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Competition, Quality and Integrated Health Care
Integration of health care services has been promoted in several countries to improve the quality and coordination of care. We investigate the effects of such integration in a model where providers compete on quality to attract patients under regulated prices. We identify countervailing effects of integration on quality of care. While integration makes
Brekke, Kurt +2 more
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Background This naturalistic study examined the outcomes of Short-Term Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in groups with personality disorders, and with high and low severity of depressive symptoms.
David Koppers +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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Design of a retrospective patient record study on the occurrence of adverse events among patients in Dutch hospitals [PDF]
Background: Various international studies have shown that a substantial number of patients suffer from injuries or even die as a result of care delivered in hospitals.
van der Wal Gerrit +43 more
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ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker +11 more
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Annual, Oct. 2005-; Semiannual, Mar. 2004-Oct. 2004; Annual, Mar. 2003; Mar. 2003-; Title from cover.; This report was initiated with the creation of Connecticut's Quality of Care Program.; Report date changed from Mar. to Oct., eff. with v.
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Marie Dahlen Granrud,1 Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl,2 Ann Karin Helgesen,2 Carina Bååth,2,3 Cecilia Olsson,3,4 Maria Tillfors,5 Christina Melin-Johansson,6 Jane Österlind,7 Maria Larsson,3 Reidun Hov,8 Tuva Sandsdalen9 1Department of Social Sciences and ...
Granrud MD +10 more
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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 +2 more
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Acute stroke awareness of family physicians: translation of policy to practice
Background Translating clinical guidelines into routine clinical practice is mandatory to achieve population level improvement of health. Emergence of specific therapy for acute stroke yielded the ‘time is brain’ concept introducing the need for ...
Szilvia Harsanyi +5 more
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