Background: Hospitalization and readmission rates after a first-ever-in-a-lifetime stroke (FELS) are considered measures of quality of care and, importantly, may give valuable information to better allocate health-related resources.
Pedro Abreu +7 more
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Regression forecasting of patient admission data [PDF]
Forecasting is an important aid in many areas of hospital management, including elective surgery scheduling, bed management, and staff resourcing. This paper describes our work in analyzing patient admission data and forecasting this data using regression techniques.
Boyle, Justin +6 more
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Agreement between admission and discharge diagnoses: Analysis by the groups of international classification of diseases, 10th revision [PDF]
Background/Aim. Admission diagnosis represents the diagnosis of an illness, injury or condition due to which a patient is referred to hospital to be admitted.
Mihailović Nataša +4 more
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Risk factors for hospital admission with RSV bronchiolitis in England: a population-based birth cohort study. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To examine the timing and duration of RSV bronchiolitis hospital admission among term and preterm infants in England and to identify risk factors for bronchiolitis admission.
Paul Aylin (355512) +28 more
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Introduction HIV controllers (HICs) experience relatively low‐level viraemia and CD4 preservation without antiretroviral therapy (ART), but also immune activation that may predispose to adverse clinical events such as cardiovascular disease and ...
Trevor A Crowell +6 more
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Cancer diagnosed by emergency admission in England: an observational study using the general practice research database. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Patients diagnosed with cancer by the emergency route often have more advanced diseases and poorer outcomes. Rates of cancer diagnosed through unplanned admissions vary within and between countries, suggesting potential inconsistencies in the
Majeed, Azeem +7 more
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Kim McClean, Martyn Cross, Sue Reed School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, AustraliaCorrespondence: Kim McClean Email k.mcclean@ecu.edu.auPurpose: Pressure on Australia’s healthcare system is ...
McClean K, Cross M, Reed S
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The Effects of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular and Respiratory Causes of Emergency Admission
Introduction:Â Today, air pollution is one of the critical problems in metropolitans and necessary preparations are needed for confronting with this crisis.
Ali Mohammad Shahi +4 more
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Association between patient and general practice characteristics and unplanned first-time admissions for cancer: observational study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: To identify patient and general practice (GP) characteristics associated with emergency (unplanned) first admissions for cancer in secondary care. METHODS: Patients who had a first-time admission with a primary diagnosis of cancer during 2007/
Bottle, A. +19 more
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Correlations of Weather and Time Variables with Visits of Trauma Patients at a Regional Trauma Center in Korea [PDF]
Purpose Trauma incidence and hospitalizations of trauma patients are generally believed to be affected by season and weather. The objective of this study was to explore possible associations of the hospitalization rate of trauma patients with weather and
Hyuk Jin Choi +6 more
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