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Healthcare waste management in selected government and private hospitals in Southeast Nigeria

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2016
Objective: To assess healthcare workers' involvement in healthcare waste management in public and private hospitals. Methods: Validated questionnaires (n = 660) were administered to randomly selected healthcare workers from selected private hospitals ...
Angus Nnamdi Oli, Callistus Chibuike Ekejindu, David Ufuoma Adje, Ifeanyi Ezeobi, Obiora Shedrack Ejiofor, Christian Chibuzo Ibeh, Chika Flourence Ubajaka   +6 more
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Cost and Technical Efficiency of German Hospitals – A Stochastic Frontier Analysis [PDF]

Using a newly available and multifaceted dataset provided by the German Federal Statistical Office, this paper is the first to investigate both technical and cost efficiency of more than 1500 German general hospitals conducting a stochastic frontier ...
Annika Frohloff
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Management of Cardiovascular Health Issues in Turner Syndrome: Expert Insights and Expanded Recommendations From the 2024 Guideline Development Team

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turner syndrome (TS) is frequently complicated by congenital heart disease (CHD). While left‐sided lesions such as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and coarctation of the aorta are the most common structural heart lesions in TS, other anomalies, such as aortic arch malformations, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), persistent left superior vena
Katya de Groote, Sheetal R. Patel, Kristian Havmand Mortensen, Isabel Witvrouwen, Anthonie Duijnhouwer, Nicole M. Brown, Jasmine Grewal, Kathryn C. Chatfield, Aaron T. Dorfman, Siddharth K. Prakash   +9 more
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Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report

Trauma Case Reports
Blunt Trauma Chest (BTC) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Although rib fractures, haemothorax, pneumothorax and lung contusions are often found in tandem in BTC, delayed necrotising soft tissue infection (NSTI) without any
Binayak Deb, V.M. Balasubramani, Ram Varaham, Ramesh Vaidyanathan   +3 more
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Health insurance and health care utilization: Theory and evidence from Australia 1989-90, CHERE Discussion Paper No 44 [PDF]

The Australian hospital system is characterised by the co-existence of private hospitals, where individuals pay for services and public hospitals, where services are free to all but delivered after a waiting time.
Elizabeth Savage
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A scoping review of non‐binary research in “Australian” social sciences: Community, solidarity, resilience and resisting marginalisation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Non‐binary and genderqueer identities are increasingly discussed in public discourse and academia, but there remains a dearth of academic literature centred on non‐binary people's lives and experiences. When non‐binary people are included in research, it is frequently as an additive to explorations of trans identities and subsumed under the ...
Lucy Nicholas, Sal Clark, Chloe Falzon
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The Impact of Private versus Social Health Insurance on Offered Waiting Times in German Acute Care Hospitals [PDF]

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected
Ansgar Wübker, Björn A. Kuchinke, Christoph Schwierz   +2 more
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“That grey area where no one can help”: The experience of younger people avoiding or leaving residential aged care who are not NDIS participants

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Living in residential aged care (RAC) can have deleterious effects on the health, well‐being and social participation of younger people (<65 years of age). This research examined the barriers and enablers to leaving or avoiding RAC for Australian younger people who are not National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants. It reports on
Barrie Shannon, Caroline Hart, Stella Koritsas, Keith McVilly   +3 more
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Rapid growth of private hospitals in China: emerging challenges and opportunities to health sector management

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific
Summary: China’s private hospital market has experienced rapid growth over the last decade, with private hospitals now outnumbering public hospitals by a factor of two.
Xiaoxi Zhang, Armand Zimmerman, Yanyan Zhang, Osondu Ogbuoji, Shenglan Tang   +4 more
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Homelessness and Housing Instability Among Care Leavers in Australia: Exploring Housing Pathways and Best Practice Housing Models

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A significant proportion of young people exiting Out‐of‐Home Care (OOHC) encounter substantial challenges in securing housing, often leading to homelessness within a few months after leaving care. All Australian jurisdictions have now approved extended care programs up to 21 years; however, none of them currently offer these young people ...
Yujie Zhao, Jacinta Waugh
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