Physician Self-Referral and Physician-Owned Specialty Facilities [PDF]
Outlines issues of self-referral -- physicians referring patients to a group or facility in which they have a financial interest -- and the prevalence of physician-owned facilities, as well as the effects on healthcare quality, cost, and ...
Lawrence P. Casalino
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Clinical practice recommendation for ambulatory hemodialysis vascular access surgery
Ambulatory surgery provides a new type of medical service for patients with its high efficiency, superior quality and low expenditure.Vascular access is a lifeline of maintenance hemodialysis patients.Any malfunction should be resolved quickly and ...
张丽红, 詹申, 肖光辉, 王玉柱
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Suture-method versus Through-the-needle Catheters for Continuous Popliteal-sciatic Nerve Blocks: A Randomized Clinical Trial. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:The basic perineural catheter design has changed minimally since inception, with the catheter introduced through or over a straight needle. The U.S.
Abanobi, Maryann U +11 more
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Defining benefit catalogues and entitlements to health care in Germany: Decision makers, decision criteria and taxonomy of catalogues [PDF]
This paper studies the politico-economic reasons for the refusal of a proposed compulsory flood insurance scheme in Germany. It provides the rationale for such scheme and outlines the basic features of a market-orientated design. The main reasons for the
Busse, Reinhard +4 more
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[Unexpected admission to the intensive care unit following ambulatory surgical procedures].
Unexpected admission (UA) to the intensive care unit (ICU) among the ambulatory patient could be considered as an indicator of quality of attention on ambulatory services. However, the determinants associated with this rare complication are unknown. Objective. To identify the factors associated with UA to the ICU among the patients following ambulatory
Dthurley, Lozada-León +3 more
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Barnes Hospital Bulletin [PDF]
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_bulletin/1102/thumbnail ...
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Percepção e qualidade de vida do paciente após cirurgia de ceratocone
RESUMO Objetivo: Conhecer a percepção do paciente após cirurgia de Ceratocone. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo exploratório descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa.
Anna Lúcia Costa de Miranda +4 more
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Psychometric Properties of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale [PDF]
The purpose of the study was to assess the psychometrics properties of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS), a 23-item instrument that measures patients\u27 perception of readiness for discharge.
Piacentine, Linda, Weiss, Marianne
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Norton Healthcare: A Strong Payer-Provider Partnership for the Journey to Accountable Care [PDF]
Examines the progress of an integrated healthcare delivery system in forming an accountable care organization with payer partners as part of the Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Pilot Program, including a focus on performance measurement and ...
Aricca D. Van Citters +6 more
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