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Is bed turnover rate a good metric for hospital scale efficiency? A measure of resource utilization rate for hospitals in Southeast Nigeria [PDF]

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2020
Background Nigeria health sector, like that of other sub-Saharan African countries, increasingly faces critical resource constraints. Thus, there is need to seek for ways of improving efficient use of scarce health resources. The aim of this study was to
Henry E. Aloh, Obinna E. Onwujekwe, Obianuju G. Aloh, Chijioke J. Nweke   +3 more
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Inequality in hospital bed supply and utilization across regions and departments: evidence from China [PDF]

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Background Adequate hospital bed capacity is fundamental to health-care accessibility. However, increasing beds per capita may mask inequalities across regions and departments, not only in supply but also in how available capacity and utilization ...
Yuheng Zhang, Jiyun Cui, Juan Li, Yan Song, Yin Shi   +4 more
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Association of Hospital Bed Turnover With Patient Outcomes in Digestive Surgery [PDF]

Annals of Surgery Open, 2022
Objective:. To determine the influence of hospital bed turnover rate (BTR) on the occurrence of complications following minor or major digestive surgery. Background:.
Arnaud Pasquer, MD, Léa Pascal, MPH, Stephanie Polazzi, MSc, Sarah Skinner, PhD, Gilles Poncet, MD, PhD, Jean-Christophe Lifante, MD, PhD, Antoine Duclos, MD, PhD   +6 more
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The combined effect of bed-to-nurse ratio and nurse turnover rate on in-hospital mortality based on South Korean administrative data: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing
Background and aim Nurse staffing levels are associated with patient mortality, but little is known regarding the association between nurse turnover rate and patient mortality. This study investigated the combined effect of the bed-to-nurse ratio and the
Jiyun Kim, Hyun-Young Kim, Yunmi Kim
exaly   +2 more sources

Performance evaluation through the effectiveness of resources and reputation: A case study of hospitals in Indonesia [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2022
This study aims to examine the impact of emergency clinic assets and its reputation on the operation of health clinics that provide health facilities for the community. The unit of analysis in this study is a medical clinic in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Helman Fachri, Sri Sarjana
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Staffing, nursing home, and market characteristics associated with caregiver turnover in Japan: a national cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Caregiver turnover in nursing homes remains a critical issue in long-term care. However, few nationwide studies have distinguished between full-time and part-time caregivers, despite their differing work expectations.
Xueying Jin, Ayane Komatsu, Taiji Noguchi, Takeshi Nakagawa, Sayaka Okahashi, Tami Saito   +5 more
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Assessing the Performance Indicators of Hospitals Before and After the Pandemic of COVID-19: A Time Series Study from January 2019 to December 2021 [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023
Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 affect all healthcare systems globally, and its effect on different hospital performance indicators has been debated. The study aimed to compare the impacts of COVID-19 on hospital performance indicators using pre-and
Sima Rafiei, Ahad Alizadeh, Rohollah Kalhor, Aidin Aryankhesal, Ahmad Ghashghaee   +4 more
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Impact of inability to turn in bed assessed by a wearable three-axis accelerometer on patients with Parkinson's disease. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Difficulty turning over in bed is a common night-time symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). We aimed to quantitatively evaluate overnight turnover movements using a three-axis accelerometer and to investigate whether inability to turn in bed is related to
Kenji Uchino, Makoto Shiraishi, Keita Tanaka, Masashi Akamatsu, Yasuhiro Hasegawa   +4 more
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The Effect of Health promotion Plan on the Performance of Hospitals: Evidences from East of Iran

Health Technology Assessment in Action, 2021
Background and Objectives: Hospitals are the largest and most costly operating units of health systems and their share of current public expenditures in the health sector is between 50 to 80 percent. Higher hospital's efficiency will result in better use
Javad Ghoddoosi Nejad, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Rouhollah Yaghoubi   +2 more
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Performance and Efficiency of Selected Military Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

طب انتظامی, 2022
INTRODUCTION Acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the Covid-19 pandemic, started in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China [1]. ... [2-5].
Aliakbar Golmohammadi, Pouran Raeisi, Touraj Harati Khalilabad   +2 more
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