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Costs of potentially inappropriate medication use in residential aged care facilities
Background The potential harms of some medications may outweigh their potential benefits (inappropriate medication use). Despite recommendations to avoid the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults, the prevalence of PIM use ...
S. L. Harrison+8 more
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To Extend or Not to Extend the Primary Care “Fee Bump” In Medicaid? [PDF]
Abstract Policy makers and researchers are eager to learn the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) and its many provisions, but to date, they have been frustrated by the dearth of robust evidence on the ACA's true impacts on important health care and patient outcomes (e.g., access to primary care ...
David K. Jones, Adam S. Wilk
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Objective To summarise existing systematic reviews that assess the effects of non-pharmacological, pharmacological and alternative therapies on activities of daily living (ADL) function in people with dementia.Design Overview of systematic reviews ...
Lindy Clemson+4 more
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Objective To investigate the effect of extended care based on the PRISMS sheet on improving the self-efficacy and health status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
WANGYUAN Jingmei (王袁婧美)+3 more
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Nurses: Extending Care through Telehealth [PDF]
Nurses have an immense impact on the growth and scope of Telehealth as they embrace diverse roles. TeleNursing introduces transformational change which positively impacts both clients and providers, increasing access to care and reducing the time and costs associated with traveling for health care.
null Maryah+9 more
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Background The discrepancy between the number of admissions and the allocation of hospital beds means that many patients admitted to hospital can be placed in units or wards other than that which specialise in the patient’s primary health issue (home ...
Lua Perimal-Lewis+5 more
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Visual process maps to support implementation efforts: a case example
Background Process mapping is often used in quality improvement work to examine current processes and workflow and to identify areas to intervene to improve quality.
Jennifer Kononowech+8 more
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EXTENDING THE CARE OF PREGNANCY [PDF]
The question of prenatal care, or in other words, the supervision of pregnancy in the interest of mother and child, is attracting a great deal of attention. Have we any new measures to report? Has the laboratory or the clinician recently brought to light novel methods of therapy or prophylaxis?
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Background Access to rehabilitation services for people living in residential care facilities is frequently limited. A randomised trial of a hospital outreach hip fracture rehabilitation program in residential care facilities has demonstrated ...
Maria Crotty+5 more
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Background: Though coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a life-saving surgery and a standardized procedure, the aim of the surgery is survival with quality of life (QOL).
Jyoti M Chaudhari+3 more
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