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Is the maturity of hospitals' quality improvement systems associated with measures of quality and patient safety? [PDF]

, 2011
UNLABELLED: ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Previous research addressed the development of a classification scheme for quality improvement systems in European hospitals.
Saez, Mercedes, Andrew Thompson, Mercè Casas, Thompson, A, Casas Galofré, Mercè, Suñol, Rosa, Groene Oliver, Casas Mercè, Mora, N, Suñol, R, Thompson, Andrew, Saez Mercedes, Mora, Nuria, Mercedes Saez, Saez, M, Suñol Rosa, Casas, M, Nuria Mora, Groene, O, Thompson Andrew, Rosa Suñol, Mora Nuria, Oliver Groene, Casas, Mercè, Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa   +25 more
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The impact of diabetes-related complications on healthcare costs: results from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS Study No. 65) [PDF]

, 2003
<b>Aims</b> To develop a model for estimating the immediate and long-term healthcare costs associated with seven diabetes-related complications in patients with Type 2 diabetes participating in the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS ...
Legood, R, Holman, R, Holman, R., Clarke, P, Gray, A., Briggs, A., Gray, A, Clarke, P., Legood, R., Briggs, A   +9 more
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The psychological impact of surgical complications on patients and surgeons [PDF]

, 2013
Adverse events constitute a significant challenge for healthcare organisations not only in terms of their prevention but also in terms of their after-effects on the injured patients and the staff involved.
Pinto, Anna
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Association between performance measures and glycemic control among patients with diabetes in a community-wide primary care cohort [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Performance measures are used for assessing quality of care. Higher performance shown by these measures is expected to reflect better care, but little is known whether they predict better patient outcomes.
Denig, P., Voorham, Jaco, Haaijer-Ruskamp, F.M., Denig, Petra, de Zeeuw, D., Sidorenkov, Grigory; id_orcid, de Zeeuw, Dick, Voorham, J., Sidorenkov, G., Sidorenkov, Grigory, de Zeeuw, Dick; id_orcid, Denig, Petra; id_orcid, Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M.   +12 more
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A model to estimate the lifetime health outcomes of patients with Type 2 diabetes: the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Outcomes Model (UKPDS no. 68) [PDF]

, 2004
<i>Aims/hypothesis</i> The aim of this study was to develop a simulation model for Type 2 diabetes that can be used to estimate the likely occurrence of major diabetes-related complications over a lifetime, in order to calculate health ...
Stevenson, R.J., Gray, Alastair, Stevens, Richard, Briggs, AH, Holman, RR, Farmer, A.J., Holman, Rury, Fenn, P., Stevens, RJ, Clarke, P.M., Fenn, P,, Fenn, P, Stevens, R.J., Stratton, I.M., Farmer, Andrew, Gray, A, Gray, AM, Farmer, AJ, Stratton, IM, Holman, R, Matthews, D.R., Matthews, DR, Briggs, A., Clarke, PM, Briggs, A, the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Group, Gray, A.M., Holman, R.R.   +27 more
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Comparison of performance of various prediction models (serious complications).

, 2023
Comparison of performance of various prediction models (serious complications).
Ana Fernández Montés (15440482), Marina Justo de la Peña (15440503), Laura Ortega Moran (15440521), Paula Jimenez-Fonseca (5419985), Eva Coma Salvans (15440473), Cristina Sánchez Cendra (15440500), María José Martínez Ortiz (15440530), Irma de la Haba Vacas (15440476), David Fernández Garay (15440464), Silvia Sequero López (15440494), Mercedes Biosca Gómez de Tejada (15440488), Alberto Carmona-Bayonas (5171285), Diana Moreno Muñoz (15440506), Mayra Orillo Sarmiento (15440509), Eva Martínez de Castro (15440512), Ignacio García Escobar (15440515), Alejandro Bernal Vidal (15440518), Mónica Cejuela Solís (15440467), Vicente Vicente (355123), David Gómez Sánchez (15440479), Virginia Arrazubi Arrula (15440491), Diego Casado Elía (15440470), Roberto Morales Giménez (15440485), Francisco Ayala de la Peña (15440533), Andrés J. Muñoz Martín (15440524), Manuel Sánchez-Cánovas (15440461), Remedios Otero Candelera (15440497), Rodrigo Sánchez Bayona (15440527)   +27 more
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Surgical Complications for Oral Cavity Cancer: Evaluating Hospital Performance [PDF]

Objective: Complications of oral cavity cancer (OCC) surgery have an impact on the quality of life. Therefore, evaluating hospital performance on complication rates can help identify best practices for improving the quality of OCC care.
Vesseur, Annemarie, Klein Nulent, Thomas J.W., Vaassen, Lauretta Anna Alexandra, van Es, Robert J.J., Lacko, Martin, van Bemmel, Alexander J.M., Hendrickx, Jan Jaap, MS Mondziekten/Kaakchirurgie, Schwandt, Leonora Q., Klijn, Reinoud J., Bun, Rolf, Baatenburg de Jong, Robert Jan, Hardillo, Jose Angelito, Ghaeminia, Hossein, Takes, Robert Paul, van Oorschot, Hanneke Doremiek, Dirven, Richard, Oomens, Marjolijn Abigal Eva Maria, Jansen, Jeroen C., Krabbe, Christiaan A., van den Broek, Guido B., de Jel, Dominique Valerie Clarence, Halmos, Gyorgy Bela, MS Hoofd-Hals Chirurgische Oncologie, Cancer   +24 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
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Lower cognitive performance among long-term type 1 diabetes survivors

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have an increased risk of cognitive dysfunction. The cognitive decrement is believed to depend on macro- and microvascular complications and long disease duration.
Awad, Anna,, Robert Lundqvist, Lundqvist, Robert,, Eliasson, Mats,, Rolandsson, Olov,, Olov Rolandsson, Mats Eliasson, Anna Awad, Anna Sundström, Sundström, Anna,   +9 more
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The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010 [PDF]

, 2012
Includes bibliographical references.Diabetes is the most common non-communicable disease worldwide and contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality.
Dunbar, Graeme Leslie
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