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Readmission Rates and Their Impact on Hospital Financial Performance: A Study of Washington Hospitals

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing, 2019
This longitudinal study examines whether readmission rates, made transparent through Hospital Compare, affect hospital financial performance by examining 98 hospitals in the State of Washington from 2012 to 2014.
Soumya Upadhyay, Amber L. Stephenson, Dean G. Smith   +2 more
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Malignant transformation of parathyromatosis to parathyroid carcinoma with invasive growth and distant metastasis

Endocrine Oncology
Parathyroid carcinoma (PC) is a rare endocrine malignancy. It accounts for about 1% of all primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) cases and 0.005% of all malignancies.
Chittari Venkata Harinarayan, Anugnya Premdas Ranjoalkar, Anisha Sawkar Tandon, Honey Ashok, Madhu Prashant   +4 more
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Increased multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli from hospitals in Khartoum state, Sudan.

African Health Sciences, 2013
BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (MDR E. coli) has become a major public health concern in Sudan and many countries, causing failure in treatment with consequent huge health burden.
M. Ibrahim, N. Bilal, M. Hamid
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Assessment of the State of Maintenance of Public Hospital Buildings in Southwest Nigeria

Construction Economics and Building, 2012
This study examines the state of maintenance of public hospitalbuildings in Southwest Nigeria, and in the process identifi es thesignifi cant difference(s) in the operational state of Federal andState-owned public hospitals within the study area.
Olumide Adenuga, Abayomi Ibiyemi
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Evaluation of cosmetic appearance of herniotomy wound scars in African children: Comparison of tissue glue and subcuticular suturing

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2009
Aim: To evaluate the cosmetic appearance of herniotomy wound scars closed using either the tissue glue or subcuticular suturing technique. Materials and Methods: Prospective randomised control study; randomisation into tissue glue and suturing groups ...
A. O. Ademuyiwa, O. A. Sowande, O. Adejuyigbe, U. E. Usang, T. I. B. Bakare, L. J. C. Anyanwu   +5 more
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Government Regulation and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Volume, Access and Outcomes: Insights From the Washington State Cardiac Care Outcomes Assessment Program

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background It is unclear how to geographically distribute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) programs to optimize patient outcomes. The Washington State Certificate of Need program seeks to balance hospital volume and patient access through ...
Akash Kataruka, Charles C. Maynard, Ravi S. Hira, Larry Dean, Todd Dardas, Hitinder Gurm, Josiah Brown, Michael E. Ring, Jacob A. Doll   +8 more
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Association between patient outcomes and accreditation in US hospitals: observational study

British medical journal, 2018
Objectives To determine whether patients admitted to US hospitals that are accredited have better outcomes than those admitted to hospitals reviewed through state surveys, and whether accreditation by The Joint Commission (the largest and most well known
M. Lam, J. Figueroa, Y. Feyman, Kimberly E. Reimold, J. Orav, A. Jha   +5 more
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High (trans) scrotal orchidopexy for palpable undescended testes in children: Influence of age and testicular position

African Journal of Urology, 2018
Objectives: To assess the influence of increasing age of subjects and testicular position on the outcome of single incision orchidopexy. Subjects and methods: A prospective randomized study of children aged ≤ 15 years with palpable undescended testes ...
A.O. Talabi, O.A. Sownde, O. Adejuyigbe
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Evaluation of dyspnea of unknown etiology in HIV patients with cardiopulmonary exercise testing and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2020
Aim Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients commonly experience dyspnea for which an immediate cause may not be always apparent. In this prospective cohort study of HIV patients with exercise limitation, we use cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
Andrew J. Patterson, Anuja Sarode, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Lauren Shaver, Rahul Thomas, Evelyn Watson, Mohamad Amer Alaiti, Yuchi Liu, Jessie Hamilton, Nicole Seiberlich, Imran Rashid, Robert Gilkeson, Robert Schilz, Brian Hoit, Trevor Jenkins, Melissa Zullo, Eduardo Bossone, Christopher Longenecker, Orlando Simonetti, Sanjay Rajagopalan   +19 more
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[Patient safety culture in three Brazilian hospitals with different types of management].

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2018
The scope of the study was to evaluate patient safety culture and associated factors in Brazilian hospitals with different types of management, namely federal, state and private hospitals. The design was cross-sectional and observational.
Luiz Eduardo Lima Andrade, J. Lopes, Marlon César Melo Souza, R. F. Vieira, Luiz Paulo Costa Farias, Carla Caroline Medeiros Dos Santos, Z. Gama   +6 more
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