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Connecting the dots: A narrative review of the relationship between heart failure and cognitive impairment

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1119-1131, April 2025.
Abstract Large clinical data underscore that heart failure is independently associated to an increased risk of negative cognitive outcome and dementia. Emerging evidence suggests that cerebral hypoperfusion, stemming from reduced cardiac output and vascular pathology, may contribute to the largely overlapping vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease ...
Mauro Massussi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of surgical complications on hospital costs and revenues: retrospective database study of Medicare claims

open access: yesJournal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 2023
Aim: To compare the length of stay, hospital costs and hospital revenues for Medicare patients with and without a subset of potentially preventable postoperative complications after major noncardiac surgery.
Samer Haidar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using behavioral economics concepts to increase organizational learning in an NHS hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the dissemination systems that hospitals use to spread information about particular safety incidents can be enhanced using behavioural economics concepts. Design/methodology/approach The current
Baber, I. K.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Cost‐utility analysis of add‐on Qili Qiangxin capsules in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in China

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims The study aimed to analyse the cost‐utility of Chinese patent medicine Qili Qiangxin (QLQX) capsules in heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction from the healthcare payer's perspective. Methods and results From the perspective of the healthcare payer, a Markov model was established to estimate the cost‐utility of adding QLQX ...
Lu Wang, Yinglin Wang, Quan Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of the Effect of Aging on Health Costs: A Systematic Review

open access: yesپژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2020
Investigation of the Effect of Aging on Health Costs: A Systematic Review   Rezapour Aziz1, Arabloo Jalal2, Alipour Vahid3*, Alipour Samira4   1. Associate Professor, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences ...
Aziz Rezapour   +3 more
doaj  

The public sector in the Caribbean : issues and reform options [PDF]

open access: yes
The public sector's performance in the Caribbean varies, in reducing poverty and in creating an enabling environment for growth. Barbados and the Bahamas have been the high performers, Guyana and the Dominican Republic have been sluggish, and the other ...
Swaroop, Vinaya
core  

Effects of Changes in Public Policy on Efficiency and Productivity of General Hospitals in Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The health sector reform programme which began in Vietnam in 1989 in order to improve the efficiency of the health system has altered the way in which Vietnamese hospitals operate. The programme put the spotlight on input savings.
Guven-Uslu, Pinar, Linh, Thuy Pham
core   +1 more source

Prescription of guideline‐directed medical therapy in heart failure: impact on mortality and readmission

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Routine data analysis showing a better outcome regarding mortality and readmission in HF patients when being prescribed the current four‐drug treatment (vs. the outdated two‐drug therapy) 91–365 days after index hospital stay. Abstract Aims The 2021 European heart failure (HF) guidelines recommend the combination of four drugs as a standard therapy ...
Martin Möckel   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determine of cost drivers in Activity Based Costing method of hospital services

open access: yesپژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2019
Determination of Cost Drivers through Activity Based Costing Method in Determination of Hospital Services Costs  Meshkani Zahra1, Reza Pour Aziz2, Alipour Vahid3, Farabi Hero1*, Mazdaki Alireza4, Hakimi Narges5 1. Ph.D.
Zahra Meshkani   +5 more
doaj  

Economic Impact of Hospital Closure on Rural Communities in Three Southern States: Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. A Quasi-Experimental Approach. [PDF]

open access: yes
The important contribution of hospitals to the economies of rural areas has been the subject of several research studies. The results, however, have been contradictory.
Freshwater, David   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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