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Quality and care of men's shirts

California Agriculture, 1978
Price may be a poor criterion in judging the performance of garments: lower-priced shirts surpass higher-priced shirts in durability and color-fastness.
H Prato, M Morris
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The quality of preventive and diagnostic medical care: why do southern states underperform? [PDF]

As the cost of health care increases rapidly, the health care industry has turned its attention to methods of cost containment. However, concern exists that the drive to contain costs could lead to compromises in the quality of medical care. One practice
Brian S. Armour, M. Melinda Pitts
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Shared Care Contributions to Self-Care and Quality of Life in Chronic Cardiac Patients [PDF]

, 2016
Shared care is an interpersonal interaction system composed of communication, decision making, and reciprocity; it is used by patients and family caregivers (care dyads) to exchange social support.
Brown, Roger, Flatley Brennan, Patricia, Sebern, Margaret   +2 more
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Quality of Health Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Chartbook [PDF]

, 2005
Provides the results of a review of recently published studies and reports about the quality of health care for elderly Medicare beneficiaries.
Douglas McCarthy, Sheila Leatherman
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International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance,

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Models for providing improved care in residential care homes: a thematic literature review [PDF]

This Annotated Bibliography is one output from a review of the available research evidence to support improved care in residential care homes as the needs of older people intensify. Key findings The review identified extremely little published evidence
Clay, Diane, Hyde, Julia, Nelson, S. (Sara), Szczepura, Ala, Wild, Deidre   +4 more
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Methods used to develop quality of care standards and indicators for mental health across the WHO European region: a rapid systematic review

BMJ Open Quality
Objective This rapid review aims to understand whether a standardised approach to developing quality standards and indicators for mental health has been used across the WHO European Region and beyond to inform methods to develop quality standards for ...
Joao Breda, Jennifer Hall, Ledia Lazëri, Raffaella Sibilio   +3 more
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Review: Factors Relating to Nurses\u27 Caring Behaviors for Dying Patients [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Nowadays, caring for patients at the end of life becomes an indicator of the quality of care in a hospital. Nurses are the key people to provide care for dying patients, therefore caring behaviors of nurses could affect the quality of care ...
Nilmanat, K. (Kittikorn), Prompahakul, C. (Chuleeporn)   +1 more
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Criteria and practical guidance for determination of brain death in adults (2nd edition)

Chinese Medical Journal, 2019
Peng Lyu, Brain Injury Evaluation Quality Control Center of National Health Commission; Neurocritical Care Committe of the Chinese Society of Neurology (NCC/CSN); Neurocritical Care Committe of China Neurologist Association (NCC/CNA)   +1 more
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Mental health and psychosocial support for asylum seekers and refugees in Greece: a narrative review of stressors, needs, services, and barriers

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Over the past decade, Greece has received a high number of applications for international protection, creating an urgent need for comprehensive mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) systems for asylum seekers and refugees. Despite its
Lars Dumke, Eleni Maousidi-Ziganou, Penny Kalpaxi, Ledia Lazeri, Jennifer Hall, Joao Breda   +5 more
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