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Validation of the German version of Infants and Toddlers Dermatology Quality of Life (InToDermQoL) Questionnaire

open access: yesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and Objectives Skin diseases can greatly impair quality of life (QoL) of pediatric patients and their families. The Infants and Toddlers Dermatology Quality of Life questionnaire (InToDermQoL) is the first skin‐generic instrument assessing QoL in children ≤ 4 years, as reported by their caregiver. This study aimed to psychometrically
Juliane Traxler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of failure to rescue derived from routine NHS data as a nursing sensitive patient safety indicator (report to Policy Research Programme)

open access: yes, 2010
Objectives: This study aims to assess the potential for deriving 2 mortality based failure to rescue indicators and a proxy measure, based on exceptionally long length of stay, from English hospital administrative data by exploring change in coding ...
Bottle, Alex   +2 more
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Lessons From a Health Information Technology Demonstration in New York Nursing Homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Outlines the New York State Nursing Home Health Information Technology Demonstration Project; variations in organizational aims in adopting HIT, perceived or real effects, and resulting quality improvement efforts; and considerations for ...
Scott White, Shana Lieberman Klinger
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of residential aged care: the consumer perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper discusses concerns about the quality of care in a minority of residential aged care facilities, and puts forward strategies to address them. Executive summary: Over 222,000 people received permanent residential aged care services in 2012 with ...

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‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Models for providing improved care in residential care homes: a thematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yes
This Annotated Bibliography is one output from a review of the available research evidence to support improved care in residential care homes as the needs of older people intensify. Key findings The review identified extremely little published evidence
Clay, Diane   +4 more
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Early years : subject profile (SPICe briefing; 11/51) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
"This subject profile provides an introduction to services for pre-school children. It updates and expands SB 06/83 published in October 2006. Early Years refers to pre-school education, child health, children‟s social work and childcare.
Kidner, Camilla
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Postoperative Care and Management in Pediatric Hematology‐Oncology Patients

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases often undergo surgical procedures as part of diagnosis and therapy. These include central venous catheter placements, tumor resections, lymph node and bone marrow biopsies, among others.
Shachi Srivatsa, Sara A. Mansfield
wiley   +1 more source

The Challenges of Backsourcing

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public sector outsourcing sometimes ends in unexpected termination, forcing authorities to engage in backsourcing. The aim of this study is to identify the challenges posed by unexpected terminations of sourcing contracts in the public sector and analyze how actual practices in these situations diverge from theoretical expectations in the ...
Johan Berlin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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