Factors associated with costs of hospitalization of severely mentally Ill patients [PDF]
Background: Efforts to contain costs associated with general medical care include particular efforts for psychiatric disorders. Hospitalization represents the largest component of costs for psychiatric care and there is growing interest in balancing ...
Baldessarini, RossJ+4 more
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Background: The aim of the study is to evaluate the incidence of recurrence of acquired cholesteatoma and functional outcomes in patients who underwent CWD tympanoplasty with cavity obliteration using an inferior-based musculoperiosteal flap.
Mariapaola Guidi+6 more
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Are There Options to Prevent Early Occurring Deaths in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Prospective Evaluation of All < 24 h In-Hospital Deaths, 2004-2006-The MONICA/KORA Augsburg Infarction Registry [PDF]
Objectives: To provide valid clinical data of early in-hospital deaths with presumed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are often not included in clinical trials or registries.
Ehmann, Anja+5 more
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Mouse oocyte development - Methods and Protocols
The Springer Protocols series “Methods in Molecular Biology” has published its 1818th volume which is entirely devoted to the development of the female gamete: the oocyte.
Manuela Monti
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infectious Disease Hospitalizations in Arizona
Infectious disease (ID) hospitalizations in Arizona, a diverse population with nearly complete race/ethnicity data, were analyzed using the State Inpatient Database for 2005-2008.
Callinan, Laura+3 more
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Background The performance of blood biomarkers (mid-regional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM), procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and lactate) and clinical scores (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), National Early Warning Score (NEWS ...
Juan Gonzalez del Castillo+13 more
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Do Hospital Data Breaches Reduce Patient Care Quality? [PDF]
Objective: To estimate the relationship between a hospital data breach and hospital quality outcome Materials and Methods: Hospital data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breach portal and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse database were merged with the Medicare Hospital Compare data to assemble a panel of non ...
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A study of the time of hospital discharge of differentiated thyroid cancer patients after receiving iodine-131 for thyroid remnant ablation treatment [PDF]
The aim of this study was to measure the radiation exposure rate from differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients who had received iodine-131 (131I) treatment, and to evaluate hospital discharge planning in relation to three different sets of ...
Asli, I.N.+9 more
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Decline in hospitalization for genital warts in the Veneto region after an HPV vaccination program: An observational study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens. This observational study was conducted to estimate the trend of hospitalization for genital warts (GWs) in the Veneto region (Italy) from 2004 to 2015 ...
Baldo, Vincenzo+6 more
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