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Patient choice in the NHS: How critical are facilities services in influencing patient choice? [PDF]

, 2006
Purpose – From December 2005, patients in the UK needing an operation will be offered a choice of four or five. These could be NHS trusts, foundation trusts, treatment centres, private hospitals or practitioners with a special interest operating within ...
May, D., Miller, L.
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Artificial Intelligence‐based Online Symptom Assessment Tools for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) diagnosis: Patient Perspectives

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The objective of this article is to identify perceptions of SLE patients regarding artificial intelligence (AI)‐based online symptom assessment tools, and the potential of these tools to address diagnostic barriers. Methods Adults from our SLE research cohort were invited to participate in 60‐90 minute virtual focus groups concerning their ...
Olivia A. Stein, Jennifer LF. Lee, Evelyne Vinet, Arielle Mendel, Christian A. Pineau, Fares Kalache, Louis‐Pierre Grenier, Sasha Bernatsky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

PathCrisp: an innovative molecular diagnostic tool for early detection of NDM-resistant infections

Scientific Reports
The rapid and early detection of infections and antibiotic resistance markers is a critical challenge in healthcare. Currently, most commercial diagnostic tools for analyzing antimicrobial resistance patterns of pathogens require elaborate culture-based ...
Shrigouri Patil, Annes Siji, Dhrithi Mallur, B. S. Kruthika, Nazneen Gheewalla, Shraddha Karve, Maithili Kavathekar, Bansidhar Tarai, Mandar Naik, Vandana Hegde, Jayaprada Rangineni, Vaijayanti Gupta, Vijay Chandru, Bulagonda Eswarappa Pradeep, Reety Arora   +14 more
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Time trends in case-mix and risk of revision following hip and knee arthroplasty in public and private hospitals: a cross-sectional analysis based on 476,312 procedures from the Dutch Arthroplasty Register

Acta Orthopaedica
Background and purpose: This study aims to assess time trends in case-mix and to evaluate the risk of revision and causes following primary THA, TKA, and UKA in private and public hospitals in the Netherlands.
Bart-Jan van Dooren, Pelle Bos, Rinne M Peters, Liza N van Steenbergen, Enrico De Visser, J Martijn Brinkman, B Willem Schreurs, Wierd P Zijlstra   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitals, Managed Care, and the Charity Caseload in California [PDF]

Many observers have blamed HMOs for increasing financial pressures on private hospitals and causing them to cut back on the provision of charity care. We examine this issue using data on all hospital discharges in California between 1988 and 1996.
Janet Currie, John Fahr
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Ownership, Incentives and Hospitals [PDF]

, 2014
This article analyzes hospital privatization by comparing costs and quality between different ownership forms. We put the attention on the distinction between public hospitals and private hospitals with public funding.
Fageda, Xavier, 1975-, Fiz Querol, Eva
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Analisis Faktor Determinan yang Mempengaruhi Kinerja Organisasi Rumah Sakit (RS) Swasta [PDF]

, 2015
This study aims to reveal and clarify the influence of organizational culture, organizational commitment and public accountability to the organizational performance of Private Hospital in West Jakarta.
Thomas, G. N. (Gen)
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Race and Household Income are Associated with Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with ANCA‐associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)‐associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race/ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among ...
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technological and Efficiency Change of Private Hospitals in Tanzania: Does the Size Matter? [PDF]

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics
This study measures productivity of private hospitals in Tanzania based on the hospitals size. Specifically, the study aims at evaluating technological change and efficiency change based on hospitals’ size.
Kembo Bwana
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EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF HOSPITALS IN THE GREAT PLAINS: AN URBAN-RURAL COMPARISON [PDF]

This study examined the efficiency of a sample of hospitals in the Great Plains using a nonparametric approach. Technical efficiency was less than either allocative or scale efficiency.
Featherstone, Allen M., Toodi, Bhaskar, Young, Ronald C.   +2 more
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