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 +6 more
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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 +3 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 [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground 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
Hyun-Young Kim, Yunmi Kim, Jiyun Kim
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Bed occupancy, turnover intervals and MRSA rates in English hospitals [PDF]
British Journal of Nursing, 2006 This article (a follow on from an article concentrating on Northern Ireland) examines the relationship between percentage bed occupancy (PO), turnover interval (TI) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates in the acute beds of specialist English hospital trusts and describes the TI and levels of bed occupancy.
W George Kernohan
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Effects of high-protein intake on bone turnover in long-term bed rest in women [PDF]
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 2017 Bed rest (BR) causes bone loss, even in otherwise healthy subjects. Several studies suggest that ambulatory subjects may benefit from high-protein intake to stimulate protein synthesis and to maintain muscle mass. However, increasing protein intake above the recommended daily intake without adequate calcium and potassium intake may increase bone ...
Martina Heer +2 more
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Effect of External Carbon Source and Bed Turnover Rate on Denitrificaion
Creative Education, 2012 This study investigated the effect of external carbon source and bed turnover rate on biological denitrification in the pilot-scale IPNR (Ilshin Phosphorus and Nitrate Removal) process. IPNR process is an up-flow reactor filled with Si-media which removes phosphorus physically and nitrate nitrogen biologically using secondary effluent from sewage ...
Jihee Song, Younghee Kim, Namjong Yoo
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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 ResearchBackground 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 +5 more
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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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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 +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 +4 more
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