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The effect of Meropenem stewardship at Prof Ngoerah Hospital on the prevalence of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the cost of purchasing meropenem [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Irrational use of antibiotics will trigger anti-microbial resistance which is a threat to health problems now and in the future. The use of meropenem is often the last choice in using antibiotics without undergoing microbiological examination
Made Susila Utama, Reza Andriani, Wayan Suranadi, Dwi Fatmawati   +3 more
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Measuring Active Purchasing in Healthcare: Analysing Reallocations of Funds Between Providers to Evaluate Purchasing Systems Performance in the Netherlands [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Background  Purchasing systems aim to improve resource allocation in healthcare markets. The Netherlands is characterized by four different purchasing systems: managed competition in the hospital market, a non-competitive single payer system for long ...
Niek Stadhouders, Xander Koolman, Marit A.C. Tanke, Hans Maarse, Patrick P.T. Jeurissen   +4 more
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One case of iodine-125 therapy – A new minimally invasive treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Open Life Sciences, 2022
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most common primary liver cancer associated with a poor prognosis. ICC accounts for about 10% of primary liver malignancies but with increasing incidence in recent years.
Chen Xinju, Chen Xiaoqi, Zhang Chuanlei, Wang Xinting, Yuan Changwei, Yang He, Yang Lixia   +6 more
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Trends of Negotiated Targeted Anticancer Medicines Use in China: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
Background  In order to relieve the financial burden of the patients in China, the Ministry of Health (MoH) conducted the first national price negotiation and successfully negotiated three expensive medicines including 2 targeted anticancer medicines ...
Cong Huang, Carolina Ung, Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Lin Bai, Xinyi Li, Xiaodong Guan, Luwen Shi   +6 more
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Maternal health care wearing equipment based on fetal information monitoring

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020
In order to monitor the fetal information in real time and ensure the health of the pregnant women themselves and their fetuses during pregnancy, a kind of health wearing equipment, abdominal care belt is designed in this study, which can be worn by ...
Junyan Peng, Yicheng Huang, Kanbin Yu, Renjie Fan, Jia Zhou   +4 more
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Does Scale of Public Hospitals Affect Bargaining Power? Evidence From Japan [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017
Background Many of public hospitals in Japan have had a deficit for a long time. Japanese local governments have been encouraging public hospitals to use group purchasing of drugs to benefit from the economies of scale, and increase their bargaining ...
Konosuke Noto, Takao Kojo, Ichiro Innami
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Factors influencing procurement behaviour and decision-making: an exploratory qualitative study in a UK healthcare provider

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background In 2016 the UK Department of Health and Social Care published the results of a comprehensive review of efficiency in hospitals, identifying “unwarranted variation” in procurement (or purchasing) practices for materials, supplies and devices ...
Harriet Boulding, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels
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The use of modelling studies to inform planning of health services: case study of rapidly increasing endoscopy services in Australia

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Demand for gastrointestinal endoscopy in Australia is increasing as a result of the expanding national bowel cancer screening program and a growing, ageing population.
Hannah E. Carter, Dylan Knowles, Timothy Moroney, Gerald Holtmann, Tony Rahman, Mark Appleyard, Nick Steele, Michael Zanco, Nicholas Graves   +8 more
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Abnormal TPM2 expression is involved in regulation of atherosclerosis progression via mediating RhoA signaling in vitro

Archives of Medical Science, 2021
Introduction Ox-LDL (oxidized low-density lipoprotein)-induced endothelial cell injury and dysfunction of vascular smooth muscle cells play critical roles in the development of atherosclerosis (AS).
Jimei Zhang, Chonghong Zhang, Li Miao, Zimin Meng, Ning Gu, Guifang Song   +5 more
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Low serum albumin and total lymphocyte count as predictors of 30 day hospital readmission in patients 65 years of age or older [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Introduction. Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge is a target for health care cost savings through the medicare Value Based Purchasing initiative.
Robert Robinson
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