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The Dental Public Health Workforce: Employer Expectations and Future Directions

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines employer expectations within the dental public health (DPH) profession and evaluates the alignment of DPH training programs with workforce demands, identifying critical gaps and opportunities for improvement.
Lauren Gritzer, Athanasios Zavras, Enihomo Obadan‐Udoh, Evangelin Yeeda, Hend Alqaderi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Specialist Residency program on the Performance Indicators of Emergency Department of Hospitals in Tehran: An Interrupted Time Series Study

پژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2020
The Effect of Specialist Residency Program on the Performance Indicators of Emergency Departments in Hospitals Affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences: An Interrupted Time Series Study   Rabeti Morteza1, Tajvar Maryam2, Askari Maryam Sadat3 ...
Morteza Rabeti, Maryam Tajvar, Maryam Sadat Askari, Marita Mohammadshahi, Ebrahim Jaffari Poyan   +4 more
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Association between preexisting long‐term care needs and in‐hospital mortality and long‐term outcomes in older inpatients with pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of General and Family Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Limited evidence exists regarding the impact of baseline functional and cognitive impairments on the outcomes of patients with pneumonia. Methods We used medical and long‐term care administrative databases in a prefecture in Japan that contained care need levels assessed using the national standardized certification system.
Jumpei Taniguchi, Hayato Yamana, Yuichiro Matsuo, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Hiroki Matsui, Takahide Kohro, Hideo Yasunaga   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic studies showing positive competition effects on hospital performance fully controlled for the factors cited by recent critics [PDF]

, 2012
Criticisms have been made of recent influential studies that show improving performance in hospitals operating in more competitive environments compared with hospitals that have a local monopoly on care.
Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Jones, Simon, McGuire, Alistair   +3 more
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Comparison of inpatient subspecialty care delivery models: Clinical outcomes and racial disparities in dedicated versus consultative pulmonary care

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Subspecialty inpatient care is associated with improved outcomes in various clinical settings. However, clinical outcomes and racial disparities between dedicated inpatient pulmonary care and general medicine services with pulmonary consultation remain unknown.
Bhavik P. Patel, Caitlin B. Clancy, Scott D. Halpern, Rachel Kohn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circular statistics in Stata, revisited [PDF]

Circular data are a large class of directional data, which are of interest to scientists in many fields, including biologists (movements of migrating animals), meteorologists (winds), geologists (directions of joints and faults), and geomorphologists ...
Nicholas J. Cox
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Demonstrating the use of population level data to investigate trends in the rate, radiation dose and cost of Computed Tomography across clinical groups: Are there any areas of concern?

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
This repeated cross‐sectional study examined trends in CT use, costs and associated radiation dosages between high‐level clinical groups. CT use increased for most patient groups though the degree of increase varied between groups, while trends in costs and radiation dosages varied substantially between clinical groups. This work highlights areas which
Sviatlana Kamarova, David Youens, Ninh T. Ha, Max Bulsara, Jenny Doust, Richard Fox, Marlene Kritz, Donald McRobbie, Peter O'Leary, Paul M. Parizel, John Slavotinek, Cameron Wright, Rachael Moorin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A reasonable benchmarking frontier using DEA : an incentive scheme to improve efficiency in public hospitals [PDF]

, 2007
There exists research relating management concepts with productivity measurement methods that offers useful solutions for improving management control in the public sector.
Prior, Diego, Surroca, Jordi
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Artificial intelligence in radiation therapy treatment planning: A discrete choice experiment

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
We conducted a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to explore the preferences of radiation oncology professionals regarding which key features of AI systems might impact future adoption in clinical settings. Our findings suggest that the respondents preferred AI systems that offer the largest time saving, and that provide explanations of the AI reasoning (
Milena Lewandowska, Deborah Street, Jackie Yim, Scott Jones, Rosalie Viney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing Differences in Rural Hospital Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach [PDF]

This study analyzes difference in efficiency among the U.S. rural hospitals using a two-stage, semi-parametric approach. Data Envelopment Analysis is used in the first stage to calculate cost, technical and allocative efficiencies of Critical Access ...
Barnes, James N., Fannin, James Matthew, Nedelea, I. Cristian   +2 more
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