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The Rationality to Requesting in-ward Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2023
Background: Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable diagnostic tool by its non-invasive/non-ionizing nature.Objective: This study aims to determine justification of MRI in hospitalized patients at a tertiary provincial referent medical center in a
Vahid Kermanian, Abdolmajid Taheri, Elham Raeisi, Mathias Hossain Aazami, Mohamad-Ali Dayani, Daryoush Shahbazi-Gahrouei   +5 more
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Antimicrobial Prescribing in the Emergency Department; Who Is Calling the Shots?

Antibiotics, 2021
Objective: Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing in the emergency department (ED) can lead to poor outcomes. It is unknown how often the prescribing clinician is guided by others, and whether prescriber factors affect appropriateness of prescribing ...
Laura M. Hamill, Julia Bonnett, Megan F. Baxter, Melina Kreutz, Kerina J. Denny, Gerben Keijzers   +5 more
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Are Australian Mental Health Services Ready for Therapeutic Virtual Reality? An Investigation of Knowledge, Attitudes, Implementation Barriers and Enablers

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Therapeutic virtual reality (VR) has the potential to address the challenges of equitable delivery of evidence-based psychological treatment. However, little is known about therapeutic VR regarding the perspectives and needs of real-world service ...
Olivia S. Chung, Alisha M. Johnson, Nathan L. Dowling, Tracy Robinson, Chee H. Ng, Murat Yücel, Rebecca A. Segrave   +6 more
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Elicitation of normative and fairness judgments: Do incentives matter? [PDF]

Judgment and Decision Making, 2015
Krupka and Weber (2013) introduce an incentive-compatible coordination game as an alternative method for elicitation of normative judgments. I show, however, that people provide virtually the same responses in incentivized and non-incentivized versions ...
Štěpán Veselý
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Appropriateness of Endoscopic Procedures: A Prospective, Multicenter Study

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021
Introduction: Advances in endoscopy and open-access systems led to an increase in endoscopic procedures. However, overuse of endoscopy has been consistently reported.
Carina Leal, Nuno Almeida, Maria Silva, Antonieta Santos, Helena Vasconcelos, Pedro Figueiredo   +5 more
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Appropriateness of hospital admissions in a university hospital in Egypt: Analyzing a preintervention phase

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: Identifying the magnitude of this improper use and applying interventions to eliminate unnecessary hospitalization will reduce health-care expenditure, improve the quality of care for patients, and increase the accessibility to care for ...
Aya Mostafa Abdellatif, Mahi Mahmoud A L Tehewey, Mervat Hassan Rady, Amany Mokhtar Abdelhafez, Mai Ahmed Eldeeb, Hebat Allah Mohammed Salah Gabal   +5 more
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Implementation of a Cellulitis Management Plan in Three Australian Regional Health Services to Address an Evidence–Practice Gap in Antibiotic Prescribing

Antibiotics, 2021
Despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines, antibiotics for cellulitis remain inappropriately prescribed. This evidence–practice gap is more evident in low-resource settings, such as rural hospitals.
Jaclyn Bishop, Mark Jones, James Farquharson, Kathrine Summerhayes, Roxanne Tucker, Mary Smith, Raquel Cowan, N. Deborah Friedman, Thomas Schulz, David Kong, Kirsty Buising   +10 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inappropriate Use of the Emergency Department

Microorganisms, 2023
Background: Inappropriate use of the emergency department (IEDU)—consisting of the unnecessary use of the resource by patients with no clinical need—is one of the leading causes of the loss of efficiency of the health system.
Abelardo Claudio Fernández Chávez, Jesús María Aranaz-Andrés, Miriam Roncal-Redin, Fernando Roldán Moll, María Jesús Estévez Rueda, Patricia Alva García, Yolanda Aranda García, Diego San Jose-Saras, on behalf Health Outcomes Research Group of the Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS)   +8 more
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Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns and Appropriateness for Children in Primary Healthcare Settings in Beijing City, China, 2017–2019

Antibiotics, 2021
(1) Background: Few studies have focused on antibiotic use and appropriateness in children in primary health institutions (PHIs). This study aimed to identify the patterns and appropriateness of antibiotic use for children in PHIs in Beijing, China.
Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Kexin Du, Shicai Chen, Yue Zhou, Bo Zheng, Xiaodong Guan, Luwen Shi   +6 more
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Systemic glucocorticoid prescriptions pattern and factors of inappropriate use in primary care institutions of Southwest China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundInappropriate use of glucocorticoids in primary care institutions is serious. It not only causes economic burden, but leads to many adverse reactions.
Xiaobo Luo, Shitao Yu, Zhen Zeng, Xunrong Zhou, Yuxi Liu, Lei Wang, Jiaqi Hu, Yue Chang   +7 more
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