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Pay-it-forward and social network distribution to increase doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis uptake among men who have sex with men and transgender women in China: study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Open
Introduction Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) can prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW).
Weiming Tang   +9 more
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Hospital report cards: Quality competition and patient selection [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health Economics, 2021
Hospital 'report cards' policies involve governments publishing information about hospital quality. Such policies often aim to improve hospital quality by stimulating competition between hospitals. Previous empirical literature lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework for analysing the effects of report cards.
Chen, Yijuan, Sivey, Peter
openaire   +3 more sources

The failure of four bootstrap procedures for estimating confidence intervals for predicted-to-expected ratios for hospital profiling

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background Healthcare provider profiling involves the comparison of outcomes between patients cared for by different healthcare providers. An important component of provider profiling is risk-adjustment so that providers that care for sicker patients are
Peter C. Austin
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Testing the effects on information use by older versus younger women of modality and narration style in a hospital report card

open access: yesHealth Expectations, 2022
Background Hospital report cards (HRCs) are usually presented in a textual and factual format, likely hampering information processing. Objective This study aimed to investigate the effects of audiovisual and narrative information in HRCs on user ...
Nida Gizem Yılmaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Dedicated Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Unit during a Respiratory Pandemic: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Part II: Clinical Management

open access: yesMembranes, 2021
(1) Background: COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) has several distinctions from traditional acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); however, patients with refractory respiratory failure may still benefit from veno-venous ...
Aakash Shah   +18 more
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CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF SURGERY FOR ADVANCED STAGE RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY: A CASE REPORT

open access: yesIJRETINA (International Journal of Retina), 2023
Introduction: Advanced stages of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) could lead to childhood blindness and retinal surgery is needed as the main treatment.
Dian Estu Yulia   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Continuing professional development needs in pain management for Canadian health care professionals: A cross sectional survey

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Pain, 2023
Background Continuing professional development is an important means of improving access to effective patient care. Although pain content has increased significantly in prelicensure programs, little is known about how postlicensure health professionals ...
Craig M. Dale   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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