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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and hospital economics [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a powerful, life-prolonging technology, but is resource-intensive. Methods: This retrospective analysis utilized Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) inpatient data (October 2019–December 2022) to ...
Ratiu Anna   +5 more
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Economics of Preventing Hospital Infection

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
The economics of preventing hospital-acquired infections is most often described in general terms. The underlying concepts and mechanisms are rarely made explicit but should be understood for research and policy-making.
Nicholas Graves
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Uso de ecografía portátil para realizar E-FAST por residentes de cirugía general en un centro de referencia en trauma: primera experiencia en la región del Caribe Colombiano

open access: yesRevista Colombiana de Cirugía, 2023
Introducción. La evaluación enfocada extendida con ecografía en trauma (E-FAST, extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma) puede realizarse con entrenamiento mínimo y lograr resultados ideales. Su fácil transporte permite usarla en entornos
Hernando Thorné-Vélez   +4 more
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Influenza as an important factor causing increased risk of patients’ deaths, excessive morbidity and prolonged hospital stays

open access: yesArchives of Medical Science, 2021
Introduction Influenza infection is associated with potential serious complications, increased hospitalization rates and a higher risk of death. Material and methods A retrospective comparative analysis of selected indicators of hospitalization at the ...
Jarosław Drobnik   +4 more
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Hospital Economics of the Hospitalist [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Services Research, 2003
Objective To determine the economic impact on the hospital of a hospitalist program and to develop insights into the relative economic importance of variables such as reductions in mean length of stay and cost, improvements in throughput (patients discharged per unit time), payer methods of reimbursement, and the cost of the hospitalist program.Data ...
Douglas, Gregory   +2 more
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20 years of Nordic comparative health economics research

open access: yesNordic Journal of Health Economics, 2023
Nordic comparative health economics research stands out internationally both by its access to excellent patient data and its long-time commitment to rigorous analyses.
Sverre A.C.   +2 more
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Practice and Hospital Economics [PDF]

open access: yesClinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2006
There has been a significant effort over the past 10 years to attempt to control the rate of increase in the cost of medical care. However, as is true of any economic system, there are multiple stakeholders involved and often competing motivations. The single largest source of medical inflation is the cost of pharmaceuticals; however, this topic is not
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Predictive behaviour of maternal health inputs and child mortality in West Bengal – An analysis based on NFHS-3

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
The well-being of both the mother and the child determines the health of the next generation. This in turn can predict future public health challenges that the health care system of an economy would be concerned with.
Saswati Chaudhuri, Biswajit Mandal
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Quantifying cancer: Metrics, self-sustainable philanthropy, and tacit epistemological ethics in an East Indian cancer hospital

open access: yesGlobal Public Health, 2023
This article ethnographically traces the performance of data collection and analysis for a cancer cost-of-illness study in an East Indian Cancer hospital.
Robert D. Smith
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