Potential prescribing omissions according to START criteria at the time of hospital discharge
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 The purpose of this study is to describe the frequency of potential drug prescribing omissions (PPOs) for elderly patients at the time of hospital discharge and to compare the frequency PPOs among different medical specialities.
Aline Cristina Luz +2 more
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Establishing Data Warehouse to Improve Standardize Health Care Delivery: A Protocol Development in Jakarta City [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Jakarta is a metropolitan city and among the most dense city in Indonesia. Jakarta has 12 major indicators of standardize health care delivery (Standard Pelayanan Minimum or SPM) derivates from Ministry of Health consists of services related to maternal and neonatal health, school-aged population, working-age population, elderly population, some ...
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Adaptation Of A Delirium Screening Test For Elderly Adults Admitted To Emergency Departments [PDF]
Geriatrics, Gerontology and AgingOBJECTIVE: Delirium is one of the most frequent syndromes among elderly patients admitted to emergency units and, despite presenting well-established symptoms and signs, there are still diagnostic failures.
Simone Rios Fonseca Ritter +5 more
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Patients, Primary Care, and Policy: Simulation Modeling for Health Care Decision Support [PDF]
Health Care Management Science 2021, 2019 Demand for health care is constantly increasing due to the ongoing demographic change, while at the same time health service providers face difficulties in finding skilled personnel. This creates pressure on health care systems around the world, such that the efficient, nationwide provision of primary health care has become one of society's greatest ...
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Primary care and healthcare utilization among older Brazilians (ELSI-Brazil)
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2018 OBJECTIVE To characterize healthcare access and utilization among older Brazilians. METHODS Data are from the baseline wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), which is a nationally representative, population-based cohort study
James Macinko +3 more
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Modeling differential rates of aging using routine laboratory data; Implications for morbidity and health care expenditure [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Aging is a multidimensional process where phenotypes change at varying rates. Longitudinal studies of aging typically involve following a cohort of individuals over the course of several years. This design is hindered by cost, attrition, and subsequently small sample size. Alternative methodologies are therefore warranted.
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Dynamical network stability analysis of multiple biological ages provides a framework for understanding the aging process [PDF]
, 2023 Widespread interest in non-destructive biomarkers of aging has led to a curse of plenty: a multitude of biological ages that each proffers a 'true' health-adjusted age of an individual. While each measure provides salient information on the aging process, they are each univariate, in contrast to the "hallmark" and "pillar" theories of aging which are ...
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Social security and labor absenteeism in a regional health service [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Absenteism can generate important economic costs. Aim: To analyze the determinants of the time off work for sick leaves granted to workers of a regional health service. Material and Methods: Information about 2033 individuals, working at a health service, that were granted at least one sick leave during 2012, was analyzed.
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Evaluación del efecto del PAMI en la cobertura en salud de los adultos mayores en Argentina [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 We conducted regression discontinuity design models in order to evaluate changes in access to healthcare services and financial protection, using as a natural experiment the age required to retire in Argentina, the moment in which people are able to enroll in the free social health insurance called PAMI.
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Does mobile phone ownership predict better utilization of maternal and newborn health services? a cross-sectional study in Timor-Leste. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundIncreasingly popular mobile health (mHealth) programs have been proposed to promote better utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services.
Gu, Jing +5 more
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