A survey of health care models that encompass multiple departments [PDF]
, 2009 In this survey we review quantitative health care models to illustrate the extent to which they encompass multiple hospital departments. The paper provides general overviews of the relationships that exists between major hospital departments and ...
Boucherie, Richard J. +4 more
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Estimated Risk of HIV Acquisition and Practice for Preventing Occupational Exposure: A Study of Healthcare Workers at Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and other infections via exposure to infectious patients' blood and body fluids.
A Kilale +25 more
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Current state of antimicrobial stewardship in children’s hospital emergency departments [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) effectively optimize antibiotic use for inpatients; however, the extent of emergency department (ED) involvement in ASPs has not been described.
Dayan, Peter S +7 more
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Hospital-based alternatives to acute paediatric admission: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2005 Objective: To synthesise published evidence of the impacts of introducing hospital-based alternatives to acute paediatric admission. Design: Systematic review of studies of interventions published in English.
Ogilvie, D.
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Job Satisfaction Among the Nurses of Makueni District Hospital, Kenya [PDF]
, 2016 The purpose of the study was to evaluate the level of job satisfaction among the nurses of Makueni District Hospital. This was necessitated by the high nurse staff turnover from the facility and a myriad of complains from various departments.
Mathulu, A. W. (Anthony) +1 more
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Examining cost variation across hospital departments--a two-stage multi-level approach using patient-level data [PDF]
, 2010 Studies of hospital efficiency seldom lead to changes in practice, partly because recommendations are unspecific or results are not seen as robust. We describe a method to compare hospital costs that utilises patient-level data.
Andrew Street +45 more
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The role of microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals [PDF]
, 2007 This observational, cross-sectional study describes the role played by clinical microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals.
Bruce, Julie +7 more
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Meeting the four-hour deadline in an A&E department [PDF]
, 2011 This is the print version of the Article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below - Copyright @ 2011 EmeraldPurpose – Accident and emergency (A&E) departments experience a secondary peak in patient length of stay (LoS) at ...
Clarke, M +3 more
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A decision support system for demand and capacity modelling of an accident and emergency department [PDF]
, 2020 © 2019 Operational Research Society.Accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England have been struggling against severe capacity constraints. In addition, A&E demands have been increasing year on year. In this study, our aim was to develop a decision
Demir, Eren +2 more
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Increasing Short-Stay Unplanned Hospital Admissions among Children in England; Time Trends Analysis '97-'06 [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: Timely care by general practitioners in the community keeps children out of hospital and provides better continuity of care. Yet in the UK, access to primary care has diminished since 2004 when changes in general practitioners' contracts ...
A Gadomski +30 more
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