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Is the maturity of hospitals' quality improvement systems associated with measures of quality and patient safety? [PDF]

, 2011
UNLABELLED: ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Previous research addressed the development of a classification scheme for quality improvement systems in European hospitals.
Saez, Mercedes, Andrew Thompson, Mercè Casas, Thompson, A, Casas Galofré, Mercè, Suñol, Rosa, Groene Oliver, Casas Mercè, Mora, N, Suñol, R, Thompson, Andrew, Saez Mercedes, Mora, Nuria, Mercedes Saez, Saez, M, Suñol Rosa, Casas, M, Nuria Mora, Groene, O, Thompson Andrew, Rosa Suñol, Mora Nuria, Oliver Groene, Casas, Mercè, Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa   +25 more
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Increasing late diagnosis in HIV infection in South Korea: 2000-2007

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background The number of Koreans diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections is increasing annually; however, CD4+ T-cell counts at diagnosis have decreased.
Heo Mi-Kyung, Hong Kee-Jong, Choi Byeong-Sun, Kim Gab, Lee Jin-Hee, Kim Sung, Kee Mee-Kyung   +6 more
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Analysis of the profile, characteristics, patient experience and community value of community hospitals: a multimethod study

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2019
Background: Community hospitals have been part of England’s health-care landscape since the mid-nineteenth century. Evidence on them has not kept pace with their development.
Deborah Davidson, Angela Ellis Paine, Jon Glasby, Iestyn Williams, Helen Tucker, Tessa Crilly, John Crilly, Nick Le Mesurier, John Mohan, Daiga Kamerade, David Seamark, Jan Marriott   +11 more
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Hospitals, finance, and health system reform in Britain and the United States, c. 1910-1950: historical revisionism and cross-national comparison. [PDF]

, 2012
Comparative histories of health system development have been variously influenced by the theoretical approaches of historical institutionalism, political pluralism, and labor mobilization.
Gorsky, Martin, Martin Gorsky
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COVID-19 impact on Nigeria's national blood service commission - Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022
Background: In February 2020, Nigeria officially announced its first case of COVID-19. As numbers rose, government-led non-pharmaceutical interventions such as lockdowns, curfews, restrictions on mass gatherings and other physical distancing measures ...
Adaeze Chidinma Oreh, Christopher Irechukwu, Felix Biyama, Agatha Nnabuihe, Andrew Ihimekpen, Daniel Oshiame, Tariere Bozegha, Ijeoma Leo-Nnadi, Omosigho Izedonmwen, Elton Oga, Eneye Jimoh Suberu, Kingsley Odiabara, Omale Joseph Amedu   +12 more
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The road to uniformity: Accounting change in UK voluntary hospitals

, 2006
This paper explores the development and spread of the uniform system of accounts in United Kingdom voluntary hospitals in the period 1880-1920. The antecedent contextual factors are first established and include the growth of hospital care, changes in ...
Robson, Neil
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Effects of a mandatory DRG payment system in South Korea: Analysis of multi-year nationwide hospital claims data

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In 2002, a voluntary diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) payment system was introduced in South Korea for seven disease groups, and participation in the DRGs was mandated for all hospitals beginning in 2013.
Jae Woo Choi, Seung-Ju Kim, Hye-Ki Park, Sung-In Jang, Tae Hyun Kim, Eun-Cheol Park   +5 more
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Labour and hospitals in three Yorkshire towns: Middlesbrough, Leeds, Sheffield, 1919-1938

, 2010
In the debates over the politics of National Health Service foundation, there has been little investigation of the attitudes of the inter-war labour movement to a state-run hospital system.
Doyle, Barry; id_orcid, Doyle, Barry M., B. Doyle, Doyle, Barry   +3 more
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Increasing the inclusivity of digital health co-production: an integrative review

Frontiers in Digital Health
Co-production is increasingly being used to develop sustainable improvements in health service delivery that are shaped by the experiences and needs of a diverse range of stakeholders including patients and healthcare providers. The process also offers a
Ian Litchfield, Ian Litchfield, Gayathri Delanerolle, Gayathri Delanerolle, Helen Juffs, Stephanie Bloxham, Sian Dunning, Sian Dunning, Sian Dunning, Lorraine Harper, Lorraine Harper, Lorraine Harper   +11 more
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Incident Reporting in Mashhad Hospitals [PDF]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2013
Objectives: In this study, our aim was to evaluate and classify the voluntary error reports in the hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Patients have the right to receive health care in accordance to the best standards.
Davoodi R, Soltanifar A, Rahmani Sh, Zohorian P, Jafarzade A, Ariafar A, Saadati Z   +6 more
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