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Have the Pilot County Hospitals’ Service Capability Been Improved Since the Healthcare Reform? An Analysis of 370 Hospitals in China

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: County public hospital reform is one of the major tasks proposed in Chinese Healthcare Reform., and the evaluation of hospital reform effectiveness is very important and beneficial since it helps the government to understand the current ...
Yinhong Dong, Xingyi YANG, Pengqian FANG, Zhengqiong PAN, Zhenni LUO   +4 more
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Regional and Racial Variation in Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]

, 2008
Focuses on variations in healthcare delivery and outcomes among and within hospital service areas, in addition to racial and geographic disparities, as measured by five indicators.
Amitabh Chandra, David C. Goodman, Elliott S. Fisher   +2 more
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Effects of Changes in Public Policy on Efficiency and Productivity of General Hospitals in Vietnam [PDF]

, 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
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Medical Fabrics with Non‐Antibiotic, Supramolecular Antimicrobial Coatings: A Preventive Approach to Combat Biofilm Formation and Bacterial Dissemination

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The study presents an antibiotic‐free strategy using medical fabrics coated with supramolecular assemblies of polyarginine and hyaluronic acid. These coatings showed strong antimicrobial and anti‐biofilm activity in vitro and in vivo, achieving major bacterial load reductions, including against MRSA.
Adjara Diarrassouba, Abdessalem Rekiki, Cécile Loubière, Sabine Kuchler‐Bopp, Lauriane Petit, Cynthia Calligaro, Derry Mercer, Aurore Gaudin, Naomi Canourgues, Emilie Adicéam, Benoit Beitz, Jeremy Welsch, Annabelle Vigué, Markus j. Kettel, Michael Karl, Chloé Guilbaud‐Chéreau, Philippe Lavalle, Nihal Engin Vrana, Skander Hathroubi   +18 more
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Effectiveness of home-based exercise combined with nutritional care intervention in elderly patients with gastric cancer and sarcopenia: a retrospective study

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundSarcopenia and malnutrition are prevalent among elderly patients with gastric cancer, significantly impairing recovery and quality of life (QoL). Effective interventions targeting both nutritional and physical deficiencies are critical.
Chun-Jing Yang, Chun-Jing Yang, Li Chen, Li Chen, Li Chen, Qing Zhou, Qing Zhou, Hui Hou, Hui Hou, Feng-Yi Xie, Feng-Yi Xie   +10 more
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3D‐Printed Gastrointestinal Stents: In Vivo Evaluation in a Swine Small Bowel Perforation Model

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal fistulae and perforations can lead to severe complications including sepsis and patient death. In this work, the efficacy of 3D‐printed gastrointestinal stents composed of poly‐lactic‐acid (PLA) was evaluated in an in vivo swine model.
Gweniviere Capron, Parinaz Fathi, Tor Wolf Jensen, Derek J. Milner, André J. van der Vlies, Regan L. Moody, Elizabeth A. Bangert, Blair Rowitz, Dipanjan Pan, Matthew B. Wheeler   +9 more
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Managing Hospital medicine Costs in Healthcare Reform: Case Shari\'ati Hospital [PDF]

International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research, 2020
Background: The continuous growth of healthcare and medicine costs as a strategic commodity requires tools to identify high cost populations and cost control.
mehrdad kargari, Susan Sahranavard
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Historical roots of hospital centrism in Catalonia (1917-1980)

Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, 2021
The aim of this article is to analyse the roots of the Catalonia health reform, whose first projects on reform have been documented since 1917. This historical process set-up, in Catalonia, a hospital-centric model involving three sets of regenerating ...
Josep Barceló-Prats, Deborah Bekele
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State Hospital Rate-Setting Revisited [PDF]

, 2009
Reviews the impact of seven states' past regulation of hospital payments on state hospital cost increases. Considers how methods and enforcement capacities influence the effectiveness of rate-setting as well as implications for national healthcare ...
Graham Atkinson
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Multiphysics‐Driven Assembly of Biomimetic Vesicles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial extracellular vesicles, derived from cell membranes, are manufactured using a multiphysics‐integrated microfluidic platform that combines nanoknife membrane rupture, herringbone chaotic mixing, and acoustothermal modulation. This standardizable workflow enables the predictable control of vesicle formation and therapeutic loading, while ...
Timofei Solodko, Ian Gimino, Aastha Chandiwala, Bayan Alkotoub, Ali Bashiri Dezfouli, Heiko Reith, Asjad Bakhtiar, Rojda Hicsanmaz, Johann Brenner, Christoph J. O. Kaiser, Elena Belli, Shilpi Pandey, Samuel D. Rabkin, Kornelius Nielsch, Gabriele Multhoff, Oliver Hayden, Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari   +16 more
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