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Evaluating Michigan's community hospital access: spatial methods for decision support

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Geographics, 2006
Background Community hospital placement is dictated by a diverse set of geographical factors and historical contingency. In the summer of 2004, a multi-organizational committee headed by the State of Michigan's Department of Community Health approached ...
Varnakovida Pariwate   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inequality in Distribution of Health Care Resources in Iran: Human Resources, Health Centers and Hospital Beds

open access: yesShiraz E-Medical Journal, 2018
Background: One of the most important goals of health systems is equality in access to health services and one of the important dimensions of health equality in relation to resources distribution in this sector. Objectives: This study was done to examine the equality in resource distribution between provinces of Iran in 2014.
Farhad Lotfi   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluation of human resources proportion to the volume of services provided in hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences

open access: yesپژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2018
Evaluation of the Ratio of Human Resources to the Amount of Services Provided in Hospitals of Kerman Province   Yazdanpanah Maryam1, Jafarzadeh Shirin1*, Nakhaee Nozar2, Kamyabi Abbas1, Amiresmaili Mohammad Reza3 1.
Maryam Yazdanpanah   +4 more
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Does unequal economic development contribute to the inequitable distribution of healthcare resources? Evidence from China spanning 2001–2020

open access: yesGlobalization and Health
Background There is a dearth of research combining geographical big data on medical resource allocation and growth with various statistical data. Given the recent achievements of China in economic development and healthcare, this study takes China as an ...
Afei Qin   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing healthcare systems in Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Outline of key changes in healthcare systems in Asia including company developments and trade union ...
Lethbridge, Jane
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Using Queuing Theory and Simulation Modelling to Reduce Waiting Times in An Iranian Emergency Department

open access: yesInternational Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery, 2016
Background: Hospital emergencies have an essential role in health care systems. In the last decade, developed countries have paid great attention to overcrowding crisis in emergency departments.
Hourvash Akbari Haghighinejad   +6 more
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Does increasing the size of bi-weekly samples of records influence results when using the Global Trigger Tool? An observational study of retrospective record reviews of two different sample sizes

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2016
Objectives To investigate the impact of increasing sample of records reviewed bi-weekly with the Global Trigger Tool method to identify adverse events in hospitalised patients.Design Retrospective observational study.Setting A Norwegian 524-bed general ...
Kjersti Mevik   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pressure Ulcer Prevention System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, are a widespread but often understated problem. A pressure ulcer is an injury that develops with constant pressure on an area of skin for a long time.
Palomares, Rey-David, Rao, Ojus
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A Review on Pressure Ulcer: Aetiology, Cost, Detection and Prevention Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Pressure ulcer (also known as pressure sore, bedsore, ischemia, decubitus ulcer) is a global challenge for today’s healthcare society. Found in several locations in the human body such as the sacrum, heel, back of the head, shoulder, knee caps, it occurs
Cole, Jonathan   +3 more
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