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Measurement and documentation of quality indicators for the end-of-life care of hospital patients a nationwide retrospective record review study

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Quality of care at the end of life in hospitals is often perceived to be lower compared to the care that is provided to people who die in their own home.
F. M. Bijnsdorp, B. Schouten, A. K. L. Reyners, C. Wagner, A. L. Francke, S. M. van Schoten   +5 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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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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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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Professional quality of life and resilience in emergency department healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background: The professional quality of life of healthcare professionals in emergency departments may be compromised during the COVID-19 pandemic.
C. Wong, Bun Young, Berachah Sze Chung Lui, A. Leung, J. So   +4 more
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.
Armoni, S., Rony, R.Y., Kerem, E.
openaire   +1 more source

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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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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Working Environment in Nursing: Needs Improvement? [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Knowing the quality of life of professionals is important because it is related to job performance, better results, and greater productivity, which results in better patient care.
Fernández, M. J. (María), López, M. V. (María), Martínez, D. P. (Dolores), Paz, J. D. (Julia), Pogrányivá, A. H. (Alicia)   +4 more
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Impact of Nursing Resignations on Annual Recruitment Strategies in Sudair Region Hospitals, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Many healthcare organisations are grappling with a critical issue of having critically low nurse staff levels. This leads to high workload stress, job dissatisfaction, and frustration among nurses and triggers a disruptive cycle of
Noor Fallaj T Almutaieri, Yousif Mohamed Abdallah, Habib Fallaj Almutairy, Abdelaziz Fallaj Almutairi, Muslet Khalid S Alotabibi, Zaki Alhumaidi F Almtairi, Hamed Ibrahim F Alutaieri, Zayed Abdullah J Almutairi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source