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Value of improving patient safety: health economic considerations for rapid response systems–a rapid review of the literature and expert round table

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Hospital Inpatient Costs in the Iranian Elderly: A Micro-costing Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Economic Review, 2018
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
openaire   +6 more sources

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of SNAP Purchasing Power on Diet Quality

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Reinforcement Learning With Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Real‐Time Clinical Decision Support in Dynamic Healthcare Environments

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare Services: Patient Satisfaction and Loyalty Lessons from Islamic Friendly Hospitals

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence, 2021
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
doaj  

Simple signature/countersignature shared-accountability quality improvement initiative to improve reliability of blood sample collection: an essential clinical task

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM [PDF]

open access: yesEconomica, 2018
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
doaj  

No Significant Difference in Cost or Outcomes at 1‐Year Minimum Follow‐Up After Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy Comparing 1.9 mm Distal Chip‐on‐Tip Needlescope Versus 4 mm Glass Rod Lens Arthroscope: Both Treatments Are Highly Cost‐Effective

open access: yesArthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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