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Objectives Failure to rescue deteriorating patients in hospital is a well-researched topic. We aimed to explore the impact of safer care on health economic considerations for clinicians, providers and policymakers.Design We undertook a rapid review of ...
Dyfrig A Hughes +7 more
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Determinants of Hospital Inpatient Costs in the Iranian Elderly: A Micro-costing Analysis [PDF]
Objectives Aging is assumed to be accompanied by greater health care expenditures. The objective of this retrospective, bottom-up micro-costing study was to identify and analyze the variables related to increased health care costs for the elderly from ...
Ebrahim Hazrati +4 more
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The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions [PDF]
We use an event study approach to examine the economic consequences of hospital admissions for adults in two datasets: survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, and hospitalization data linked to credit reports. For non-elderly adults with health insurance, hospital admissions increase out-of-pocket medical spending, unpaid medical bills, and ...
Dobkin, Carlos +3 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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The Effect of SNAP Purchasing Power on Diet Quality
ABSTRACT The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits millions of eligible low‐income Americans by increasing access to food, helping to reduce food insecurity. Previous studies have documented that the geographical variation in local food prices leads to significant differences in SNAP's purchasing power.
Farah Khan, Augustine Denteh
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A hybrid Reinforcement Learning–Explainable AI framework integrates SHAP and LIME explanations directly into a Deep Q‐Network inference loop for real‐time ICU decision support. Trained on 18 142 mechanically ventilated stays from the eICU database, the system attains 93.0% decision accuracy, 20% fewer errors than RL alone, and a 91% clinician trust ...
Jannatul Ferdaus Disha +2 more
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Healthcare Services: Patient Satisfaction and Loyalty Lessons from Islamic Friendly Hospitals
Muhammad Khalilur Rahman,1 Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan,2 Suhaiza Zailani3 1Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, 16100, Malaysia; 2School of Economics, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou ...
Rahman MK, Bhuiyan MA, Zailani S
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Background Timely lab results are important to clinical decision-making and hospital flow. However, at our institution, unreliable blood sample collection for patients with central venous access jeopardised this outcome and created staff dissatisfaction ...
Michael Koch +9 more
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BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM [PDF]
The terminology used in the newly emerging field called “behavioural economics” and some of its contributors are discussed in this paper. Behavioural economics, in the primal used way of payment for the hospital care providers called DRGs, is ...
Virgiliu GHITULESCU +6 more
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Purpose To evaluate cost, outcomes, and incremental cost‐effectiveness of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy comparing visualization using a 1.9 mm distal chip‐on‐tip needlescope versus a standard 4 mm glass rod lens arthroscope. Methods We retrospectively reviewed prospectively collected data (from a larger randomized controlled trial) on patients ...
James H. Lubowitz, Chad Lavender
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