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Access to primary care and the route of emergency admission to hospital: retrospective analysis of national hospital administrative data [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The UK government is pursuing policies to improve primary care access, as many patients visit accident and emergency (A and E) departments after being unable to get suitable general practice appointments.
Bottle, A +8 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa +8 more
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Emergency Department Utilization and Capacity [PDF]
, 2009 Synthesizes research on who utilizes emergency departments, how often for non-urgent or preventable conditions and why, how cost-sharing affects utilization, and how utilization patterns affect hospital finances, overcrowding, and cost ...
Derek DeLia, Joel Cantor
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Factors that Influence the Way Communities Respond to Proposals for Major Changes to Local Emergency Services: A Qualitative Study [PDF]
, 2015 According to policy commentators, decisions about how best to organise care involve trade-offs between factors relating to care quality, workforce, cost, and patient access.
Barratt, H +3 more
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EP`S ACTIVITIES AT THE PRE-HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL STAGES
Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2019 Emergency medical education is becoming increasingly challenging as a result of shifting the workplace of emergency physician from ambulance to Emergency Department.
V. M. Teplov +4 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro +11 more
wiley +1 more source
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]
, 2003 Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Crouch, R. +9 more
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International Journal of Gerontology, 2014 The emergency department (ED) is a unique medical care environment with many challenges. Aging populations increasingly use the ED as an acute and chronic treatment site given the accessibility and resources inherent to emergency provider staff.
John H. Burton +2 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada +6 more
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