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

, 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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Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges, Kelly A. Duffy, Sara McDonough, Evelyn Kurpiewski, R. Jennifer Randall, Allison Barz Leahy, Haley M. Newman, Joyce P. Lee, Stephen P. Hunger, Anne F. Reilly, David T. Teachey, Susan R. Rheingold, Daniel J. Zheng   +12 more
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Innovation and Adaptation in COVID-19 Pandemic Posthospital Discharge Contact and Monitoring in the United StatesTake-home Points

CHEST Critical Care
Background: To address unknown risk for readmission among patients with COVID-19 and persistent capacity strain, hospital systems used postdischarge contact and monitoring to facilitate safe discharge and recovery. However, little work has systematically
Katrina E. Hauschildt, PhD, Jacquelyn Miller, MA, Nathan Wright, MA, Amanda Schutz, PhD, Lexi Wilhelmsen, MPH, Katharine Seagly, PhD, Sara E. Golden, PhD, Aluko A. Hope, MD, Kelly C. Vranas, MD, Catherine L. Hough, MD, Thomas S. Valley, MD   +10 more
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Overcrowding management and patient safety: An application of the stabilization model

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2020
Background: Emergency department is among the most crowded hospital units. The function of this department considerably affects the functions of other hospital units as well as patient satisfaction.
Hosein Babatabar-Darzi, Iman Jafari-Iraqi, Hosein Mahmoudi, Abbas Ebadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

, 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, Elizabeth A. November, Hoangmai H. Pham, Johanna R. Lauer, Peter Cram   +4 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Are optometrists necessary in primary health care centres in Saudi Arabia?

African Vision and Eye Health, 2018
Purpose: To determine the prevalence and visual characteristics of patients seen by optometrists and ophthalmologists in Saudi Arabian public hospitals.
Yousef H. Aldebasi, Mohammad I. Ahmed, William A. Monaco   +2 more
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occurrence of Fungi in the Potable Water of Hospitals: A Public Health Threat

Pathogens, 2020
Since the last decade, attention towards the occurrence of fungi in potable water has increased. Commensal and saprophytic microorganisms widely distributed in nature are also responsible for causing public health problems. Fungi can contaminate hospital
Giuseppina Caggiano, Giusy Diella, Francesco Triggiano, Nicola Bartolomeo, Francesca Apollonio, Carmen Campanale, Marco Lopuzzo, Maria Teresa Montagna   +7 more
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California Health Care Market Report 2005 [PDF]

, 2005
Examines relationships among providers, physicians, hospitals, and patients, differences in the way physicians and hospitals organize, and factors that have prompted hospitals, medical groups, and health plans to redefine their ...
Allan Baumgarten
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