibility for GP practices in an evaluation for the National Institute for Health Research. (rand.org)
  • Most formal cardiac rehabilitation in the UK is offered within a hospital or centre setting, although this may not always be convenient or accessible for many cardiac patients, especially those in remote areas. (rrh.org.au)
  • Furthermore, it has the potential to be a more cost-effective intervention for patients who cannot easily access their local centre or hospital. (rrh.org.au)
  • Urban academic tertiary care Medical centre. (bestbets.org)
  • Accordingly, the administration of the Darul Sehat Hospital shall build a paediatric intensive care unit in the name of Nashwa and also provide scholarship in her name and allocate Rs5 million annually in the name of Nashwa Fund for treatment of the needy and poor patients, the judge added. (dawn.com)
  • These patterns were similar for the global measure that assessed whether patients would definitely recommend a hospital. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Data on patients admitted to the level I trauma unit and trauma intensive care unit at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, from March 2007 to December 2008 were retrieved from the hospital informatics system and an independent database in the trauma unit. (scielo.org.za)
  • Hospitals across Minnesota are trying to expand their capacity, in part by cancelling optional surgeries, and moving non-COVID-19 patients to longer care facilities. (fox9.com)
  • We need to keep those critical care services in house, in the hospital where patients can be best cared for by physicians, nurses, and other staff," said Kelly. (fox9.com)
  • Methods: Patients admitted in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar, with PAT from January 2008 to December 2010 were prospectively studied based on a questionnaire. (scirp.org)
  • In statistical analyses, the researchers compared the patient characteristics of all patients admitted to VHA or community hospitals. (news-medical.net)
  • But bed availability is tighter in urban areas, raising concerns that rural patients who need transfers to more specialized care may face access difficulties, a new analysis says. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Percent of Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 in Rural vs. Urban Hospitals, U.S. Total. (dailyyonder.com)
  • The percentage of hospital patients who are being treated for Covid-19 has more than doubled in recent months. (dailyyonder.com)
  • And throughout the fall surge in coronavirus cases, rural hospitals have consistently had a greater proportion of patients being treated for Covid-19 than urban hospitals have, a new study shows. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Nationally, the percentage of rural hospital patients who have Covid-19 increased from about 10% during the first week of October to about 25% in late November and early December, the study showed. (dailyyonder.com)
  • The study found that for the last three months, the percentage of patients with Covid-19 has been 4 to 6 percentage points higher in rural areas than in urban ones. (dailyyonder.com)
  • The report says the tighter bed restrictions in urban areas could limit rural residents' ability to get advanced services if urban hospitals limit or reject transfer patients. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Conversely, the greater percentage of open beds in rural hospitals could help urban hospitals expand capacity if rural hospitals accepted transfers of patients with less need for acute care. (dailyyonder.com)
  • Currently home-based cardiac rehabilitation is not offered routinely to all patients but it appears to have the potential to increase uptake in patients who are unable, or less likely, to attend more traditional hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation programs. (rrh.org.au)
  • That's because you need a large critical mass of patients from day one, hospitals are extremely capital intensive businesses and would cost a huge amount of money to acquire while physician practices would need to be acquired as well. (blogspot.com)
  • Second, for traditional hospitals, improving quality and processes in ways that save money usually benefit payers and patients but not the hospital itself. (blogspot.com)
  • We included all adult patients (≥ 18 yr) with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of no obvious cause who were treated in private residences. (cmaj.ca)
  • This systematic review pooled data from six trials involving over 9,100 patients to assess the effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks for flu prevention in hospital and community settings. (ahrq.gov)
  • Examines rural versus urban disparities in disease stage and disease-specific mortality of melanoma patients in Michigan. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Our goal was to perform a comparative effectiveness study of intravenous (IV)-only versus IV + enteral contrast in computed tomographic (CT) scans performed for patients undergoing appendectomy across a diverse group of hospitals. (lww.com)
  • We analyzed data for adult patients who underwent nonelective appendectomy at 56 hospitals over a 2-year period. (lww.com)
  • Regardless of hospital type (urban or rural, teaching or nonteaching), agreement between final radiology report and final pathology report was the same for patients scanned only with intravenous contrast and those scanned with both intravenous and enteral contrast. (lww.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: The emergency department (ED) is among the most at-risk settings for violence by patients and visitors against ED workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The original objective was to determine whether the use of bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) ventilation would reduce the need for endotracheal intubation, the length of hospital stay, and hospital charges in patients with status asthmaticus. (nih.gov)
  • Patients remaining in status asthmaticus after initial standard treatment with inhaled beta-agonists and steroids were randomized to receive BiPAP ventilation plus standard treatment versus standard treatment alone (non-BiPAP), with intubation for either group as needed. (nih.gov)
  • In this study, BiPAP appeared to have no deleterious effects in patients with status asthmaticus, with a trend toward decreased endotracheal intubation rate, decreased length of hospital stay, and decreased hospital charges. (nih.gov)
  • ventilation, or when the veteran had multiple comorbidities, Some patients experience ongoing sequelae after discharge, in- smoked, or lived in an urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • We identified putative risk factors for ESCrE and CRE colonization among patients in 1 urban and 3 rural hospitals in Kenya. (bvsalud.org)
  • Injured patients frequently arrive at a hospital before death which usually occurs because of hemorrhage and cardiovascular collapse. (medscape.com)
  • Hospital charges and length of inpatient stay were significantly higher ($43,000, 5.8 days) for patients with replantations versus those without replantations ($28,000, 3.5 days). (medscape.com)
  • Rural populations are older, and on average, in poorer health, than their urban counterparts. (ihaonline.org)
  • Rural hospitals on average have done better at avoiding the spread of hospital-acquired conditions and have scored higher in Medicare's value-based purchasing program than their urban counterparts. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Even with the added survival pressure on rural hospitals, they do have a few advantages over their urban counterparts. (dotmed.com)
  • The primary outcomes were the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems global measures of patient-reported experience and satisfaction, including a patient's overall rating of a hospital and willingness to recommend a hospital. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Secondary outcomes included the 7 other Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems measures encompassing communication ratings, clinical processes ratings, and hospital environment ratings. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • African Medical Journal describing its use of service claims data to patient investigation and treatment, as well as providing a framework determine standardised mortality rates, across hospital systems, for against which clinical outcomes can be measured. (who.int)
  • Do veterans with COVID-19 experience similar outcomes when hospitalized in Veterans Health Administration hospitals vs. community hospitals? (news-medical.net)
  • Also, VHA needs to know the frequency or care outcomes in VHA vs. community hospitals among veterans with severe COVID-19. (news-medical.net)
  • In the present study, researchers combined data from five sources, such as VHA, Medicare, and American Hospital Association (AHA) surveys, to describe the outcomes of COVID-19-related hospitalizations among VHA enrollees aged ≥65 years, stratified by location of their hospital admission. (news-medical.net)
  • Further, they developed an analytic cohort to compare outcomes in VHA vs. community hospitals. (news-medical.net)
  • In the secondary analyses, the researchers examined outcomes separately for community hospital admissions paid by FFS Medicare and VHA's CITC program. (news-medical.net)
  • The two primary study outcomes were mortality within 30 days of hospitalization and re-admission to a hospital in 30 days after getting discharged. (news-medical.net)
  • Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • In 2016, there were 361 births at Albert Lea's hospital, give or take one or two. (albertleatribune.com)
  • Compared with VHA enrollees admitted to VHA hospitals, those admitted to community hospitals were likely White, older, living in rural areas, and less socially vulnerable. (news-medical.net)
  • By considering how these factors influence autistic individuals' experiences of a building, the design team behind the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital and Pearl Tourville Women's Pavilion in Charleston were able to create what they are calling one of the country's most autism-friendly hospitals. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • In the case of the Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, those landmarks include graphic walls developed by local artists and distinct colors used for each floor. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • Conclusions Important differences exist between these two hospitals of Oman. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: While hospitals remain foci for ESCrE and CRE colonization, consistent with the need for infection control programs, community prevalence of ESCrE in this study was high, potentially adding to colonization pressure and transmission in healthcare settings. (bvsalud.org)
  • Through eight regional coalitions MDH is tracking the number of ICU beds and ventilators in the state, as well as the ability of hospitals to cope with a 'medical surge. (fox9.com)
  • A second analysis by the N.C. Rural Health Research Program based on a similar set of data found that rural hospitals have a greater percentage of their beds available than urban hospitals, as of December 10. (dailyyonder.com)
  • For instance, an average rural hospital has about 75 patient beds, where the average urban facility has 250 beds. (dotmed.com)
  • This includes total hospital beds (for long-term and acute care), maternity beds and pediatric beds, but not delivery beds. (who.int)
  • On May 29, judicial magistrate (East) Niaz Hussain had rejected the investigating officer's recommendation to discharge 11 key administration and medical officials of the hospital in the present case, saying that the child's father had reached a compromise with them out of court while during investigation no evidence was found to hold them responsible for the negligence that caused her death. (dawn.com)
  • Total costs at discharge are also just 55% of an urban hospital discharge. (dotmed.com)
  • We examined read- that hospital over-capacity may have resulted in earlier discharges missions within 90 days of hospital discharge for veterans hospit- and increased readmissions. (cdc.gov)
  • Rural hospitals provide service to nearly 50 million Americans, and are a critical part of our national healthcare delivery system. (dotmed.com)
  • PARTICIPANTS: Healthcare workers (n=31) from an urban pediatric ED in the Midwest United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowledge of rotavirus epidemiology is necessary to where their effect on rotavirus-related hospital admissions make informed decisions about vaccine introduction and to and deaths has been demonstrated ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 71% of admissions were inter-hospital transfers (IHT) and 29% direct from scene (DIR). (scielo.org.za)
  • 2 Admissions are derived direct from scene (DIR) in consultation with the pre-hospital care providers, or by interhospital transfer (IHT). (scielo.org.za)
  • They covered admissions to VHA and community hospitals, accessed via fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and Care in the Community (CITC) program. (news-medical.net)
  • The team identified all hospital admissions with a COVID-19 diagnosis based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-clinical modification (CM) code. (news-medical.net)
  • Of 63,562 men enrolled in the VHA, 17,035 (26.3%) sought admissions in VHA hospitals, 36,362 (56.1%) in community hospitals via FFS Medicare, and 11,459 (17.7%) in community hospitals via the CITC program. (news-medical.net)
  • Again, the results were impressive, in terms of reduced hospital admissions for people with congestive heart failure and other serious chronic conditions. (blogspot.com)
  • No significant difference was seen in length of hospital stay or hospital charges, although there was a favorable trend toward the BiPAP group. (nih.gov)
  • Modern replantation is now available in most large hospitals and favorable functionality and cosmetic appearance is increasingly common. (medscape.com)
  • This systematic review examines the current evidence for home- versus hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation. (rrh.org.au)
  • Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (ahrq.gov)
  • They used logistic regression to estimate the propensity for VHA admission rather than a community hospital. (news-medical.net)
  • Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton is serving as Guest Editor along with Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena for this important issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America to address violence against children. (hive.co.uk)
  • Interestingly, rural hospitals represent more than half of all hospitals in America. (dotmed.com)
  • The coastal regions of this country consist of highly developed urban centres, with the interior regions being rural and less developed. (bmj.com)
  • International collaborative assessment study of the AHD method for the houses, health centres and hospitals involved in a home accident prevention programme in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • This cohort study of 2266 US hospitals found that the VBP program was not associated with improved patient experience at safety-net hospitals vs non-safety-net hospitals during an 8-year period. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • All complementary surgical sub-specialties and necessary allied health care professionals are available in the hospital. (scielo.org.za)
  • Sixty percent of the counties in Minnesota don't have an intensive care unit (ICU) bed, and eight counties don't even have a hospital, according to data from Kaiser Health News. (fox9.com)
  • Mortality Among US Veterans Admitted to Community vs Veterans Health Administration Hospitals for COVID-19. (news-medical.net)
  • Featuring hospital and health care headlines from the media and the web. (ihaonline.org)
  • The World Health Organization's six-step hand hygiene technique versus the CDC's three-step method. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • A different form of collaboration, 'vertical integration,' is also being trialled in several places: between GP practices and the organisation that runs the NHS acute hospital in the local health region. (rand.org)
  • Hospitals have been overwhelmed, health care workers worn out. (kbia.org)
  • As Mayo Clinic demolished the well-built and architecturally significant 1911 Naeve Hospital last week, I was reminded again of how Mayo has taken apart our vital health care services, piece by piece. (albertleatribune.com)
  • Mayo Clinic's decision also opened the door for Allina Health to close two medium-sized rural OB units last year in Cambridge and Hastings, with the expectation that women would travel to two of Allina's Metro-area hospitals instead. (albertleatribune.com)
  • Democrats are usually more amenable to helping people against large business interests, but I'm still waiting for Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who wrote a hefty book called "Antitrust," to say anything critical about Mayo's health care monopoly in southeast Minnesota. (albertleatribune.com)
  • Podcast episode with Kevin Barnett, senior investigator at the Public Health Institute and board member for Michigan's Trinity Health, discussing how hospitals can use community benefit spending to promote community health and health equity. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • Profiles Mackinac Straits Health System, a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) serving Michigan's Upper Peninsula. (ruralhealthinfo.org)
  • New Lacy Clay Center for Children's Health called a 'game changer in urban behavioral health. (hfmmagazine.com)
  • And he has spoken out a lot against the health risks of megacities due to environmental degradation, overcrowding and urban chaos. (keranews.org)
  • One area in which rural hospitals did not do better compared to urban areas, however, is readmissions . (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Last year 709, or 79%, of rural hospitals evaluated under the hospital readmissions-reduction program were hit with a financial penalty versus 1,902 or 76% of urban hospitals. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • He introduces Chapter 4 of the book with a quote by Dr. Lavizzo reflecting on his optimism in the face of a long history of racial discrimination against African Americans in the medical profession. (blackpast.org)
  • Of course, there have been protests over racial inequality, increases in urban crime, a return of school shootings and a deeply divided democracy. (kbia.org)
  • According to Medicare records, the average length of stay at a rural hospital is two days shorter (7.4 days versus 9.5 days) than at urban facilities. (dotmed.com)
  • As more SA private sector medical to be inferior to a model that uses `current admission to hospital for funders explore their use, it is important that the quality of the AMI' as a risk factor. (who.int)
  • This research in 5 government and 12 private hospitals in Sana'a aimed to evaluate waste-workers' and hospital administrators' knowledge and practices regarding medical waste handling. (who.int)
  • Interviews and observations showed that the waste-workers were collecting medical and nonmedical wastes together manually in all hospitals without receiving adequate training and without using proper protection equipment. (who.int)
  • There was poor awareness about medical waste risks and safe handling procedures among hospital administrators, and most hospitals did not differentiate between domestic and medical waste disposal. (who.int)
  • Third and fourth year medical students do rotations at hospitals and clinics affiliated with their school, culminating with taking (and passing) USMLE Step 2. (princetonreview.com)
  • Medical facilities are of excellent quality with some government run hospitals providing free treatment to people belonging to economically backward classes. (mapsofindia.com)
  • Purposively sampled and deeply interviewed primary care clinicians describe "'swimming against the tide' of patient expectations, the medical culture of prescribing, and organizational constraints" including time pressures, fragmentation of care, and poor information flows between multiple prescribers. (annfammed.org)
  • They propose that every hospital needs a Chief Primary Care Medical Officer who is expert in practice across the spectrum of care. (annfammed.org)
  • Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic medical center hospital: a trend analysis during the journey to Joint Commission International accreditation and in the post-accreditation era. (ahrq.gov)
  • Other competing innovative and impactful business ideas included upcycling fashion waste, and colourful covers for medical equipment that help bring a smile to children in hospital. (rsm.nl)
  • Dr. Alan Reed, a transplant surgeon at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, says there simply are not enough deceased donor kidneys to go around. (ihaonline.org)
  • The addition of key condition-specific clinical data points at the time of hospital admission will dramatical y improve model performance. (who.int)
  • On December 15, HHS published weekly data on each U.S. hospital tracking key indicators for how the facilities were coping with Covid-19 care. (dailyyonder.com)
  • While there have been fewer studies of home-based cardiac rehabilitation, the available data suggest that it has comparable results to hospital-based programs. (rrh.org.au)
  • I do have birth data to compare to other hospitals. (albertleatribune.com)
  • The mortality data arise from an ongoing population-based infectious disease surveillance (PBIDS) platform, which has been operational since 2006 in rural western Kenya (Asembo, Siaya County) and an urban informal settlement (Kibera, Nairobi County), Kenya. (cdc.gov)
  • Safety-net hospitals, which have limited financial resources and care for disadvantaged populations, have lower performance on measures of patient experience than non-safety-net hospitals. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Additionally, significant differences in hospital transport times highlight the need for improved pre-hospital care. (bmj.com)
  • When it comes to critical care in Minnesota there is a rural vs. urban divide. (fox9.com)
  • However, these VHA hospitals were more than one hour drive for over one-third of VHA enrollees, whereas community hospitals with acute care facilities were relatively near. (news-medical.net)
  • They categorized the hospital based on where a patient finally received primary care. (news-medical.net)
  • They received care for COVID-19 in 121 VHA hospitals and 4,369 community hospitals. (news-medical.net)
  • Rural hospitals are also more likely to do better in care coordination models as they often share a physical space with outpatient and nursing home facilities. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • In payment models that reward such coordination and place increasing focus on efficiency and collaborative care, rural hospitals may be poised to perform particularly well," the report said. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Dr. Reilly and her team conducted a randomized controlled trial in an urban, acute care teaching hospital, observing 42 physicians and 78 nurses completing hand-washing using an alcohol-based hand rub after delivering patient care. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • The aim was to understand the early impact of acute hospitals running GP practices and to see whether the arrangement could help to resolve the workload and recruitment challenges facing primary care. (rand.org)
  • From the perspective of a primary care network, some or all of its members could simultaneously be part of a hospital-run group of practices. (rand.org)
  • How the practices that are integrated with hospitals have interacted with primary care networks was different in the two case study areas. (rand.org)
  • Thus, the financial resources that would otherwise go directly to the primary care network were instead going to the hospital that is operating all of the GP practices in that network. (rand.org)
  • The primary care network model strengthened the position of other practices in the local area who are not part of the vertically integrated organisation and who felt uneasy about the potential influence of the acute hospital on primary care. (rand.org)
  • Further, GPs working in practices managed by the acute hospital felt that the primary care network model is complementary to the arrangement with the hospital. (rand.org)
  • At the second case study site, the GP practices that were integrated with the local acute hospital were spread across several different primary care networks: approximately half of them together form a single primary care network. (rand.org)
  • However, the other half of the practices are spread thinly across other primary care networks, most of whose members are not integrated with the acute hospital. (rand.org)
  • Because staffing can be more difficult to maintain in rural hospitals, the higher exposure in rural hospitals may put their staffs - and the hospitals they work in - at greater risk to maintain peak care capacity," the report says. (dailyyonder.com)
  • 1 It is hard not to wonder if increasing resources on primary care and home care services would help reduce spending on drugs and emergency departments, and hospital care. (annfammed.org)
  • The increasing number of people living in high-rise buildings presents unique challenges to care and may cause delays for 911-initiated first responders (including paramedics and fire department personnel) responding to calls for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (cmaj.ca)
  • It is difficult to argue against the need for a minimum number of staff members with defined capabilities to carry out the basic functions of nursing home care. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Abdominal injuries in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. (scirp.org)
  • Pattern of abdominal injuries in Korle BU Teaching Hospital, Accra. (scirp.org)
  • Edino ST. Pattern of abdominal injuries in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. (scirp.org)
  • This figure corresponds to an average to home injuries and average hospital stay of 10 000 deaths per day [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • Secondary outcome measures included vital signs (respiratory rate, pulse rate, blood pressure), changes in expiratory peak flow, changes in pulse oximetry values, and hospital charges. (nih.gov)
  • If the setting is urban, you can expect increased experience with trauma, emergency medicine, or infectious disease, as well as exposure to a diverse patient population. (princetonreview.com)
  • Urban area in India, constituting cities and satellite cities, includes any region with a very high population density of more than 400 persons per square kilometre. (mapsofindia.com)
  • There is greater mobility in counties with no hospital, smaller population size, and lower physician supply. (annfammed.org)
  • Due to poor access to VHA hospitals, community hospitals played a crucial role in caring for veterans with severe COVID-19, especially in rural settings. (news-medical.net)
  • We aimed to describe the spectrum of major trauma managed at the IALCH level I trauma unit from 2007 to 2008, and to determine whether direct admission confers a survival advantage compared with inter-hospital transfers. (scielo.org.za)
  • Blixen CE, Hammel JP, Murphy D, Ault V. Feasibility of a Nurse-Run Asthma Education Program for Urban African-Americans: A Pilot Study. (cdc.gov)
  • Asuquo ME, Bassey OO, Etiuma AU, Ugare G, Ogbu N. A prospective study of penetrating abdominal trauma at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Southern Nigeria. (scirp.org)
  • The primary exposure variable of this study was an indicator of admission to a VHA or community hospital. (news-medical.net)
  • This study was a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial conducted over a 34.5-month period at an urban university hospital with an emergency department census of 94,000 annual visits. (nih.gov)
  • This study found that 89.6% of rural deaths took place within 24 hours of injury compared to 64% of urban deaths which occurred within 24 hours of injury. (medscape.com)
  • Future research needs to be conducted with hospital-based security officers to describe their perceptions about their role in the prevention and management of workplace violence. (cdc.gov)
  • There is migration from urban to rural areas too but the percentage is minuscule in comparison to the people moving from villages to cities. (mapsofindia.com)
  • The rural hospitals that I work in have had the same people performing the housekeeping services, some for decades, and no staff turnover rates that urban facilities experience. (dotmed.com)
  • What if Mayo had had to get approval from a state commission before removing Albert Lea's inpatient hospital services? (albertleatribune.com)
  • He denounced the living conditions in the overcrowded neighborhood, the lack of infrastructures and basic services, schools and hospitals. (keranews.org)
  • Approximately 22% of cases at Nizwa reached the hospital in less than 30 minutes since time of injury compared to less than 5% in Muscat. (bmj.com)
  • She was 27 years old at the time of these events, and having been found guilty of the killing and attempted murder on 20 January 2006, was committed to the Central Mental Hospital ( CMH ) with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. (bailii.org)
  • another compared spending time near greenery vs. water. (forbes.com)
  • Now, I don't think there's much doubt that what the researchers saw is technically true, that there are situations where soldiers are quartered in homes next to civilians, that Ukrainian troops do spend time inside of vacant hospitals and schools and so on. (kunr.org)
  • As someone who spends a great deal of time in both types of hospitals, there is a significant difference in how patient areas are cleaned. (dotmed.com)
  • Vaccines against COVID have been developed in record time, but millions of Americans are skeptical and still refuse to get them. (kbia.org)
  • At the time they seemed to me to be a typical small town hospital in rural Danville, Pa. (blogspot.com)
  • Urban legends are creepy any time of year, but Halloween urban legends are even more unnerving. (lovetoknow.com)
  • Available evidence suggests that it results in longer lasting maintenance of physical activity levels compared with hospital-based rehabilitation and is equally effective in improving cardiac risk factors. (rrh.org.au)
  • Cardiac rehabilitation has traditionally been viewed as a hospital-based intervention. (rrh.org.au)
  • And she said that being in schools and hospitals isn't strictly against international law. (kunr.org)
  • We observed more deaths than expected during the COVID-19 period in our rural site in western Kenya contrary to the urban site in Nairobi, the capital city in Kenya. (cdc.gov)
  • Penetrating abdominal injury cases admitted in University of Benin Teaching Hospital. (scirp.org)
  • The judge wrote in the order that Section 265-D of the Criminal Procedure Code provided that if after pursuing a police report, or as the case may be, the complaint and all other documents and statements filed by the prosecution, the court was of the opinion that there was ground for proceeding with the trial of the accused, it should frame in writing a charge against the accused. (dawn.com)
  • The judge further wrote that from the perusal of the present case it transpired that after the usual investigation, a report was filed against Sobia and Moiz by placing their names in Column 2 of the charge sheet. (dawn.com)
  • However, the judicial magistrate concerned being not satisfied with the report took cognizance against the accused persons. (dawn.com)
  • ESTRIN: So if what the Amnesty researchers documented is true, as you say, what is the criticism against the report? (kunr.org)
  • Last year only 288, or 34% of rural hospitals participating in the hospital value-based purchasing program, faced financial penalties compared to 1,040 or 49% of urban hospitals, according to a new report released Wednesday . (modernhealthcare.com)
  • The report says the findings may raise concerns about continued ability of rural hospitals to operate effectively. (dailyyonder.com)
  • This never-before published issue is broken into three sections, addressing The War against Children, Case Studies, and Interventions to Reduce Violence to Children. (hive.co.uk)
  • A first response to potential or actual events of workplace violence is often contacting hospital security officers for assistance. (cdc.gov)
  • Regardless of hospital type, there was no difference in concordance between IV-only and IV + enteral contrast. (lww.com)
  • After adjusting for age, sex, comorbid conditions, weight, hospital type, and perforation, odds ratio of concordance for IV + enteral contrast versus IV contrast alone was 0.95 (95% CI: 0.72-1.25). (lww.com)
  • These broadly generalizable results from a diverse group of hospitals suggest that enteral contrast can be eliminated in CT scans for suspected appendicitis. (lww.com)
  • How far do soldiers need to be away from civilians, especially in cases of defensive urban warfare, to be within the bounds of legal warfare? (kunr.org)
  • 6 In a Point-Counterpoint, Loxterkamp and Hill make cases for and against the proposition that medication-assisted treatment should be part of every family physician's practice. (annfammed.org)
  • Mayo favored using averages which included Metro-area hospitals to obscure the importance of Albert Lea's well-used rural service and justify closing it. (albertleatribune.com)
  • Be it infrastructure, facilities like water, electricity and sanitation, urban areas are well equipped and life in a city is more comfortable in spite of the growing pollution. (mapsofindia.com)