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Intended and unintended impacts of the comprehensive reform of urban public hospitals: A mixed-method study in Hangzhou, China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivesPublic hospital reform is a key area in the Chinese healthcare system reform with the aim of controlling excessive growth of medical expenditures.
Tao Zhang, Jing Liu, Beiyin Lu, Zhongheng Yan, Xiaojun Huang, Wei Lu, Wei Lu   +6 more
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Impact of the presence of private hospitals on the spatial equality of healthcare accessibility in Beijing, China

Geospatial Health, 2022
Providing equal geographical access to hospitals, either in the public or private healthcare sector, is vital and will benefit public health in general.
Teqi Dai, Kaifei Guo, Juanjuan Zhao, Wenqing Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

National trends in total hip arthroplasty for traumatic hip fractures: An analysis of a nationwide all-payer database. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Hemiarthroplasty (HA) has traditionally been the treatment of choice for elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures. Ideal treatment for younger, ambulatory patients is not as clear.
Boniello, Anthony J, Cavanaugh, Priscilla, Denehy, Kevin, Kerbel, Yehuda E, Lieber, Alexander M, Star, Andrew   +5 more
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Mortality in children aged <5 years with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV-prevalence urban and rural areas of South Africa, 2009-2013.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundSevere acute respiratory illness (SARI) is an important cause of mortality in young children, especially in children living with HIV infection. Disparities in SARI death in children aged
Oluwatosin A Ayeni, Sibongile Walaza, Stefano Tempia, Michelle Groome, Kathleen Kahn, Shabir A Madhi, Adam L Cohen, Jocelyn Moyes, Marietjie Venter, Marthi Pretorius, Florette Treurnicht, Orienka Hellferscee, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, Cheryl Cohen   +14 more
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Clinical Risk Constellations for the Development of Bipolar Disorders

Medicina, 2021
The early recognition of psychiatric disorders has been a focus of research in the last decades and has led to improvements in clinical care, especially in the area of early psychosis.
Eva Burkhardt, Andrea Pfennig, Karolina Leopold   +2 more
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Exploring discrepancies in clinical coding between rural and urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand in patients who underwent interhospital transfer

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: The agreement of clinical coding between rural and urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is unknown, and data from comparable international health systems is scarce, dated or inconclusive.
Anna Donaldson, Rory Miller, Garry Nixon, Gabrielle Davie   +3 more
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Comparison of Characteristics of Suicide Attempts Registered in Urban and Rural Areas in China

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the characteristics of suicide attempts registered in general hospitals in urban and rural areas in China.Methods: From January 2007 to December 2011, suicide attempts registered in hospitals in five ...
Lingling Li, Lingling Li, Lingling Li, Chunxu Liu, Yongsheng Tong, Yongsheng Tong, Yongsheng Tong, Jianlan Wu, Jianlan Wu, Jianlan Wu, Wei Zhou, Wei Zhou, Yi Yin, Yi Yin, Yi Yin, Mengjie Wu, Mengjie Wu, Mengjie Wu, Ruoyang Tong, Jing An, Jing An   +20 more
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Quality Indicators in Critical Access Hospitals, Small Rural, and Urban Hospitals

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2023
Purpose:  Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have served their rural communities since they were created in the 1990s. CAHs have been exempt from the multiple organizational performance-based approaches that use financial incentives and thus quality ...
Marianne Baernholdt, Nancy Dunton, Elizabeth M. Grandfield, Emily Cramer   +3 more
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Energy Performance Indices for Hospital Buildings in Nigeria

International Journal of Technology, 2016
In Nigeria, the economic problem of allocating energy to medicare have long been a major concern and standardized indices to be used as guidance are non-existent. This paper determines energy indices for assessment of how Nigerian hospitals prioritize
S.C. Nwanya, C. Sam Amobi, O.V. Ekechukwu   +2 more
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Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick, Cheick O. Soumah, Malé Doré, Oumar Mara, Desiré Neldje, Fodé A. Cissé, Toure M. Lamine, Aminata Diallo, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Alexander J. X. Chen, Alice Liu, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Farrah J. Mateen, The Guinea Epilepsy Project   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source