• 2 ] is of clinical importance because CICAS covers a wide geographical area in China and is not restricted only to rural or urban areas. (karger.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)
  • [ 1 ] This study attempts to summarize current evidence regarding major inflammatory markers, severity predictors and its impact on outcome, which provide current clinical experience and treatment guidance for this novel coronavirus. (medrxiv.org)
  • Their clinical parameters, laboratory investigations, radiological findings & Outcome measures were studied. (medrxiv.org)
  • Together, we will strengthen care for our patients, offer expanded career growth opportunities for our employees and serve as a destination for top clinical talent. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • The objective of this study was to determine the association between sex and clinical outcomes amongst Indian trauma patients using the Australia-India Trauma Systems Collaboration database. (one.surgery)
  • Clinical outcomes of ICU and hospital length of stay, survival to discharge, and neurologic outcome at hospital discharge were not significantly different between PICA and other types of inpatient cardiac arrest (OTICA). (accjournal.org)
  • Clinical outcomes of PICA were similar to those of OTICA. (accjournal.org)
  • Although some of these tools were useful, none were subjected to rigorous research that captured key elements of context, clinical outcomes, and potential unanticipated consequences. (ahrq.gov)
  • In addition, we identified a difference of clinical outcomes in patients between PICA and other types of inpatient cardiac arrest (OTICA). (accjournal.org)
  • Clinical outcomes were compared between PICA and OTICA. (accjournal.org)
  • This is a group at highest risk of adverse perinatal and psychosocial outcomes and therefore may be most in need of substantive clinical intervention to reduce risk. (attachmentparenting.org)
  • Replication with diverse patient populations and within diverse clinical settings is essential to ensure reliability, generalizability, and clinical effectiveness. (attachmentparenting.org)
  • CCM comprises 6 components that are hypothesized to affect functional and clinical outcomes associated with disease management. (cdc.gov)
  • The sum of these CCM component parts are purported to create more effective health care delivery systems that institute mechanisms for decision support, link health care systems to community resources and policies, deliver comprehensive self-management support services for patients, and operate and manage patient-centered clinical information systems. (cdc.gov)
  • What is the role of a nurse or nurse researcher outside of a hospital or clinical setting? (medlineplus.gov)
  • For example, a recent prospective study conducted at a single hospital in Turkey showed that female gender was associated with severity and poor outcomes among IS patients with ICAS [ 5 ]. (karger.com)
  • Our results reveal a potentially modifiable risk factor for poor outcomes rooted in the unaffordability of SLE care. (cdc.gov)
  • Maternal opioid use requires special attention given the poor outcomes and high costs. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Newborns with the syndrome have higher risk of adverse outcomes and longer, costlier hospital stays compared to healthy infants. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The intervention will have an even greater effect for those at highest risk of adverse outcomes: younger age, African Americans, and those highest in stress. (attachmentparenting.org)
  • Methods This is a retrospective observational study done at an urban teaching covid-19 designated hospital. (medrxiv.org)
  • Mobile health, partnerships, new payment methods and government support can make a big difference to rural hospitals across the U.S. Becker's asked 33 healthcare executives to share their best ideas to save rural healthcare, and here they are. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • A mixed-methods study using retrospective medical record review and semi-structured interviews was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Moshi, Tanzania. (one.surgery)
  • Methods A prospective multicentre cohort study was performed across four urban public hospitals in India April 2016 through February 2018. (one.surgery)
  • Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients at two institutions between January 2016 to December 2017. (accjournal.org)
  • The Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease study, which was performed at 59 medical centers in North America and included 569 patients with symptomatic ICAS, showed that women had a significantly higher risk for IS and for the combined endpoint of stroke and vascular death [ 6 ]. (karger.com)
  • SETTING: Two urban VA medical centers. (duke.edu)
  • 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)
  • The Doctors Council, SEIU and the Health System have established Collaboration Councils at all 21 of the hospitals, outpatient centers, and nursing homes operated by the City Health System. (cornell.edu)
  • This study identified English-language peer-reviewed research articles describing CCM-based interventions for managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes in US primary care settings (ie, hospital-network outpatient clinics, private practices, and community health centers). (cdc.gov)
  • The primary-level - Primary Health Care (PHC) - represented by stations, health centers, municipal hospitals, nursing stations and doctors' offices, is the initial point of contact with the health system. (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, the lucrative private sector is confined to major urban centers of the country and is sluggish at the tertiary level, with prices that limit the accessibility of the population. (bvsalud.org)
  • Using data from interviews with rural hospital discharge planners, we identified four themes around nonmedical barriers to rural nursing home placement with particular salience in rural areas: financial issues, transportation, nursing home availability and infrastructure, and timeliness. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • This study uses data from 23 semi-structured interviews with rural hospital discharge planners in five states to identify specific barriers to finding nursing home care for nonelderly rural residents. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Study looked at outcomes as Death or Discharge and studied its association with several possible predictors. (medrxiv.org)
  • Information regarding patient demographics, injury type, days spent in the ward after medical clearance for discharge, and hospital invoices were collected and analyzed for orthopaedic patients treated from November 2016 to June 2017. (one.surgery)
  • Many patients do not have the financial capacity to pay hospital fees prior to discharge. (one.surgery)
  • A similar situation has emerged regarding the broader area of improving transitions of care, particularly those associated with hospital discharge in order to reduce hospital readmissions. (ahrq.gov)
  • Overal , 84% (n=90) survived to PICU discharge, with no difference in survival based on HIV infection or exposure. (who.int)
  • 2 ] report their findings on the gender differences in outcomes among ischemic stroke (IS) patients with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS), obtained from the Chinese IntraCranial AtheroSclerosis Study (CICAS). (karger.com)
  • Pathology findings correlated with radiographic findings in 90.0% of patients who received IV + enteral contrast and 90.4% of patients scanned with IV contrast alone. (lww.com)
  • Findings are shared from a study that discovered the types of doctors employed at rural hospitals may make a difference in the rates of cesarean births. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Our findings coupled with those indicating better patient and family outcomes with PC suggest both a cost and quality incentive for hospitals to develop PC programs. (duke.edu)
  • Our findings regarding quality of life and patient experience, which have been published elsewhere, 2 showed significant decreases in anxiety, fatigue, and depression in the intervention group compared with controls, as well as improved energy and decreased pain. (ajmc.com)
  • In this article, we present a summary of our findings on cost outcomes. (ajmc.com)
  • Their findings suggest that, while both groups prioritize the therapeutic relationship and recovery outcomes, MERIT therapists embrace uncertainty and personal growth, adding a dimension to care that transcends traditional medical models. (madinamerica.com)
  • These findings underscore the importance of therapeutic approaches that consider the subjective experiences of individuals with psychosis and support the personal growth of both the patient and the therapist. (madinamerica.com)
  • These findings suggest that the hospitals most adept at achieving safe care overall are no better at identifying and narrowing inequities in the delivery of that care," the report's authors wrote. (newsreview.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)
  • Logistic regression assessed association of sex with the primary outcomes of 30-day and 24-hour in-hospital mortality. (one.surgery)
  • CenteringPregnancy Plus (CP+), a bundled intervention designed to reduce negative birth outcomes, decrease sexual risk, and improve psychosocial outcomes within a model of group prenatal care, will result in increased self-esteem and social support as well as decreased stress, social conflict, and depression. (attachmentparenting.org)
  • All complementary surgical sub-specialties and necessary allied health care professionals are available in the hospital. (scielo.org.za)
  • an improvement in treatment outcomes, and a decrease in infant mortality and child malnutrition. (wikipedia.org)
  • To highlight the prevalence, incidence and treatment outcomes of TB in Egypt during the last 2 decades. (who.int)
  • TB incidence decreased in Egypt over the last two decades, but treatment outcomes were unsatisfactory, with variations across the different regions. (who.int)
  • To achieve TB eradication in Egypt, efforts should be made to sustain the TB control strategy by improving treatment outcomes and intensifying case finding and surveillance reporting. (who.int)
  • Variations in risk factors among populations from different countries may explain differences in the ICAS incidence. (karger.com)
  • This variability may be a result of differences in the patient populations that each hospital serves or may reflect variability in health care delivery at different institutions. (hindawi.com)
  • These hospitals are at high risk of falling behind with respect to quality improvement, owing to their limited resources and vulnerable patient populations. (medindia.net)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • hospitaladmissionsasitconstitutes9% arterial blood pH, plasma bicarbonate of all diabetes-related admissions [ 9 ] and plasma osmolarity), associated Patient and disease characteristics and3.2%ofallacuteadmissionstothe complications, duration of hospitaliza- medical intensive care unit in Benghazi tion and outcome. (who.int)
  • All PICA patients had unplanned intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and five of them are dead. (accjournal.org)
  • This study describes the population of children admitted to the of pneumonia, which increases the demands on scarce paediatric PICU at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) intensive care unit (PICU) services in the region. (who.int)
  • Basically, on a single day - December 12, 2022 - researchers fanned out across France to 97 EDs and started counting patients. (medscape.com)
  • Understanding what factors contribute to the racial disparity in maternal health outcomes is critical because it can illuminate where and how to address such a complex issue and focus the scope of public health prevention programs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patients in the A and B graded hospitals received safer care overall, with fewer adverse outcomes - but those hospitals' inability to close the racial and ethnic disparity gap was glaring. (newsreview.com)
  • Given this disparity, we hypothesized that the outcomes among the OHCA patients with initial shockable rhythm in Singapore were different from those in Osaka. (beds.ac.uk)
  • This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with PICA at general ward patients. (accjournal.org)
  • The non-PICA group consisted of general ward patients emergently intubated without cardiac arrest. (accjournal.org)
  • Results: Fifteen out of 362 patients (3.6%) presented a PICA that occurred during the study period. (accjournal.org)
  • Limited published data have described factors associated with inpatient PICA and patient outcomes. (accjournal.org)
  • The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with PICA among hospitalized patients emergently intubated at a general ward as compared to non-PICA inpatients. (accjournal.org)
  • PICA was defined in patients emergently intubated who experienced cardiac arrest within 20 minutes after ETI. (accjournal.org)
  • Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • In this brief, we compare 2017 opioid prescribing rates among physicians and nurse practitioners within primary care practices and how these differ for rural versus urban areas. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Title : Urban-Rural Differences in Health Care Utilization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the USA, 2017 Personal Author(s) : Xu, Fang;Carlson, Susan A.;Liu, Yong;Greenlund, Kurt J. (cdc.gov)
  • A machine learning-based prediction model was derived and validated using data from the Osaka-CRITICAL database (derivation data 2012-2017, validation data 2018-2019), and applied to the SG-PAROS database (2010-2016 data), to predict the risk-adjusted probability of favorable neurological outcomes. (beds.ac.uk)
  • After stroke, women have poorer functional outcomes and lower quality of life than men. (karger.com)
  • The report didn't identify the reason for the difference, but did note adults living in nonmetropolitan areas have poorer health, higher rates of tobacco use and major chronic conditions and poorer indicators of oral and mental health. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Of those surviving more than 12 hours, patients admitted directly had a significant decrease in mortality. (scielo.org.za)
  • This policy brief provides resources that could be used to decrease Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) in rural hospitals. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • An approach including yoga, holistic nursing, and a 'healing environment' can decrease medication use, resulting in substantial cost savings in care of inpatient oncology patients. (ajmc.com)
  • We found a significant decrease in use of antiemetic, anxiolytic, and hypnotic medication costs as well as a decrease in total medication costs in the Urban Zen sample compared with the baseline group. (ajmc.com)
  • An integrative medicine approach including yoga therapy, holistic nursing, and a healing environment in the inpatient setting can decrease use of medications, resulting in substantial cost savings for hospitals in the care of oncology patients. (ajmc.com)
  • Teaera Roland, FNP-BC, MSN, RN, CCM, CARN-AP Cannabis has been shown to decrease the need for opiates while increasing quality of life, but there are broad barriers to using cannabis for treating opioid-dependent patients. (issuu.com)
  • 2 Admissions are derived direct from scene (DIR) in consultation with the pre-hospital care providers, or by interhospital transfer (IHT). (scielo.org.za)
  • 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)
  • Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) has chosen Boston-based Biofourmis' technology to support its new programme to provide acute hospital-level care to patients at their homes. (hospitalmanagement.net)
  • Biofourmis will support ARH and other health systems and patients in rural areas with its end-to-end care-at-home solution. (hospitalmanagement.net)
  • Rural areas face great healthcare access challenges with regard to lack of specialized care, diagnostic testing and hospital beds. (hospitalmanagement.net)
  • This study examined the differences in quality of care outcomes between rural and urban Medicare beneficiaries. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Karen E. Joynt, M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues conducted a study to evaluate trends in mortality for patients receiving care at CAHs and compared these trends with those for patients receiving care at non-CAHs. (medindia.net)
  • In 2010, 1,264 of 4,519 (28 percent) of U.S. hospitals providing acute care services to Medicare beneficiaries and reporting hospital characteristics to the American Hospital Association were designated as CAHs. (medindia.net)
  • Given the substantial challenges that CAHs face, new policy initiatives may be needed to help these hospitals provide care for U.S. residents living in rural areas," the authors conclude. (medindia.net)
  • Scholars@Duke publication: Cost and utilization outcomes of patients receiving hospital-based palliative care consultation. (duke.edu)
  • Predictors included patient age, principal diagnosis, comorbidity, whether patient stay was medical or surgical, site and whether the patient was seen by the palliative care consultation team. (duke.edu)
  • This is a retrospective observational study conducted at a tertiary care Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation run COVID-19 designated hospital. (medrxiv.org)
  • However, 2006.Duringthis4-yearperiod200 it also occurs occasional y in patients suspected DKA cases were admitted Westudied100episodesofDKAin81 withtype2DMduringseverestress,for to the medical ward and intensive care patients;8patientswereresponsiblefor example sepsis and myocardial infarc- unit of the hospital. (who.int)
  • Additionally, through operating an interfacility transfer center, we serve as a resource to rural hospitals in our region, which rely on us to accept transfers of complex patients that have needs that exceed the level of care that can be provided in the rural facilities. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Protecting rural health care starts with reimagining how we deliver care for the 1.5 million patients we have the privilege of serving at Sanford Health, two-thirds of whom live in rural communities. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Sanford's landmark $350 million virtual care initiative aims to expand access to convenient, high-quality care regardless of zip code, improve the patient experience, advance innovation through new research and attract and train a new generation of clinicians. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • The Urban Zen Initiative incorporated yoga therapy, holistic nursing techniques, and a "healing environment" into routine inpatient oncology care. (ajmc.com)
  • An integrative medicine approach incorporating yoga, holistic nursing, and a "healing environment" added to the inpatient care of oncology patients can significantly reduce hospital costs. (ajmc.com)
  • As conversations about mental health care shift towards more holistic and patient-centered approaches, this study offers valuable insights into the benefits of integrating meaning and recovery-oriented practices into the treatment of psychosis. (madinamerica.com)
  • Heart failure (HF) patients with inadequate health literacy are at increased risk for poor self-care and negative health outcomes such as hospital readmission. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • The purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of inadequate health literacy, the reliability of the Dutch HF Knowledge Scale (DHFKS) and the Self-care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI), and the differences in HF knowledge, HF self-care, and 30-day readmission rate by health literacy level among patients hospitalized with HF. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • From its earliest days, the patient safety field identified transitions of care as an important latent condition for errors and harm. (ahrq.gov)
  • We need to develop means to support rural hospitals, especially critical access hospitals, that are on the front lines in providing care for mothers and infants impacted by the opioid epidemic. (medicalxpress.com)
  • For more than a decade, Leapfrog, a nonprofit watchdog group dedicated to transparency in health care, has compiled and measured data from U.S. hospitals and used it to issue safety grades to hospitals on a traditional A through F scale. (newsreview.com)
  • Further, patients with public insurance were more likely to receive unsafe care than those with private insurance. (newsreview.com)
  • And while any number of factors - inferior access to care, difficulty finding regular doctors - might contribute to the overall health issues of someone relying on a program like Medi-Cal, even the safest-graded facilities didn't make it less likely that they'd receive unsafe care when they were actually in the hospital. (newsreview.com)
  • There's certainly a lot of literature out there about some of the causes of the disparities in general, including cultural competency (in understanding race-based health differences) among health care providers," Austin said in a telephone interview. (newsreview.com)
  • And she always advocated for her patients and made sure they got the right care. (medscape.com)
  • Sitting in a hospital bed with a nasal cannula in her nose, she catalogued a long litany of complaints about the poor care she received. (medscape.com)
  • Moore's care did improve, and she was subsequently discharged from the hospital. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The ACCESS treatment model offers assertive community treatment (ACT) embedded in an integrated care program to patients with severe psychotic disorders. (frontiersin.org)
  • Compared to standard care, it proved to be more effective in terms of service disengagement and other outcomes in patients with psychotic disorders over 12, 24, and 48 months. (frontiersin.org)
  • Secondary outcomes were differences between those with and without involuntary admissions in the 2 years prior to ACCESS regarding change of psychopathology, severity of illness, psychosocial functioning, quality of life, satisfaction with care, medication non-adherence, and service-disengagement. (frontiersin.org)
  • Then again, the staff at Elmhurst Hospital did experience a wave of sickness, care, and death on a scale greater than anywhere else. (cornell.edu)
  • High-risk sample: Sample represents a relatively restricted group of young, ethnic minority women of low socioeconomic status who attend urban hospital clinics for prenatal care. (attachmentparenting.org)
  • CCM in US primary care settings to provide care for people who have diabetes and to describe outcomes of CCM implementation. (cdc.gov)
  • Disease registries and electronic medical records were used to establish patient-centered goals, monitor patient progress, and identify lapses in care. (cdc.gov)
  • Primary care physicians (PCPs) were trained to deliver evidence-based care, and PCP office-based diabetes self-management education improved patient outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • CCM is being used for diabetes care in US primary care settings, and positive outcomes have been reported. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to determine how CCM has been applied in US primary care settings to provide care for people who have diabetes and also to describe outcomes of CCM implementation. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite the halt of the committee meetings, medical care continued to be provided to Palestinians in Israel as it was previously and Palestinian physicians continued their residency programmes or other professional activities in Israeli academic hospitals. (who.int)
  • French ED doctors continue to care for admitted patients boarding in the ED, whereas in many hospitals in the United States, admitted patients are the responsibility of the floor team, regardless of where they are, making it more likely that these individuals may be neglected. (medscape.com)
  • We could do a lot to prevent ED visits and hospital admissions by providing better access to preventive and primary care and improving our outpatient mental health infrastructure. (medscape.com)
  • There were dramatic differences in the home and community environments of the people I was visiting to provide care. (medlineplus.gov)
  • But nurses practice pretty much everywhere: schools and workplaces, homes, long-term care facilities, policy settings and justice settings, and in communities more generally around the globe-from urban to suburban to rural. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Despite a significantly higher median ISS in direct admissions, there was no difference in mortality. (scielo.org.za)
  • This reality has added significantly to these patients' overall financial hardship and has taken hundreds of bed-days from other critically ill patients. (one.surgery)
  • Across 11 such categories at all hospitals, Black patients had significantly higher rates of adverse events than white patients in five, and lower rates in only two. (newsreview.com)
  • Most significantly, the disparities didn't vary much no matter how well a hospital was graded for safety. (newsreview.com)
  • And a new report underscores how truly intractable those problems are - because it brings race-based disparities right into the safest hospitals in the United States. (newsreview.com)
  • According to the report, which was released this month by the Leapfrog Group, America's A-graded hospitals - so denoted because of their superior record of keeping patients safe from preventable harm - do no better at reducing racial health disparities than hospitals at the bottom of the scale. (newsreview.com)
  • The primary question we wanted to examine was whether the higher-graded hospitals were able to reduce those disparities. (newsreview.com)
  • Despite measures that have been taken to reduce disparities between middle-income and poor citizens, vast differences still exist. (wikipedia.org)
  • hence this diagnosis should be considered in all patients with acute abdomen or decreased level of consciousness. (who.int)
  • This observational study found that the outcomes for patients with initial shockable rhythm but who did not obtain ROSC on hospital arrival in Singapore were lower than expected from Osaka. (beds.ac.uk)
  • 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)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of OHCA patients with initial shockable rhythm in Singapore compared to the expected outcomes derived from Osaka data using machine learning-based prediction models. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The Urban Zen (UZ) Initiative at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, was a pilot project evaluating the impact of a multifaceted "optimal healing environment" 1 intervention-incorporating yoga therapy, holistic nursing practices, a patient navigator, and a renovated physical environment—on quality of life and cost outcomes for inpatients on a medical oncology floor. (ajmc.com)
  • The secondary or intermediate level, represented by general hospitals, is the reference level for first-level units. (bvsalud.org)
  • The tertiary level, represented by referral hospitals mono or multipurpose, differentiated and specialized, is the reference level for secondary-level health units 1-3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • 71% of admissions were inter-hospital transfers (IHT) and 29% direct from scene (DIR). (scielo.org.za)
  • Given the large volume of admissions, with about 20 randomized hospitals, a follow-up of about a year should suffice to obtain conclusive answers about specific tested interventions. (medindia.net)
  • The investigators prospectively studied more than 10,000 patient admissions, using active surveillance strategies to measure rates of medical errors and preventable adverse events. (ahrq.gov)
  • Many patients with severe mental disorders experience involuntary admissions which can be potentially traumatic. (frontiersin.org)
  • The primary outcome was rate of involuntary admissions during 48 months. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this long-term study, we were able to demonstrate a reduction in involuntary admissions in four treatment years compared to the 2 years prior to admission to the ACCESS model in patients with severe and mostly multiphase schizophrenia spectrum disorders and affective disorders with psychotic features. (frontiersin.org)
  • It also examines whether or not these hospitals' ADE rates varied based on hospital characteristics. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • Patients were studied for baseline characteristics, laboratory and radiological characteristics. (medrxiv.org)
  • The baseline characteristics between the two groups of patients were pretty similar: median age around 86, 55% female. (medscape.com)
  • This difference held up even after adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics. (medscape.com)
  • Noting that there is a greater tendency of private hospitals operating in the regulatory model for market mechanisms, it is expected that the quality indicators that serve as a reference for monitoring the health management are more critical in public hospitals. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies, including one by University of California San Francisco researchers in 2016, have consistently shown that Black patients are half as likely as their White counterparts to receive prescriptions for narcotic painkillers. (medscape.com)
  • Strength of association & correlation of those parameters with severity and in-hospital mortality were studied. (medrxiv.org)
  • Results A total 204 (N) patients were clinically classified into different severity groups, as per MOHFW and qCSI(quick Covid Severity Index) guidelines, as Mild (34), Moderate (56), Severe (39) and Critical (75). (medrxiv.org)
  • Among Inflammatory markers, on admission LDH, D-Dimer and CRP are related with severity and excess in-hospital death rate. (medrxiv.org)
  • Cases with Different severity of COVID-19 patients were classified according to institutional SOP, as per guidance from MOHFW [ 4 ] . (medrxiv.org)
  • Correlation with severity and in-hospital death were also accessed. (medrxiv.org)
  • The tool was known as I-PASS, which stands for Illness severity, Patient summary, Action list, Situational awareness and contingency planning, and Synthesis or read-back. (ahrq.gov)
  • 646 hospital bed-days were spent on these 72 patients when they no longer clinically required hospitalization. (one.surgery)
  • Schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders (especially with comorbid substance use disorders) are associated with one of the highest risks of involuntary hospitalization for patients ( 4 , 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Patients were classified in Mild, Moderate, Severe & Critical categories of COVID cases. (medrxiv.org)
  • Severe COVID-19 illness is seen more in patients more than 50 years of age. (medrxiv.org)
  • S. Lactate Dehydrogenase & D-dimer was associated with severe covid-19 illness and early in-hospital death. (medrxiv.org)
  • The treatment of patients with the most severe forms of mental disorders, such as psychotic disorders ( 1 , 2 ), is still demanding. (frontiersin.org)
  • Influenza vaccination policies depend on the evidence of the burden of influenza, yet few national data on influenza-associated severe outcomes among children exist in China. (who.int)
  • Recovery is understood to involve a range of highly individualized and subjective outcomes including symptom remission and skill acquisition, sometimes called functional recovery, as well as changes in persons' subjective sense of self and their place within their communities, sometimes called personal recovery. (madinamerica.com)
  • There have been significant differences between the maternal mortality of white women versus Black women throughout history. (wikipedia.org)
  • There were no significant differences in comorbidities. (medscape.com)
  • However, there are stark differences in maternal mortality rates for Black American women versus Indigenous American, Alaska Native, and White American women. (wikipedia.org)
  • Geographical differences were mirrored by trends in national maternal opioid use, the study also found. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In 2012, maternal opiate use in rural counties was nearly 70 percent higher in urban counties - 8 per 1,000 childbirth hospitalizations compared to 4.8 in urban counties. (medicalxpress.com)
  • [5] Additionally, there is a highly apparent contrast between maternal health in rural (poor) versus urban environments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Inclusion criteria were defined that general ward patients emergently intubated who experienced cardiac arrest within 20 minutes after ETI. (accjournal.org)
  • A baseline sample of inpatient oncology patients at Beth Israel Medical Center admitted to the medical oncology unit before implementation of the Urban Zen Initiative were compared with patients admitted after the Urban Zen Initiative was in place. (ajmc.com)
  • P=0.021) were independently associated with frequent readmissions for an AECOPD.CONCLUSIONS: Hospital readmission rates for AECOPD were high. (hindawi.com)
  • 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)
  • Hundreds of hospitals have joined the program over the past decade-by 2010, nearly 1 in 4 of the nation's hospitals were CAHs. (medindia.net)
  • Some of my work includes sharing technical assistance and consulting with her Union, the Doctors Council and with New York City Health +Hospitals, the nation's largest public health system. (cornell.edu)
  • There was significant variability in the readmission rate among hospitals. (hindawi.com)
  • High levels of trust in providers may facilitate better patient experiences or outcomes both in the inpatient and outpatient setting. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • The results of a survey of patients who were treated with cannabis for chronic pain is discussed. (issuu.com)
  • Analyzes the prevalence of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) in rural hospitals, including both CAHs and rural PPS hospitals, related to four categories of drugs: steroids, antibiotics, opiates / narcotics, and anticoagulants in 2013 for eight states. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • This study examines whether the loss of obstetric services in hospitals in rural U.S. counties led to changes in childbirth outcomes or locations. (ruralhealthresearch.org)
  • She checked into another nearby hospital, St. Vincent Health Center (where, as Medscape Medical News previously reported , Black pediatrician Chaniece Wallace died in childbirth in October). (medscape.com)
  • We analyzed data for adult patients who underwent nonelective appendectomy at 56 hospitals over a 2-year period. (lww.com)
  • Data were obtained directly from patient charts by trained abstractors. (lww.com)
  • Editorial: Are Mortality Differences Detected by Administrative Data Reliable and Actionable? (medindia.net)
  • Hospital data were analysed with aim of studying inflammatory markers, predictors and outcome. (medrxiv.org)
  • Cases were enrolled from Hospital Computerised Data Management System from June 2020 to August 2020. (medrxiv.org)
  • We had complete cost data on 85 patients in our baseline group and 72 in our intervention group. (ajmc.com)
  • Because implementation of this type of intervention in the inpatient setting does require potentially substantial initial investment by the hospital, and because maintaining these types of services does entail additional ongoing cost, it is critical to generate data regarding the potential cost savings that can result from this type of approach. (ajmc.com)
  • However, data regarding differences in trauma outcomes between females and males is severely lacking from low- and middle-income countries. (one.surgery)
  • CHBAH is a (HIV-EU) babies now account for as many as 30% of all births in tertiary level hospital located in Soweto, Johannesburg. (who.int)
  • Researchers from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University tracked newborns treated for opioid-related issues over 10 years. (medicalxpress.com)
  • 346 of the 867 orthopaedic patients (39.9%) treated during this time period were found to have spent additional days in the hospital due to their inability to pay their hospital bill. (one.surgery)
  • Between October 2007 and June 2009, the authors used the results of a large prospective cohort study in 22 general hospitals and collected information from 1,335 IS patients with ICAS. (karger.com)
  • This cohort study evaluated 2266 US hospitals that participated in the VBP program between 2008 and 2019. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Only 129, or 14% of rural hospitals evaluated under the effort faced a penalty versus 568, or 26% of urban hospitals. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • The researchers found that there were differences in trends in 30-day mortality rates over time between CAHs and non-CAHs for the 3 conditions examined. (medindia.net)
  • However, between 2002 and 2010, mortality rates increased at CAHs at a rate of 0.1 percent per year, whereas at non-CAHs they decreased 0.2 percent per year, for a difference in change in mortality of 0.3 percent per year. (medindia.net)
  • The researchers note that although CAHs had higher mortality rates by 2010 for each of the conditions examined, the absolute difference was only 1.8 percent. (medindia.net)
  • Comparing CAHs with other small, rural hospitals, similar patterns were found. (medindia.net)
  • Looking to approximately twenty per cent of in-hospital mortality rate in covid-19 cases [ 6 , 7 ] , 80% of Power of study & Two sided alpha error of 5%, required sample size is 193. (medrxiv.org)
  • DKA also occurred in type 2 diabetics, with a higher mortality rate, as they were older patients with co-morbidity. (who.int)
  • We compared length of stay, total medication costs, and costs of as-needed medications for both groups: the baseline sample of inpatient oncology patients and patients exposed to the Urban Zen healing environment initiative. (ajmc.com)
  • 001), compared to 18.9% (n = 31) at baseline with no differences between the two groups over the study period (p = .25). (frontiersin.org)
  • 2 ]. The difference may be not only due to the study design but also due to the background of the study population. (karger.com)
  • Future nationwide investigations focused on gender differences are needed in many countries for comparisons with the study by Pu et al. (karger.com)
  • ABSTRACT This study described the profile of 100 cases of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at a teaching hospital in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. (who.int)
  • This study aims to characterize the impact of this policy on patients and hospital systems in resource-limited settings. (one.surgery)
  • The study also found no significant changes in resident workflow, patient-family contact time, time spent by residents on computers, and time spent completing the oral handoffs. (ahrq.gov)
  • Additionally, study authors found that compared to urban peers, rural infants and mothers with opioid-related diagnoses were more likely to be from lower-income families, have public insurance and be transferred to another hospital following delivery. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This study included adult (18-74 years) OHCA patients with initial shockable rhythm. (beds.ac.uk)
  • One hundred seventy-one patients treated in ACCESS were included in this study. (frontiersin.org)
  • The study focused on those older than age 75 who were admitted to a hospital ward from the ED. The researchers then defined two groups: those who were sent up to the hospital floor before midnight, and those who spent at least from midnight until 8 AM in the ED (basically, people forced to sleep in the ED for a night). (medscape.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)
  • RESULTS: PC patients were 42 percentage points (95% CI, -56% [corrected] to -31%) less likely to be admitted to ICU. (duke.edu)
  • Results: We identified 84 studies (18,239 patients) for the primary analysis. (one.surgery)
  • The most recent survey, undertaken in partnership with the Urban Institute, mined the results of millions of patients, including those in California. (newsreview.com)
  • The results suggest a double whammy for Black patients. (newsreview.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: Concerns about the affordability of medications are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but the relationship between medication cost concerns and health outcomes is poorly understood. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: To investigate gender differences of health literacy in individuals with a migration background. (uni-koeln.de)
  • Using a random-effects model, a meta-analysis was conducted to assess standardised mean differences (SMDs) of health literacy in men and women. (uni-koeln.de)
  • Dedicated trauma units improve outcome in the critically injured. (scielo.org.za)
  • 1 In March 2007, the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH) level I trauma unit was commissioned. (scielo.org.za)
  • Before this unit opened all trauma patients in the Ethekwini region were referred to four level II registrar-based facilities in Durban where trauma and non-trauma patients competed for attention, theatre and ICU facilities. (scielo.org.za)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Simply said, it was quicker onset, larger magnitude of patients, most of whom were critically ill, and truly unlike anything any of us had ever worked through or been through before. (cornell.edu)