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Discharge planning from hospital. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries. The aim of discharge planning is to reduce hospital length of stay and unplanned readmission to hospital, and to improve the co-ordination of services following ...
D. Gonçalves-Bradley+4 more
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Revitalizing Hospital Planning
Gordon R. Cumming
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Caregiver Integration During Discharge Planning for Older Adults to Reduce Resource Use: A Metaanalysis [PDF]
Objectives To determine the effect of integrating informal caregivers into discharge planning on postdischarge cost and resource use in older adults. Design A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials that examine the effect of ...
Rodakowski, Juleen+8 more
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Background: Family planning refers to a conscious effort by a couple to limit or space the number of children they have through the use of contraceptive methods. Study Objective: The broad objective was to determine the factors affecting the utilization
Denis Turyasingura
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Tackling the readmission epidemic: a resident teaching service perspective [PDF]
Background: Readmission rates are projected to serve as quality measures that have the potential to negatively impact hospital and physician reimbursement. Individual physicians and hospitals are developing plans to reduce readmission rates.
Ravi K. Sharma+4 more
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Hospital length of stay for COVID-19 patients: Data-driven methods for forward planning
Background Predicting hospital length of stay (LoS) for patients with COVID-19 infection is essential to ensure that adequate bed capacity can be provided without unnecessarily restricting care for patients with other conditions. Here, we demonstrate the
Bindu Vekaria+16 more
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Measuring Processes of Integrated Care for Hospital to Home Transitions
Background: Integrated care is a promising approach to improve transitions from hospital for older adults. Measures of integrated care tend to be survey-based or outcomes focused.
Cara L. Brown, Verena Menec
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) news coming from Italy should be sobering to health system leaders throughout the world. We are witnessing an advanced health system stretched beyond its capacity.
J. Cavallo, D. Donoho, H. Forman
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Three-dimensional virtual bone bank system workflow for structural bone allograft selection: a technical report [PDF]
Structural bone allograft has been used in bone defect reconstruction during the last fifty years with acceptable results. However, allograft selection methods were based on 2-dimensional templates using X-rays.Thanks to preoperative planning platforms ...
Aponte Tinao, Luis+5 more
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