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A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2014
BACKGROUND: Health care providers’ perceptions regarding appropriateness in end-of-life treatments have been widely studied. While nurses and physicians believe that rationing and other cost-related practices sometimes occur in the intensive care unit ...
Rohit K Singal, Robert Sibbald, Brenda Morgan, Mel Quinlan, Neil Parry, Michael Radford, Claudio M Martin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutrient composition and heavy metal accumulation in water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) from the Dande River, Nepal: Implications for use as alternative feed resources

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The proliferation of invasive aquatic macrophytes poses a significant ecological challenge globally, while many tropical regions face chronic shortages of affordable livestock feed. This study addresses this dual problem by assessing two invasive species, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes ...
Anish Balchhaudi, Aanchal Shrestha, Akash Adhikari, Sujan Adhikari, Abhishek Adhikari, Rabin Acharya   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physicochemical properties, fermentative profile, microbiological quality, and pathogen contamination of baled silage during long‐term storage

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Baled silage is expanding in Mediterranean regions due to climate change and demand for high‐quality forage; therefore, evaluating the effects of long‐term storage on microbiological and fermentative quality is essential. RESULTS In this study, 115 baled silages were sampled from different farms at 30, 60, 90, 180, and 270 days ...
Lidia Nieddu, Mirko Fresu, Carmelo Mastroeni, Antonio Gallo, Severino Zara, Francesco Fancello, Alberto Stanislao Atzori   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Treated Female Patients With Urinary Incontinence

Neurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The current literature summarizes the trends in the surgical management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and not the general trends of management for all UI types in the US. Additionally, recent evidence on racial and ethnic disparities in UI related surgical utilization is limited. Objective To describe the currently prescribed
Rawan O. Almadfaa, Patricia R. Wigle, Alex C. Lin, Angelica Hardee, Jeff J. Guo, Ana L. Hincapie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy-making for Rationing in the Healthcare System: A review to provide suggestions for Iran

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2018
Background: Rationing is considered as a solution to control the costs and increase the efficiency in using the limited resources of the healthcare system.
Keivan Rahmani, Reza Rezayatmand, Niyousha Sadeghpour, Mahsa Nikaeen, Samira Arabi, Yasamin Molavi Taleghani   +5 more
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Linking patient satisfaction with nursing care: the case of care rationing -a correlational study [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Implicit rationing of nursing care is the withholding of or failure to carry out all necessary nursing measures due to lack of resources. There is evidence supporting a link between rationing of nursing care, nurses' perceptions of their
Anastasios Merkouris, Panayiota Andreou, Haritini Tsangari, Evridiki Papastavrou   +3 more
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Survey to assess the economic stability and mental health of households with people receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The landscape of nutrition support faces challenges, including rising costs, product shortages, reimbursement gaps, and infusion providers closing. This nationwide survey aimed to describe the perceptions and attitudes related to costs, therapy access, and mental health among households with at least one family member requiring ...
Gabriela Gardner, Ryan Butcher, Brooks D. Cash   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-Rationing in Health Care: Flawed Policy, Personal Virtue

, 2005
The age-rationing debate of fifteen years ago will inevitably reemerge as health care costs escalate. All age-rationing proposals should be judged in light of the current system of rationing health care by price in the U.S., and the resulting pattern of ...
Churchill, Larry R.
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Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Differences among street‐level bureaucrats—across professions, institutional settings, regions, and countries—are largely overlooked in research. We propose conceptualizing the street‐level bureaucrat construct as a general variable that varies across institutional settings, professions, cultures, times, and locations. We analyze variations in
Faisal S. Cheema, Euipyo Lee, Rajneesh Gupta, James L. Perry   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"If a Patient Is Too Costly They Tend to Get Rid of You:" the Impact of People's Perceptions of Rationing on the Use of Primary Care

, 1999
Despite the increasing focus on rationing, and rationing decisions in the NHS, little attention has been given to patient's perceptions of rationing and the potential impact this might have on people's use of services.
Rogers, Anne, Chapple, Alison, Sergison, Michelle   +2 more
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