Women's secure hospital services: national bed numbers and distribution. [PDF]
, 2012 A mapping exercise as part of a pathway study of women in secure psychiatric services in the England and Wales was conducted. It aimed to (i) establish the extent and range of secure service provision for women nationally and (ii) establish the present ...
Bartlett, A, Harty, M, Somers, N
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Alcohol consumption and use of acute and mental health hospital services in the West of Scotland Collaborative prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2009 <b>Background</b>: Overconsumption of alcohol affects health. Data from men from the West of Scotland Collaborative study were analysed to see how reported alcohol wasrelated to acute and mental health hospital admissions. <b>Methods&
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L.
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Study of the prototype mechanism of height adjustment of the bed in hospital bed
MATEC 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
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BMC 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
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Approaching zero : temporal effects of a restrictive antibiotic policy on hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile, extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing coliforms and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]
, 2013 A restrictive antibiotic policy banning routine use of ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin was implemented in a 450-bed district general hospital following an educational campaign.
Christison, F. +5 more
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BMC 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
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Pain Research and Management, 2022 Background. Comorbid chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) complicate the treatment of both conditions. Previous research has identified pain catastrophizing as a potentially important variable contributing to the relationship between ...
Matthew Schumann +6 more
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The transmission of nosocomial pathogens in an intensive care unit: a space–time clustering and structural equation modelling approach [PDF]
, 2010 We investigated the incidence of cases of nosocomial pathogens and risk factors in an intensive treatment unit ward to determine if the number of cases is dependent on location of patients and the colonization/infection history of the ward.
A. G. O'DONNELL +6 more
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Knowledge and Oral Hygiene Practice by School Children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Update 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
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Rural hospital bed management practices during influenza season
Rural 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
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