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Study of the prototype mechanism of height adjustment of the bed in hospital bed

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
The presented kinematic system of the mechanism is an effect of a design process taking into an account design objectives specified by the medical staff in a hospital.
Malujda Ireneusz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and readmission rates across hospitals by medicare bed share

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), implemented beginning in 2013, seeks to incentivize Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) hospitals to reduce 30-day readmissions for selected inpatient cohorts including acute ...
Souvik Banerjee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Models and methods for determining the optimal number of beds in hospitals and regions: a systematic scoping review

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Determining the optimal number of hospital beds is a complex and challenging endeavor and requires models and techniques which are sensitive to the multi-level, uncertain, and dynamic variables involved. This study identifies and characterizes
Hamid Ravaghi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge and Oral Hygiene Practice by School Children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

open access: yesUpdate Dental College Journal, 2019
Background: A healthy mouth enables people to eat, speak and socialize without pain, discomfort or embarrassment. The Oral cavity is a portal of entry and the site for microbial infections that affect overall health status; Oral diseases are one of the ...
Mohammad Nazmul Kabir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical Care Capacity for Influenza Outbreaks, Los Angeles

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
In December 1997, media reported hospital overcrowding and “the worst [flu epidemic] in the past two decades” in Los Angeles County (LAC). We found that rates of pneumonia and influenza deaths, hospitalizations, and claims were substantially higher for ...
Carol A. Glaser   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural hospital bed management practices during influenza season

open access: yesRural and Remote Health, 2022
Introduction: Rural health services face greater challenges in managing infectious patients due to lack of specialty beds and longer lengths of stay.
Colleen Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bed bathing patients in hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
There are a number of circumstances that may affect an individual's ability to maintain personal hygiene. Hospitalised patients, and in particular those who are bedridden, may become dependent on nursing staff to carry out their hygiene needs.
Downey, L., Lloyd, Hilary
core   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF BED UTILIZATION PERFORMANCE OF HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS IN TURKEY WITH GREY RELATED ANALYSIS

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2019
The aim of this study was to analyze the bed utilization performance of hospital departments in Turkey with grey relational method. Grey relational analysis was used to determine the bed utılization performance levels of surgery and internal clinics in ...
Arzu YİĞİT
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of sexual satisfaction among patients with chronic pain

open access: yesFrontiers in Pain Research
ObjectivesSexual satisfaction is an important aspect of quality of life. Chronic pain, depression and anxiety, and relational problems correspond with higher risk for sexual difficulties.
Aex Barr   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing Balance Performance on Force Platform Measures in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Adults

open access: yesParkinson's Disease, 2018
Introduction. Postural instability is a known contributing factor to balance dysfunction and increased fall risk in those with Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Cathy C. Harro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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