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Inferring Hospital Quality from Patient Discharge Records Using a Bayesian Selection Model [PDF]
This paper develops new econometric methods to estimate hospital quality and other models with discrete dependent variables and non-random selection. Mortality rates in patient discharge records are widely used to infer hospital quality.
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Robert J. Town
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DOTS Awareness and the Myths and Misconceptions about DOTS among Medical Practitioners in Mysore [PDF]
Background: Annually 2 million people in India develop Tuberculosis and 330,000 die. WHO-recommended DOTS strategy was pilot-tested in 1993 and launched as Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) in 1997. Awareness of DOTS among the doctors
Khan, MA, Nagaraja, V, Sankapithilu, GB
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Objectives Proteome‐wide risk models for lupus remain underexplored. We developed classification models to identify lupus from serum proteomic profiles. Methods Lupus patients and individuals with other autoimmune diseases in the UK Biobank were included.
Mehmet Hocaoǧlu +2 more
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Physician Performance Measurement Barriers in Private General Hospitals Around Medan City [PDF]
Study results from early 2016 across 20 private general hospitals around Medan city, show there are 10 hospitals that have a physician performance measurement.
Lubis, A. M. (Arfah) +1 more
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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Explaining differences in hospital performance: Does the answer lie in the labour market? [PDF]
This paper examines the relationship between performance of English public sector hospitals (NHS trusts) and the quality of their nursing staff. Performance ratings of NHS trusts published in 2001 and 2002 indicate a clear regional divide. This divide is
Carol Propper +2 more
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Abstract A lack of minimum legal standards for body donation programs undermines recent strides by anatomy professionals to promote ethical best practices in the United States (US). In particular, the commercialization of the dead by nontransplant tissue banks poses a risk to the public trust in academic body donation programs.
Laura E. Johnson
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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 +2 more
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Production of 3D printed biomodels of the canine brain for veterinary neuroanatomy teaching
Abstract Teaching neuroanatomy presents multiple challenges to both students and teachers, as it is a subject with highly dense content that commonly causes the development of aversion by students, a phenomenon referred to as “neurophobia,” which has been documented in human and veterinary medicine students.
João Victor Barbosa Tenório Fireman +1 more
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Background and Aims Drug‐drug interactions (DDIs) are a significant health issue that may adversely affect the health and well‐being of patients. This study assesses and compares potential DDI (pDDI) patterns, severity, and associated risk factors in ...
Md. Abdus Samadd +5 more
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