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The ‘avoidable death’ guide to Europe
Health Policy, 1986Abstract To ensure the appropriate and efficient allocation of health resources, a means of evaluating the quality of existing services is required. Health care has been assessed by both process studies, e.g. rate of use of a specific surgical procedure and outcome studies, e.g. rate of death from a specific condition. A European workshop has adopted
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Capnography prevents avoidable deaths
BMJ, 2019[no abstract]
Cook, T.M., Harrop-Griffiths, W.
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Avoiding a “Death Panel” Redux
Hastings Center Report, 2013AbstractIf engaging in end of life conversations and advance care planning not only is desired by many Americans but also might significantly improve patient care at the end of life, then why was a provision that provided reimbursement for physicians to engage in end of life planning through Medicare removed from legislation?
Nicole M, Piemonte, Laura, Hermer
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British Journal of Healthcare Management, 2013
408 British Journal of Healthcare Management 2013 Vol 19 No 8 © 2 01 3 M A H ea lth ca re L td the headlines with Mid-Staffs and the Healthcare Commission’s purely statistical calculation that the hospital may have had between 400 and 1200 excess deaths. The fact that 1200 was the extreme upper end of a fan of uncertainty, and quite simply not credible
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408 British Journal of Healthcare Management 2013 Vol 19 No 8 © 2 01 3 M A H ea lth ca re L td the headlines with Mid-Staffs and the Healthcare Commission’s purely statistical calculation that the hospital may have had between 400 and 1200 excess deaths. The fact that 1200 was the extreme upper end of a fan of uncertainty, and quite simply not credible
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An Avoidable Death in Police Custody?
American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 2010An obviously inebriated 36-year-old man was found in a helpless condition on a pavement. When he was brought to a police station, a doctor certified the individual to be fit to be held in custody. He was unresponsive when the officers tried to wake him the next morning but was allowed to sleep on until he was found dead in his cell at mid day.
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Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 2013
Receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin are distributed throughout nearly every organ system in the body, and they are the targets of drugs to treat innumerable problems, including depression, migraines, and obesity. Drug designers do their best to craft molecules that zero in on individual serotonin receptors (also known as 5-HTs).
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Receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin are distributed throughout nearly every organ system in the body, and they are the targets of drugs to treat innumerable problems, including depression, migraines, and obesity. Drug designers do their best to craft molecules that zero in on individual serotonin receptors (also known as 5-HTs).
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Confounding explains ‘deaths avoided’
BMJ Quality & Safety, 2015Although it is clear that in the UK, standardised mortality rates have decreased dramatically over the past three decades,1 it may not be immediately apparent that this secular trend may substantially confound relatively short-term studies. Based on retrospectively obtained, uncontrolled data, Schmidt et al 2 assert that introduction of an electronic ...
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 2003
This is a continuing series of quarterly articles on lessons learned and best practices in civil engineering education. The intent of the series is to reinforce good practices, describe new or developing practices, and provide a forum for what works well and what does not.
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This is a continuing series of quarterly articles on lessons learned and best practices in civil engineering education. The intent of the series is to reinforce good practices, describe new or developing practices, and provide a forum for what works well and what does not.
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2017
This chapter presents the concept of ‘avoidable deaths’ conceived from the theories of risk, violence, justice and organisation. Avoidable deaths are preventable deaths due to advancements in disaster management science and weather forecasting systems; increased sophistication in human-built environments, as well as ongoing economic and policy ...
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This chapter presents the concept of ‘avoidable deaths’ conceived from the theories of risk, violence, justice and organisation. Avoidable deaths are preventable deaths due to advancements in disaster management science and weather forecasting systems; increased sophistication in human-built environments, as well as ongoing economic and policy ...
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