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Severe disseminated Veillonella parvula infection including endocarditis, bilateral psoas abscess, discitis, and osteomyelitis but sparing spinal and hip prostheses: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Veillonella species are an opportunistically pathogenic commensal anaerobic Gram-negative coccus commonly found in the oral, genitourinary, respiratory, and intestinal tract of humans and some animals.
Tobias Richards, Juan Stephen, Chok Lin Lui   +2 more
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Assessment of surgical capacity in Chiapas, Mexico: a cross-sectional study of the public and private sector

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Surgical, anaesthesia and obstetric (SAO) care are essential, life-saving components of universal healthcare. In Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, the capacity of SAO care is unknown.
John G Meara, Robert Riviello, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Ellie Moeller, Zachary Fowler, Fernando Carrillo, Sebastian Mohar, Wendy Williams, Valeria Macias   +8 more
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Public-private partnerships in health care services: Do they outperform public hospitals regarding quality and access? Evidence from Portugal

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2020
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are widely spread long-term arrangements between governments and strategic private partner(s). One of their objectives is to reduce the financial pressure on the public treasury with regard to new investments. PPPs have
D. Ferreira, R. Marques
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Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using continuous heparin infusion

Indian Heart Journal, 2016
Objectives: Levels of anticoagulation during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) remain controversial. Prolonged activated clotting time (ACT) during OPCAB increases blood loss during surgery and can also cause paradoxical increase in ...
Kamales Kumar Saha, Dinesh Kumar Sangwan, Pravin K. Shroff, Mandar Manohar Deval, Kakalee K. Saha, Rinu V. Jacob, Ratnaprobha Adsul, Lukash Jagdale   +7 more
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The use of kiosks to improve triage efficiency in the emergency department

npj Digital Medicine, 2023
Triage is a system used to prioritise patients as they enter the emergency department (ED) based on their need for urgent care. In recent decades, EDs have becoming increasingly overcrowded, leading to longer pre-triage waiting times for patients.
Michael Jose Joseph, Matthew Summerscales, Saieesha Yogesan, Anthony Bell, Michele Genevieve, Yogesan Kanagasingam   +5 more
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Institutional Framework as a Determinant of Variations in Service Quality Between Public and Private Hospitals in Tanzania

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Sectio H, Oeconomia, 2023
Purpose of the article: This study was set to determine the influence of institutional framework on service quality in both private and public hospitals. The paper sought to establish the perception of respondents regarding the institutional factors that
Raphael Habi, Emmanuel Matiku
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Comparing public and private hospitals’ service quality

Journal of public health, 2020
Background Saudi Arabia’s health care system has undergone major changes in recent years to enhance the quality of the services it renders to the community.
Arwa Alumran, H. Almutawa, Zainab Alzain, A. Althumairi, N. Khalid   +4 more
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Bali Belly: Salmonella senftenberg Found in an Infected Ovarian Endometrioma

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020
Salmonella is an extremely rare cause of an infected endometrioma. We present a case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent woman presenting with fevers and abdominal pain, on a background of prior endometriosis.
P. D. M. Pathiraja, Junaid Rafi, Emily Woolnough, Anna Clare   +3 more
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Assessing the Mental Health Status and Sleep Quality among House Officers in Peshawar

Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences, 2023
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the mental health status and quality of sleep among house officers in Peshawar and to determine the correlation between their mental health status and quality of sleep.
Aleena Ahmad , Abdul Moez, Adil Zareef, Ayesha Ayub, Adam Khan, Abuzar Khan, Arshad Jamil   +6 more
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Characteristics of Private Equity–Owned Hospitals in 2018

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020
Background: There are approximately 5200 community hospitals in the United States. About 1300 of them are investor-owned, for-profit hospitals whose owners are corporations, groups of physicians, or other private entities.
J. Bruch, Dan Zeltzer, Zirui Song
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