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Impact of self-financing on the overall funding of public hospitals in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Challenges and prospects

open access: yesOrapuh Journal
Introduction Financing public hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in Kisangani (Tshopo Province), remains a major challenge for the provision of quality health services.
Bijou Folo Yanyongo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Model of the Costs of Community and Nosocomial Pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Canadian Hospitals

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2013
BACKGROUND: Approximately one in 10 hospitalized patients will acquire a nosocomial infection (NI) after admission to hospital, of which 71% are due to respiratory viruses, including the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Philip Jacobs   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Food Waste Quantity: Focusing on Military Dining Facilities as Large‐Scale Food Service Operations

open access: yesJournal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste reveals inefficiencies in resource use and contributes significantly to environmental pollution. In the United States, food waste accounts for the majority of total waste, with more than 50 million tons generated annually. In military units that operate large‐scale institutional food‐service facilities and generate significant food ...
YongSun Kim, Hyun Shik Yoon
wiley   +1 more source

Patient‐Reported Outcomes with Selpercatinib Treatment Among Patients with RET‐Mutant Medullary Thyroid Cancer in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO‐001 Trial

open access: yesThe Oncologist, EarlyView., 2021
Abstract Background Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) standard of care includes multikinase inhibitors (MKIs), which can exacerbate disease‐related diarrhea, primarily because of non‐RET kinase inhibition. We report diarrhea and other patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) with selpercatinib, a highly selective RET inhibitor, among patients with RET‐mutant MTC ...
Lori J. Wirth   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health care costs matter: a review of nutrition economics – is there a role for nutritional support to reduce the cost of medical health care?

open access: yesNutrition and Dietary Supplements, 2017
Jane K Naberhuis,1 Vivienne N Hunt,2 Jvawnna D Bell,3 Jamie S Partridge,3 Scott Goates,3 Mark JC Nuijten4 1Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA; 2Abbott Nutrition, Research and Development ...
Naberhuis JK   +5 more
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Effectiveness of a Structured Nutrition Education Course for Caregivers of Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Improving Glycemic and Dietary Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

open access: yesOpen Access Journal of Clinical Trials, 2021
Nicholas Bari Ndahura,1,2 Judith Munga,1 Judith Kimiywe,1 Ezekiel Mupere3 1Department of Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Department of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda ...
Ndahura NB, Munga J, Kimiywe J, Mupere E
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Health insurance impacts on health and nonmedical consumption in a developing country [PDF]

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The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes, health care utilization, and non-medical household consumption.
Pradhan, Menno, Wagstaff, Adam
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Factors Affecting the Appropriate Angiography Prescription in Iranian Hospitals

open access: yesHealth Care Science, EarlyView.
Graphical Abstract Factors influencing appropriate angiography prescriptions. ABSTRACT Background Inappropriate angiography prescriptions impose substantial financial and clinical burdens on healthcare systems. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive model for appropriate angiography prescription by examining supply‐and demand‐side factors in ...
Atieh Sadat Bigdeli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND NURSING MANAGEMENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEAN PHILOSOPHY IN HEALTHCARE

open access: yesCogitare Enfermagem, 2019
This article aimed to reflect on hospital management and nursing management based on the Lean Philosophy in Healthcare. It was concluded that hospitals and their most numerous health professionals, the nursing team, may benefit from the application of ...
Thaís Oliveira da Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing the determinants of willingness-to-pay values for testing the validity of the contingent valuation method. Application to home care compared to hospital care [PDF]

open access: yes
The contingent valuation (CV) method is an attractive approach for comparing home care to hospital care in which the only difference is patients' well-being during the treatment process and not health outcomes.
Magali Morelle   +3 more
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