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Hemodialysis facility star rating affects mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients: a longitudinal observational cohort study [PDF]

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2023
Background Many countries have their own hemodialysis (HD) quality assurance programs and star rating systems for HD facilities. However, the effects of HD quality assurance programs on patient mortality are not well understood. Therefore, in the present
Hayne Cho Park, Hyung Yun Choi, Do Hyoung Kim, AJin Cho, Young Eun Kwon, Dong-Ryeol Ryu, Ki Hwa Yang, , Eun Mi Won, Ji Hyeon Shin, Jinseog Kim, Young-Ki Lee   +10 more
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Association of the FRAIL Scale with Geriatric Syndromes and Health-Related Outcomes in Korean Older Adults [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021
Background Owing to the growing older population, appropriate tools are needed for frailty screening in community-dwelling older people. We investigated the association between geriatric conditions and health-related outcomes using the five-item Fatigue,
Heayon Lee, Junyong Chong, Hee-Won Jung, Ji Yeon Baek, Eunju Lee, Il-Young Jang   +5 more
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Assessment of Health Care Exposures and Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock [PDF]

JAMA Network Open, 2020
Current information on the characteristics of patients who develop sepsis may help in identifying opportunities to improve outcomes. Most recent studies of sepsis epidemiology have focused on changes in incidence or have used administrative data sets that provided limited patient-level data.To describe sepsis epidemiology in adults.This retrospective ...
Fay, Katherine, Sapiano, Mathew R. P., Gokhale, Runa, Dantes, Raymund, Thompson, Nicola, Katz, David E., Ray, Susan M., Wilson, Lucy E., Perlmutter, Rebecca, Nadle, Joelle, Godine, Deborah, Frank, Linda, Brousseau, Geoff, Johnston, Helen, Bamberg, Wendy, Dumyati, Ghinwa, Nelson, Deborah, Lynfield, Ruth, DeSilva, Malini, Kainer, Marion, Zhang, Alexia, Ocampo, Valerie, Samper, Monika, Pierce, Rebecca, Irizarry, Lourdes, Sievers, Marla, Maloney, Meghan, Fiore, Anthony, Magill, Shelley S., Epstein, Lauren   +29 more
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The Schizophrenia Care and Assessment Program Health Questionnaire (SCAP-HQ): An Instrument to Assess Outcomes of Schizophrenia Care [PDF]

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2003
Advances in treatment technologies and development of evidence-based standards of care demand better methods for routine assessment of outcomes for schizophrenia in systems of care. This article describes the development and psychometrics of a new instrument to assess outcomes of routine care for persons with schizophrenia in service systems. Candidate
Anthony F, Lehman, Ellen P, Fischer, Leticia, Postrado, Janine, Delahanty, Bryan M, Johnstone, Patricia A, Russo, William H, Crown   +6 more
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Quality management in surgery: improving clinical and surgical outcomes

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2020
Quality is a term used by various specialists, from different perspectives, having as a common point to identify focuses that promote their development in institutional management.
RAPHAELLA PAULA FERREIRA, PHILLIPE ABREU, FLAVIO DANIEL SAAVEDRA TOMASICH, VINICIUS BASSO PRETI   +3 more
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Can the shift from needs-led to outcomes-focused assessment in health and social care deliver on policy priorities? [PDF]

, 2010
Assessment, planning and review are at the heart of the provision of services and support in health and social care in the community, providing key means through which professionals interact with people using their services.
Miller, Emma
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Assessment of canine health and preventative care outcomes of a community medicine program [PDF]

Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2018
The objective of this study was to assess if use of a community based veterinary medical program (the Tufts at Tech Community Veterinary Clinic) was related to indicators of canine health and well-being in a low-income community through the provision of low-cost preventative care.
Megan Kiely Mueller, Stephanie Chubb, Gregory Wolfus, Emily McCobb   +3 more
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Infection in home health care: Results from national Outcome and Assessment Information Set data

American Journal of Infection Control, 2015
Background Patients in home health care (HHC), the fastest growing health care sector, are at risk for infection. The existing research on infection in HHC is often limited by small sample sizes, local scope of inquiry, and a lack of current data.
Jing-Jing Shang, E. Larson, Jian-Fang Liu, P. Stone   +3 more
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Prognostic Factors of Outcome in Methanol Poisoning; an 8-year Retrospective Cross-sectional Study

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Identification of high-risk patients with poor prognosis is essential for quick diagnosis and treatment of methanol poisoning to prevent death and improve the outcome.
Vahid Yousefinejad, Badia Moradi, Anvar Mohammadi Baneh, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Asrin Babahajian   +4 more
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Assessment of variation in long-term outcomes of integrated care initiatives in Dutch health care

International Journal of Care Coordination, 2022
Introduction The care for many patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in the Netherlands, is contracted by a local care group. The healthcare providers, who collectively shape a care group, provide protocolled diabetes care.
Katalin Katona, Malou Dorine Menting, Ylva Michelle Pisters   +2 more
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