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GCT: What happened after 10 years of curettage and cement? Retrospective study of 46 cases [PDF]

open access: yesActa Ortopédica Brasileira, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To compare the functional outcome of patients with and without arthrosis, and to determine whether the development of arthrosis is related to the distance of the tumor from the subchondral bone.
André Mathias Baptista   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Diversity and Regional Inequalities: Assessing the Outcomes of the Spanish 'System of Health Care Services' [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
The consolidation of a universal health system coupled with a process of regional devolution characterise the institutional reforms of the National Health System (NHS) in Spain in the last two decades. However, scarce empirical evidence has been reported on the effects of both changes in health inputs, outputs and outcomes, both at the country and at ...
Guillem López   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The use of routine outcome measures in two child and adolescent mental health services: a completed audit cycle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Routine outcome measurement (ROM) is important for assessing the clinical effectiveness of health services and for monitoring patient outcomes. Within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK the adoption of ROM in CAMHS
Marriott, Michael   +27 more
core   +1 more source

The Assessment and Impact of Careless Responding in Routine Outcome Monitoring within Mental Health Care [PDF]

open access: yesMultivariate Behavioral Research, 2019
Careless responding by mental health patients on self-report assessments is rarely investigated in routine care despite the potential for serious consequences such as faulty clinical decisions. We investigated validity indices most appropriate for detecting careless responding in routine outcome monitoring (ROM) in mental health-care.
Conijn, J.M.   +4 more
openaire   +7 more sources

Involvement of patients or their representatives in quality management functions in EU hospitals:implementation and impact on patient-centred care strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to describe the involvement of patients or their representatives in quality management (QM) functions and to assess associations between levels of involvement and the implementation of patient-centred care ...
Kristensen, S   +101 more
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Perforator Number on Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2014
BackgroundPerforator flaps minimize abdominal site morbidity during autologous breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the number of perforators harvested influences the overall deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP ...
Ritwik Grover   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dysphagia is a strong predictor of death and functional dependence at three months post-stroke

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022
Background: Few Brazilian studies investigated risk factors for dysphagia and associated complications in a large cohort. Objective: To investigate frequency, predictors, and associated outcomes of dysphagia in patients up to three months post-stroke.
Aline Cristina PACHECO-CASTILHO   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personality disorder in primary care : factors associated with therapy process and outcome. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Assessment and treatment of personality disorder (PD) is a key issue in UK mental health service provision (NIMH report, 2003), but there is limited information on individuals with personality disorder presenting to primary care mental health services ...
Jones, Steven H.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Managing clinical uncertainty in older people towards the end of life: a systematic review of person-centred tools

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Older people with multi-morbidities commonly experience an uncertain illness trajectory. Clinical uncertainty is challenging to manage, with risk of poor outcomes.
Clare Ellis-Smith   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Evidence Assessment of Mental Health Outcomes of Pandemics for Health Care Workers: Implications for the Covid-19 Pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Little is known about the long-term mental health (MH) impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care workers (HCWs). However, synthesizing knowledge from past pandemics can help to anticipate this, along with identifying interventions required, when, and target populations most in need.
Sara Waring, Susan Giles
openaire   +3 more sources

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