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Young people's use of NHS Direct: a national study of symptoms and outcome of calls for children aged 0-15 [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives National Health Service (NHS) Direct provides 24/7 expert telephone-based healthcare information and advice to the public in England. However, limited research has explored the reasons to why calls are made on behalf of young people, as such ...
Chater, Angel, Cook, Erica Jane, Guppy, Andy, Large, Shirley, O'Mahony, Erica, Pang, Dong, Pang, Dong, Randhawa, Gurch   +7 more
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Admission decisions following contact with an emergency mental health assessment and intervention service.

, 2007
AIMS: To define the demographic and clinical profile of individuals referred to an emergency mental health assessment team. To identify factors associated with being admitted to inpatient psychiatric services or not admitted following an emergency ...
Amin S, Benglesdorf H, Benzeval M, Brimblecombe N, Brooker C, Department of Health, Department of Health, Duffett R, Fitzgerald P, Gerson S, Hillard J, Orme S, Orrell M, Reijneveld SA, Ries R, Sharma V, Slade M, Social Exclusion Unit, Stroul B, Townsend P, Turner PM, Way BB, Wing JK   +22 more
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Impacto en los resultados en salud de la telesalud aplicada para la atención y seguimiento ambulatorio del alto riesgo obstétrico: revisión narrativa de la literatura

Medicina U.P.B.
Esta revisión examina la literatura sobre el impacto de la telesalud aplicada en modelos de atención en salud ambulatorios sobre los resultados en salud (funcionales, costos, satisfacción y calidad de vida) en población gestante de alto riesgo.
Sara Arango Valencia, Juan Guillermo Barrientos, Ever Augusto Torres Silva, Emmanuel Sánchez Diaz   +3 more
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Delay in DOTS for new pulmonary tuberculosis patient from rural area of Wardha District, India [PDF]

, 2010
Vast majority of active tuberculosis patients seeks treatment, do so promptly, still many patients spend a great deal of time and money “shopping for health” and too often they do not receive either accurate diagnosis or effective treatment, despite ...
Bawankule, S, Gaidhane, A, Khatib , N, Quazi, SZ   +3 more
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Disparities in the protagonism of oral health teams in the work process of Primary Healthcare [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE Evaluate and compare the protagonism of Oral Health teams (OHt) in the teamwork process in Primary Healthcare (PHC) over five years and estimate the magnitude of disparities between Brazilian macro-regions. METHODS Ecological study that used
Érika Talita Silva, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Fabiano Costa Diniz, Milena Ribeiro Gomes, Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima Martins, Loliza Luiz Figueiredo Houri Chalub, Maria Inês Barreiros Senna   +6 more
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Effect of a French Experiment of Team Work between General Practitioners and Nurses on Efficacy and Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Care [PDF]

This study aims to assess the efficacy and the cost of a French team work experiment between nurses and GPs for the managing of type 2 diabetes patients.
Engin Yilmaz, Julien Mousquès, Philippe Le Fur, Yann Bourgueil   +3 more
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Modeling Zero-inflated Count Data Using Generalized Poisson and Ordinal Logistic Regression Models in Medical Research

Oman Medical Journal
Objectives: In medical research, the study’s design and statistical methods are pivotal, as they guide interpretation and conclusion. Selecting appropriate statistical models hinges on the distribution of the outcome measure.
Bijesh Yadav, Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan, Marimuthu Sappani, Thenmozhi Mani, Sebastian George, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala   +5 more
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Clinical outcomes of 11,436 kidney transplants performed in a single center - Hospital do Rim

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2017
Introduction: Kidney transplantation is considered a cost-effective treatment compared to dialysis but accounts for a significant percentage of the public health care resources. Therefore, efficient systems capable of performing high number of procedures
José Medina Pestana
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New directions: mothers and babies services: assessment of the program using nKPI data December 2012 to December 2013 [PDF]

Presents data for 19 ‘process-of-care’ and ‘health outcomes’ indicators, which focus on the prevention and management of chronic disease and maternal and child health.

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Can the US Minimum Data Set Be Used for Predicting Admissions to Acute Care Facilities? [PDF]

, 1998
This paper is intended to give an overview of Knowledge Discovery in Large Datasets (KDD) and data mining applications in healthcare particularly as related to the Minimum Data Set, a resident assessment tool which is used in US long-term care facilities.
Abbott, Patricia A., Adya, Monica, Canfield, Kip, Manchand, Roopak, Quirolgico, Stephen   +4 more
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