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Case-studies of displacement effects in Dutch hospital care

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Under a constrained health care budget, cost-increasing technologies may displace funds from existing health services. However, it is unknown what services are displaced and how such displacement takes place in practice.
Joost Johan Godert Wammes, Geert Frederix, Paulien Govaert, Domino Determann, Silvia Evers, Aggie Paulus, Niek Stadhouders, Patrick Jeurissen, Wija Oortwijn, Eddy M. M. Adang   +9 more
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Pressure ulcers: understanding the challenges of promoting quality [PDF]

, 2010
Pressure ulcers affect quality of life and general wellbeing, and create significant difficulties for patients, their carers and families. Pressure ulcers are associated with morbidity and mortality, and prove costly for healthcare providers.
Ousey, Karen
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Professional Quality of Life of Healthcare Workers in Hospital Emergency Departments

Behavioral Sciences, 2022
In previous publications, we have reported that professionals in emergency departments undergo high levels of stress according to the amounts of salivary biomarkers (α-amylase and cortisol). The stress seems to be counteracted by increased levels of dehydroepiandrosterone.
Daniel Pérez-Valdecantos, Alberto Caballero-García, Hugo J. Bello, David Noriega-González, Nora Palomar-Ciria, Alba Roche, Enrique Roche, Alfredo Córdova-Martínez   +7 more
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Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Literature Review [PDF]

, 2019
Background Improving value in healthcare means optimizing outcomes and minimizing costs. The emerging pay-for-performance era requires understanding of the effect of healthcare services on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Desai, Virendra R., Gadgil, Nisha, Lam, Sandi K., Raskin, Jeffrey S., Saad, Shahbaz   +4 more
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Perspectives on Aging and Quality of Life

Healthcare, 2023
The aging of the world’s population and the health problems accompanying it are becoming increasingly severe. Healthcare policies in developed countries focus on how to prevent and treat diseases associated with aging and how to maintain quality of life.
S. Noto
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality of Care and Quality of Life: Patient/Healthcare Perspectives

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 2009
Background: Patients with CF need attention, financial resources and energy for their daily, time consuming therapies to maintain an optimal health status. Our goal as healthcare providers (HP) is to offer the best care. This results in a heavy burden for the patients which impairs the quality of life (QoL) and may lead to poor adherence.
E. Kerem, S. Armoni, R.Y. Rony
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Who should be prioritized for renal transplantation?: Analysis of key stakeholder preferences using discrete choice experiments [PDF]

, 2012
Background Policies for allocating deceased donor kidneys have recently shifted from allocation based on Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) tissue matching in the UK and USA. Newer allocation algorithms incorporate waiting time as a primary factor, and in
A Allepuz, AJ Lloyd, Ala Szczepura, Anil Gumber, C Byrne, C Byrne, CC Geddes, CJ Browning, Dennis Leech, Department of Health, DJ Street, Domenico Moro, FP Cappuccio, G Rubin, J Huber, J Neuberger, J Ratcliffe, J Ratcliffe, JM Wooldridge, K Ladkin, KC Norris, LF Ross, M Amaya-Amaya, M Bradley, MD Clark, Michael D Clark, NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Blood and Transplant [formally UK Transplant], Nick West, ON Louis, PL Tso, R Bennett, RA Koenne, RM Higgins, Robert Higgins, S Youngkong, SN Davison, VB Ashby, VS Raleigh   +38 more
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FIRE (facilitating implementation of research evidence) : a study protocol [PDF]

, 2012
Research evidence underpins best practice, but is not always used in healthcare. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework suggests that the nature of evidence, the context in which it is used, and whether ...
A Donner, A Kitson, A Kitson, Agency for Health Research and Quality, Alison Kitson, Angie Titchen, Ann Catrine Eldh, B McCormack, B McCormack, Brendan McCormack, C Bahtsevani, CA Estabrooks, Carole A Estabrooks, Carole Mockford, CD Helfrich, CE DuBeau, Claire Hawkes, D Brown, D Lewis, DL Patrick, DM Doran, DS Thompson, EuroQoL, EuroQoL Group, G Harvey, Geraldine McCarthy, Gill Harvey, HA Glick, J Medves, J Rycroft-Malone, J Rycroft-Malone, J Rycroft-Malone, J Rycroft-Malone, J Thor, JE Squires, JM Holroyd-Leduc, Jo Rycroft-Malone, JP Spradley, K Cox, Karen Cox, Kate Seers, L Vale, L Wallin, Lars Wallin, M Eccles, M Hulscher, M Rawlins, M Rhydderch, M Sandelowski, M Schuster, Nicola J Crichton, Pat Linck, R Grol, R Grol, R Pawson, R Wiechula, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, RT Edwards, S Dopson, S Hanney, S Hardy, S Kunz, S Majumdar, S Tsai, T Greenhalgh, T Ibbotsen, T Weijden Van der, TA Sheldon, TH Wagner   +68 more
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Health Literacy in the Everyday Lives of Older Adults in Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2020
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone’s knowledge and abilities to access and use health information in order to make appropriate health decisions in life. HL is particularly valuable in later life when health challenges grow.
Csizmadia, Peter, Dalma, Archontoula, De Winter, Andrea, De Wit, Liesbeth, Karnaki, Pania, Meijering, Louise, Salter, Charlotte   +6 more
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Mental health and quality of life among healthcare professionals during the COVID‐19 pandemic in India

Brain and Behavior, 2020
The COVID‐19 pandemic has placed healthcare professionals (HCP) in stressful circumstances with increased patient loads and a high risk of exposure. We sought to assess the mental health and quality of life (QoL) of Indian HCPs, the fourth highest‐burden
N. Suryavanshi, Abhay Kadam, G. Dhumal, S. Nimkar, V. Mave, Amita Gupta, S. Cox, N. Gupte   +7 more
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