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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Language Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Results From a National Survey [PDF]

, 2006
Describes current practices, common barriers, and the specific resources and tools needed to provide language services to patients with limited English proficiency.
Cynthia Hedges Greising, Debra Pierce, Julie Yonek, Ray Kang, Romana Hasnain-Wynia   +4 more
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Does hospital competition save lives? Evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms [PDF]

, 2010
This paper examines whether or not hospital competition in a market with fixed reimbursement prices can prompt improvements in clinical quality. In January 2006, the British Government introduced a major extension of their market-based reforms to the ...
Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Jones, Simon, McGuire, Alistair   +3 more
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Late Pregnancy Antiseizure Medication Exposure and Offspring Neurodevelopmental Risk: A Multi‐Child Cohort Study

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Antiseizure medication (ASM) use during pregnancy has increased over the past decade. However, evidence linking prenatal ASM exposure to neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in offspring remains inconsistent. This study evaluated whether prenatal ASM exposure increases the risk of NDDs in children.
Odile Sheehy, Vanina Tchuente, Sherif Eltonsy, Steven Hawken, Padma Kaul, Mark Walker, Michael Pugliese, Roxana Dragan, Anamaria Savu, Lisiane Leal, Lucie Morin, Isabelle Malhamé, Raluca Pana, Anick Bérard   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing Antibiotic Usage Rates Reported to NHSN by Nebraska Hospitals: Insights by Hospital Size and Rurality

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: State-level hospital comparative antibiotic usage rates can highlight opportunities for interventions to optimize antimicrobial stewardship (AS).
Rabia Syed, Jenna Preusker, Juan Teran Plasencia, Trevor Van Schooneveld, Scott Bergman, Danny Schroeder, M. Salman Ashraf   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

CONTRIBUTION OF HOSPITALS TO NORTH DAKOTA'S ECONOMY [PDF]

Community hospital administrators in North Dakota were surveyed to determine the amount and type of expenditures made to North Dakota entities in 1997. Estimates of net revenues retained within the state were also solicited. Forty-two of the 44 community
Bangsund, Dean A., Leistritz, F. Larry
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Mobility and Maternal Position during Childbirth in Tanzania: An Exploratory Study at Four Government Hospitals. [PDF]

, 2004
Emerging research evidence suggests a potential benefit in being upright in the first stage of labour and a systematic review of trials suggests both benefits and harmful effects associated with being upright in the second stage of labour.
A Langer, A Oxman, AG Dean, AM Gülmezoglu, B Glaser, B Glaser, DL Sackett, H Lugina, H Smith, Helen Lugina, Helen Smith, HI Lugina, I Chalmers, J Ritchie, J Villar, Midwives Information and Resource Service (MIDIRS) and the NHS centre for Reviews and Dissemination, National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania) and Macro International Inc, Rose Mlay, V Van Someren, X Qian   +19 more
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ag–Fe Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites (Alloys and Core–Shells) for Photocatalytic Degradation of Bromophenol Blue Dye Using Grewia optiva Leaf Extract

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ag–Fe bimetallic nanoparticles (alloy and core–shell structures) were synthesized using Grewia optiva leaf extract through a green, phytochemical‐mediated approach. The effects of pH, temperature, extract concentration, and Ag:Fe molar ratio on nanoparticle formation were systematically optimized, enabling size‐controlled and morphologically ...
Sehrish Asad, Waheed Murad, Natasha Anwar, Khushbakht Asad, Muhammad Salman Khan, Shohreh Azizi, Malik Maaza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial and temporal variations of spatial population accessibility to public hospitals: a case study of rural–urban comparison

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2018
Quantification and assessment of nationwide population access to health-care services is a critical undertaking for improving population health and optimizing the performance of national health systems.
Yongze Song, Yi Tan, Yimeng Song, Peng Wu, Jack C.P Cheng, Mi Jeong Kim, Xiangyu Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source