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Admission rates in emergency departments in Geneva during tennis broadcasting: a retrospective study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Literature provides mixed results regarding the influence of large-scale sporting events on emergency department attendance. To contribute to the research on the subject, we sought to evaluate whether the broadcasting of major tennis ...
Jorge César Correia, Olivia Braillard, Christophe Combescure, Eric Gerstel, Hervé Spechbach   +4 more
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Clinical profile of rural community hospital inpatients in Sweden – a register study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021
Objective Patients in Sweden’s rural community hospitals have not been clinically characterised. We compared characteristics of patients in general practitioner-led community hospitals in northern Sweden with those admitted to general hospitals.
Mante Hedman, Kurt Boman, Margareta Brännström, Patrik Wennberg   +3 more
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A Comparison of Quality of Care in Critical Access Hospitals and Other Rural Hospitals [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose: The United States has about 2100 rural hospitals. Approximately 1300 are Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) with 25 beds or less. CAHs receive cost-based reimbursement through the federal Flex program with the goal to improve quality and access to
Baernholdt, Marianne, Bratt, Marilyn Meyer, Hinton, Ivora D., Keim-Malpass, Jessica, Yan, Guofen   +4 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do researchers determine the difference to be detected in superiority trials? Results of a survey from a panel of researchers

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016
Background There is currently no guidance for selecting a specific difference to be detected in a superiority trial. We explored 3 factors that in our opinion should influence the difference to be detected (type of outcome, patient age group, and ...
Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Anne-Sophie Jannot, Thomas Agoritsas, Sandrine Rudaz, Christophe Combescure, Thomas Perneger   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Not-for-Profit Organizations: Community Benefits, Efficiency and Quality [PDF]

, 2008
This study addresses the effect of hospital ownership on the delivery of medical services to patients with financial difficulties in the southern New England community, using two alternative definitions of community benefits.
Keough, Daniel
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team in the Management of Complex Cases of Liver Disease in a Peripheral Hospital: A Retrospective Analysis of MDT Registry

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims In liver disease (LD), multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) support complex decision‐making and may improve care delivery. The present study aims to evaluate the role of a multidisciplinary approach in complex cases of LD in a peripheral ...
Gabriele A. Vassallo, Tommaso Dionisi, Angelo Randazzo, Antonio Limblici, Monica Failla, Marcella Ferraro, Oriana Maiorana, Eleonora Taibi, Filomena Pietrantonio, Francesca Brovelli, Giovanni Addolorato, Giuseppe Augello   +11 more
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The transformation of community hospitals through the transition to value-based care: Lessons from Massachusetts [PDF]

, 2017
Enabling community hospitals to provide efficient and effective care and maintain competition on par with their academic medical center (AMC) counterparts remain challenges for most states.
Bachman, Sara, Louis, Christopher, Melby, Lauren, Roby, Dylan, Rosenbloom, David L.   +4 more
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Increasing proportion of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and emergence of a MCR-1 producer through a multicentric study among hospital-based and private laboratories in Belgium from September to November 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) strains have been increasingly reported in Belgium. We aimed to determine the proportion of CPE among Enterobacteriaceae isolated from hospitalised patients and community outpatients in Belgium in 2015 ...
Bauraing, Caroline, Berhin, Catherine, Boelens, Jerina, Bogaerts, Pierre, Claeys, Geert, Glupczynski, Youri, Hoebeke, Martin, Huang, Te Din, multicentre study group, on behalf of a   +8 more
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