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Quality of Medical Information Determine the Quality of Diagnosis Code [PDF]

, 2019
The accuracy of the diagnosis code has implications for future patient care planning, provision of health services and patient care costs. Therefore, this study has analyzed the influence of the quality of medical information on the quality of the ...
Ismayani, A. (Ani), Maryati, W. (Warsi), Rahayuningrum, I. O. (Indriyati)   +2 more
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Exploring the views of being a proxy from the perspective of unpaid carers and paid carers: developing a proxy version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Outcomes-based policy and administration of public services present a compelling argument for the value of outcomes data. However, there are a number of challenges inherent in collecting these data from people who are unable to complete a ...
James Caiels, Stacey Rand, Tanya Crowther, Grace Collins, Julien Forder   +4 more
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Guideline appraisal with AGREE II: online survey of the potential influence of AGREE II items on overall assessment of guideline quality and recommendation for use

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The AGREE II instrument is the most commonly used guideline appraisal tool. It includes 23 appraisal criteria (items) organized within six domains.
Wiebke Hoffmann-Eßer, Ulrich Siering, Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Anne Catharina Brockhaus, Natalie McGauran, Michaela Eikermann   +5 more
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The Price-Quality Paradox in Healthcare [PDF]

, 2016
This data brief compares average state-level prices against quality measures for asthma, diabetes and hypertension care and finds that higher prices for medical services are not always indicative of higher quality of ...
Eric Barrette, Kevin Kennedy
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Developing patient-centred care: an ethnographic study of patient perceptions and influence on quality improvement. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Understanding quality improvement from a patient perspective is important for delivering patient-centred care. Yet the ways patients define quality improvement remains unexplored with patients often excluded from improvement work.
Marston, Cicely, Renedo, Alicia
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Resident and Nursing Home Factors Associated With Adherence to a Personalized Music Intervention: Secondary Analyses From Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer’s Disease (METRIcAL)

Journal of Aging Research
Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier ...
Ryan A. Conard, Rosa R. Baier, Anthony Sisti, Laura Dionne, Ellen M. McCreedy   +4 more
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Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In international comparisons, rates of amputations of the lower limb are relatively high in Germany. This study aims to analyze trends in lower limb amputations over time, as well as outcomes of care concerning in-hospital mortality and ...
Melissa Spoden, Ulrike Nimptsch, Thomas Mansky   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving support for older people looking after someone with advanced cancer [PDF]

, 2011
The briefing paper is about the findings and recommendations from a research project conducted at the University of Nottingham, with funding awarded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Bird, Lydia, Kennedy, Sheila, Seymour, Jane, et al   +2 more
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Correction to: Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
In the original publication of this article [1], some numbers in the below sentence errors in the Results section of the Abstract:
Melissa Spoden, Ulrike Nimptsch, Thomas Mansky   +2 more
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Quality of care in University Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: systematic review [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: To identify the key issues, problems, barriers and challenges particularly in relation to the quality of care in university hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and to provide recommendations for improvement.
Aljuaid, MG, Chaudhry, Z, Majeed, Mannan, F, Rawaf, S   +4 more
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