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The exploration of medical resources utilization among inguinal hernia repair in Taiwan diagnosis-related groups

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background This study centered on differences in medical costs, using the Taiwan diagnosis-related groups (Tw-DRGs) on medical resource utilization in inguinal hernia repair (IHR) in hospitals with different ownership to provide suitable reference ...
Yu-Hua Yan, Chih-Ming Kung, Yi Chen
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ANALYSIS OF CONSUMPTION OF ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS FOR SYSTEMIC USE IN HOSPITALS OF SAINT PETERSBURG IN 2014–2015

open access: yesЖурнал инфектологии, 2018
Introduction. The overuse of antimicrobial agents, and poor adherence to infection control measures are leading factors in the development of bacterial resistance. Despite the existence of numerous guidelines for the management of patients with different
Yu. M. Gomon   +7 more
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The Nonprofit Hospital Exemption of the National Labor Relations Act: Application to the University-Operated Hospital in Duke University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1972
This work extends our recent work on proving that the particle filter converge for unbounded function to a more general case. More specifically, we prove that the particle filter converge for unbounded functions in the sense of L p-convergence, for an ...
Hu, Xiao-Li   +2 more
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Proprietary management and higher readmission rates: A correlation.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
IntroductionReducing preventable readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries is an effective way to not only reduce the exorbitantly rising cost in healthcare but also as a measure to improve the quality of patient care.
Manish Mittal   +3 more
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Trends analysis for drug utilization in county public hospitals: a sample study of the pilot area of health care reform in China

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Changes in the national drug policy always have impact on the drug utilization. In the context of China health care reform, what changes had happened in the trend of drug utilization in public hospitals? Has this change met the expectations of
Xuefeng Xie   +6 more
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A Datasheet for the INSIGHT Birmingham, Solihull, and Black Country Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Dataset

open access: yesOphthalmology Science, 2023
Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common microvascular complication associated with diabetes mellitus (DM), affecting approximately 40% of this patient population.
Aditya U. Kale, MBBS   +15 more
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A Privacy-Preserving Log-Rank Test for the Kaplan-Meier Estimator With Secure Multiparty Computation: Algorithm Development and Validation

open access: yesJMIR Medical Informatics, 2021
BackgroundPatient data is considered particularly sensitive personal data. Privacy regulations strictly govern the use of patient data and restrict their exchange. However, medical research can benefit from multicentric studies in which patient data from
von Maltitz, Marcel   +6 more
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On patient flow in hospitals: A data-based queueing-science perspective

open access: yesStochastic Systems, 2015
Hospitals are complex systems with essential societal benefits and huge mounting costs. These costs are exacerbated by inefficiencies in hospital processes, which are often manifested by congestion and long delays in patient care.
Mor Armony   +5 more
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Validation of a Proprietary Deterioration Index Model and Performance in Hospitalized Adults

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2023
ImportanceThe Deterioration Index (DTI), used by hospitals for predicting patient deterioration, has not been extensively validated externally, raising concerns about performance and equitable predictions.ObjectiveTo locally validate DTI performance and assess its potential for bias in predicting patient clinical deterioration.Design, Setting, and ...
Byrd, Thomas F.   +11 more
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The American Medical Association’s Work for Consumer Protection [PDF]

open access: yes, 1933
The aim of the given paper is the development of an approach for the identification of affine Wiener systems with piecewise linear nonlinearities, i.e.
Fishbein, Morris
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