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Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
Background The proportion of the world's population aged over 60 years is increasing. Therefore, there is a need to examine different methods of healthcare provision for this population.
Crocker, Tom, Langhorne, Peter, Langhorne, P, Brown, Lesley, Young, John, Benham, Alex, Forster, Anne, Crocker, T, Benham, A, Brown, L, Forster, A, Young, JB   +11 more
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Home iv Antibiotic Therapy through a Medical Day Care Unit

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1993
An out-patient parenteral antibiotic therapy program provided through a medical day care unit was evaluated in a tertiary care hospital. From July 11, 1988 to December 31, 1990, 122 patients were treated either on site at the unit or at home with self ...
Marie Gourdeau, Louise Deschênes, Martine Caron, Marc Desmarais   +3 more
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Advance care planning in patients referred to hospital for acute medical care: Results of a national day of care survey [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is a voluntary process of discussion about future care between an individual and their care provider. ACP is a key focus of national policy as a means to improve patient centered care at the end-of-life.
Thomas Knight, Alexandra Malyon, Zoe Fritz, Chris Subbe, Tim Cooksley, Mark Holland, Daniel Lasserson   +6 more
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Patients’ and Relatives’ Preferences for Outpatient and Day Care Services Within End-of-Life Care in Germany – A Discrete Choice Experiment

Patient Preference and Adherence
Beate Apolinarski,1,* Lea de Jong,2,* Franziska A Herbst,1 Carolin Huperz,1,3 Hanna AA Röwer,1 Nils Schneider,1 Kathrin Damm,2,* Stephanie Stiel1,* 1Institute for General Practice and Palliative Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover ...
Apolinarski B, de Jong L, Herbst FA, Huperz C, Röwer HAA, Schneider N, Damm K, Stiel S   +7 more
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Development of the organization of emergency medical care in Bulgaria - a challenge for the healthcare system [PDF]

, 2021
In the early 1970s, medical emergencies became a political problem throughout Europe. However, the concept of medical emergencies has an older history, at the intersection of the history of medical techniques, patient treatment and social perception of ...
Katrandzhiev, Iliya; Medical University of Varna, Naydenova, Boryana   +1 more
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Hospital and Medical Care Days in Pancreatic Cancer [PDF]

Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2012
Little is known about resource utilization (number of days in the hospital or medical care) between diagnosis and death in patients with pancreatic cancer.Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data, we identified 25,476 patients with pancreatic cancer (1992-2005).
Casey A, Boyd, Daniel W, Branch, Kristin M, Sheffield, Yimei, Han, Yong-Fang, Kuo, James S, Goodwin, Taylor S, Riall   +6 more
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Hospice and Palliative Care Education for Medical Students in Korea [PDF]

, 2020
Hospice and palliative care (HPC) education is an essential component of undergraduate medical education. Since February 4th, 2018, withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment at the end of life (EOL) has been permitted in Korea as put forth by
Korean Medical Education Review (의학교육논단), Do Yeun Kim, Soon Nam Lee   +2 more
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Pre-anaesthetic medication in paediatric day-care surgery [PDF]

Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 1981
Pre-anaesthetic medication has the primary aim of making the whole process of anaesthesia smooth and agreeable. This prospective blind study was planned to compare the efficacy of three active drugs and a placebo as premedication in a paediatric population undergoing operation on a day care basis.
R, Desjardins, S, Ansara, J, Charest
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Survey Of The Necessity For Improving The Quality Of Health Care Training [PDF]

, 2019
The globalization of processes poses the problem of the quality of training of health care professionals in the higher education institution. The teaching process at the higher school has the important social task of preparing specialists capable of ...
Zheleva, Elena; Medical University - Varna, Sliven Branch, Dzedzheva, Pepa; Medical University - Varna, Sliven Branch, Koleva, Galina; Medical University - Varna, Sliven Branch, Alexsandrov, Ivan; Medical University - Varna, Sliven Branch, Daniel Monov, Daniel Monov; Medical College - Varna, MB "Inspector Public Health and Social Activities"   +4 more
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Association between 1-Year Changes in Sarcopenia-Related Indicators and Subjective Well-being in Older Adults Requiring Support or Care under the Long-Term Care Insurance System [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background There is limited evidence linking sarcopenia and subjective well-being among older adults requiring long-term care. This study examined longitudinal changes in sarcopenia-related indicators and their association with life satisfaction and ...
Yohei Sawaya, Tamaki Hirose, Takahiro Shiba, Ryo Sato, Lu Yin, Shuntaro Tsuji, Tomohiko Urano   +6 more
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