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Emergency and critical care services in Tanzania: a survey of ten hospitals. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
While there is a need for good quality care for patients with serious reversible disease in all countries in the world, Emergency and Critical Care tends to be one of the weakest parts of health systems in low-income countries.
A Iddriss   +50 more
core   +2 more sources

Hybrid Vibration Control of Hospital Buildings against Earthquake Excitations Using Unbonded Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolator and Tuned Mass Damper

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Lifeline structures such as hospital buildings need to be specifically designed such that they experience reduced vibrations when subjected to earthquake excitations because it will be difficult to vacate hospital buildings under the event of any ...
Sarranya Banerjee, Vasant Matsagar
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitality and hospitableness [PDF]

open access: yesResearch in Hospitality Management, 2015
Not long after the word hospitality emerged as a collective noun to describe the commercial provision of services associated with accommodation, drinking and eating, some academics began to investigate the meanings of hospitality and hospitableness. Whilst most academic programme provision related to developing those who would subsequently manage the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capacity indicators for disaster preparedness in hospitals within Nairobi County, Kenya

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
The goal of this study was to assess hospital capacity for disaster preparedness within Nairobi County. This information would be valuable to institutional strategists to resolve weaknesses and reinforce strengths in hospital capacity hence ensure ...
Cynthia Nekesa Simiyu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Higher Readmissions at Safety-Net Hospitals and Potential Policy Solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), established by the Affordable Care Act, ties a hospital's payments to its readmission rates -- with penalties for hospitals that exceed a national benchmark -- to encourage hospitals to reduce avoidable
Anthony Shih, Julia Berenson
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Downsizing of acute inpatient beds associated with private finance initiative: Scotland's case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether the projected 24% reduction in acute bed numbers in Lothian hospitals, which formed part of the private finance initiative (PFI) plans for the replacement Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, is being compensated for by ...
Dunnigan, M.G., Pollock, A.
core   +2 more sources

Potential Early Risk Biomarkers for Reduced Forced Expiratory Volume in Children Post‐Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We sought to identify potential early risk biomarkers for lung disease in children post‐allogeneic HCT. Patients with pulmonary function tests 3 months post‐transplant and plasma samples between days 7 and 14 post‐HCT were included. Six of 27 subjects enrolled had reduced forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) z scores.
Isabella S. Small   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

General Hospitals, Specialty Hospitals and Financially Vulnerable Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Examines whether specialty hospitals draw well-insured patients away from general and safety-net hospitals, reducing their ability to cross-subsidize less profitable services and uncompensated care, in three cities.
Ann Tynan   +4 more
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