Results 31 to 40 of about 417,585 (192)

Balancing revenue generation with capacity generation: case distribution, financial impact and hospital capacity changes from cancelling or resuming elective surgeries in the US during COVID-19

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background To increase bed capacity and resources, hospitals have postponed elective surgeries, although the financial impact of this decision is unknown.
Joseph E. Tonna, Heidi A. Hanson, Jessica N. Cohan, Marta L. McCrum, Joshua J. Horns, Benjamin S. Brooke, Rupam Das, Brenna C. Kelly, Alexander John Campbell, James Hotaling   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regional disparities and multidimensional determinants of hospital bed allocation in China: spatial evidence for public health policymaking

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionMedical resource distribution in China exhibits marked spatial disparities, with hospital bed allocation demonstrating particularly pronounced regional inequalities.
Ke Hu, Xingjin Yang, Yu Cai, Chaojie Li, Xing Zhang, Di Xiao, Mingyang Yu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a model for predicting hospital beds shortage and optimal policies using system dynamics approach

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Policymakers use simulation-based models to improve system feedback and model the reality of the problems in the system. This study uses the system dynamics approach to provide a model for predicting hospital bed shortages and determine the ...
Seyede Maryam Najibi, Seyed Hosein Seyedi, Payam Farhadi, Erfan Kharazmi, Payam Shojaei, Sajad Delavari, Farhad Lotfi, Zahra kavosi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between disability measures and healthcare costs after initial treatment for acute stroke [PDF]

, 2007
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The distribution of 3-month modified Rankin scale (mRS) scores has been used as an outcome measure in acute stroke trials.
Ali, M., Chang, T.P., Davis, S.M., Dawson, J., Diener, H.C., Lees, J.S., Lees, K.R., Walters, M.R.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Distribution of hospital admissions in a middle-income country of the African region [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction: Few studies have reported the distribution of all hospital admissions at the entire country level in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Bryois, G.
core  

Using weighted hospital service area networks to explore variation in preventable hospitalization [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To demonstrate the use of multiple-membership multilevel models, which analytically structure patients in a weighted network of hospitals, for exploring between-hospital variation in preventable hospitalizations. Data Sources: Cohort of
Falster, Michael O., Jorm, Louisa R., Leyland, Alastair H.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Handrub dispensers per acute care hospital bed: a study to develop a new minimum standard

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background Accessibility to alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) dispenser is crucial to improve compliance to hand hygiene (HH), being offered as wall-mounted dispensers (ABHR-Ds), and/or pocket bottles. Nevertheless, information on the distribution and density
Sabine Kuster, Jan A. Roth, Reno Frei, Christoph A. Meier, Marc Dangel, Andreas F. Widmer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do scenario context and question order influence WTP? The application of a model of uncertain WTP to the CV of the morbidity impacts of air pollution [PDF]

, 1999
This paper presents a general framework for modelling responses to contingent valuation questions when respondents are uncertain about their ‘true’ WTP.
Day, B.H.
core  

Decreasing boarders in the emergency department by reducing clerical work in the discharge process of in-hospital patients in Brazil – an interrupted time-series analysis

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Emergency Department (ED) boarding is related to in-hospital patients' discharge since no beds will be available for receiving ED patients if there is a delay for patients in the yard leaving the hospital.
Diego Marques Moroço, Antonio Pazin-Filho   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community knowledge variation, bed-net coverage, the role of a district health care system and their implications for malaria control in Southern Malawi [PDF]

, 2012
This paper presents data on the pattern of knowledge of caregivers, bed-net coverage and the role of a rural district healthcare system, and their implications for malaria transmission, treatment, prevention and control in Chikhwawa, southern Malawi ...
Ferguson, Neil, Grimason, Anthony, Kazembe, L.N., Masangwi, Salule Joseph, Morse, Tracy   +4 more
core