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Groping for Autonomy: The Federal Government and American Hospitals [PDF]

, 1999
This article chronicles the slow but steady emergence of countervailing power in the hospital industry since mid-century. The transformation of American health care policymaking reflects the federal government\u27s growing fiscal obligations as the ...
Hackey, Robert B.
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Association of Early Palliative Care Use With Survival and Place of Death Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Receiving Care in the Veterans Health Administration.

JAMA Oncology, 2019
Importance Palliative care is a patient-centered approach associated with improvements in quality of life; however, results regarding its association with a survival benefit have been mixed, which may be a factor in its underuse.
D. Sullivan, B. Chan, J. Lapidus, L. Ganzini, Lissi Hansen, P. Carney, E. Fromme, M. Marino, S. Golden, K. Vranas, C. Slatore   +10 more
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Uncovering nonlinear patterns in time-sensitive prehospital breathing emergencies: an exploratory machine learning study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Background Timely prehospital care is crucial for patients presenting with high-risk time-sensitive (HRTS) conditions. However, the interplay between response time and demographic factors in patients with breathing problems remains insufficiently ...
Peter Hill, Daniel Jonsson, Jakob Lederman, Peter Bolin, Veronica Vicente   +4 more
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Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Priorities for the Obama Administration [PDF]

, 2009
Presents results of a survey of experts on priorities in healthcare reform and related economic stimulus for the Barack Obama administration, including new regulations, employer financing of coverage, and an insurance exchange with a public ...
Karen Davis, Kristof Stremikis, Sara R. Collins, Stuart Guterman   +3 more
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Work hours and turnover intention among hospital physicians in Taiwan: does income matter?

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Background Physician shortage has become an urgent and critical challenge to many countries. According to the workforce dynamic model, long work hours may be one major pressure point to the attrition of physicians. Financial incentive is a common tool to
Yu-Hsuan Tsai, Nicole Huang, Li-Yin Chien, Jen-Huai Chiang, Shu-Ti Chiou   +4 more
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Health Informatics, Sustainable Health Care Development and Malnutrition in India [PDF]

, 2011
Health informatics aims at studying the principal computer applications related to technology in developing human health care and solving the existing problems to facilitate efficient management.
Balgir, RS
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Administrative Challenges to the Integration of Oral Health With Primary Care [PDF]

, 2016
Inadequate access to preventive oral health services contributes to oral health disparities and is a major public health concern in the United States.
Gano, Laura, Kochhar, Komal, Maxey, Hannah L., Norwood, Connor W., Randolph, Courtney   +4 more
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Disease-specific health literacy, disease knowledge, and adherence behavior among patients with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background To examine the association between health literacy, level of disease knowledge, and adherence behavior among patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods A cross-sectional survey study of 1059 Mandarin- and Taiwanese-speaking patients aged 20 years ...
Jue-Zong Yeh, Chung-jen Wei, Shuen-fu Weng, Cheng-yu Tsai, Jia-hui Shih, Chung-liang Shih, Chiung-hsuan Chiu   +6 more
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Veterans Health Administration Investments In Primary Care And Mental Health Integration Improved Care Access.

Health Affairs, 2019
Aiming to increase care access, the national Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) initiative of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) embedded specialists, care managers, or both in primary care clinics to collaboratively care for veterans ...
Lucinda B. Leung, L. Rubenstein, Jean Yoon, E. Post, Erin Jaske, K. Wells, R. Trivedi   +6 more
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“Sepsis brought him to his knees”: exploring the lived experiences and perspectives of sepsis survivors and family members to inform a sepsis public education campaign in Canada

BMC Public Health
Background Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of the body’s response to fighting an infection. The global burden of sepsis is incredibly high, accounting for an estimated 20% percent of all global deaths as well as high hospitalization costs and ...
Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Rebecca Brundin-Mather, Deirdre Walsh, Sara J. Mizen, Cynthia Sriskandarajah, Marie-Maxime Bergeron, Denise E. Werner, Kirsten M. Fiest   +7 more
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