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Improvement in nurse staffing ratios according to policy changes: a prospective cohort study

BMC Nursing
Background Since 1999, reimbursements for nursing services for inpatients have been paid differentially according to the nurse staffing ratios in Korea. However, differentiated nursing fees are insufficient for nurse staffing; thus, steps have been taken
Yunmi Kim, Kyounga Lee, Minho Jung
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Poster 199: Rate of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair performed at ambulatory surgery centers remains low despite significant cost savings for the healthcare system

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023
Objectives: The objectives of this study are to 1) understand the differences in costs between rotator cuff repair (RCR) performed in ambulatory surgery center (ASC) versus outpatient hospital (OH) settings; 2) determine the patient’s out-of-pocket ...
Kevin Wang, Ashley Rosenberg BS, Michael Herrera, Renee Ren, Jashvant Poeran, James Gladstone, Shawn Anthony, Justin Tiao BS   +7 more
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National Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Incentives for Antibiotic Access and Innovation

Antibiotics, 2021
Prominent reports have assessed the challenges to antibiotic innovation and recommended implementing “pull” incentives, i.e., mechanisms that give increased and predictable revenues for important, marketed antibiotics. We set out to understand countries’
Christine Årdal, Yohann Lacotte, Suzanne Edwards, Marie-Cécile Ploy, on behalf of the European Union Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI)   +4 more
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The Dynamics of Neurofilament Light Chain in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) facilitates early diagnosis and treatment for affected individuals. However, fluid biomarkers that provide early insights into disease activity and outcomes in a neonatal cohort and those unable to access (due to reimbursement criteria) or deferring immediate treatment are lacking ...
Arlene D'Silva, Karen Herbert, Lakshmi Balaji, Jia Mei He, Tejaswi Kandula, Hugo A. Sampaio, Hooi‐Ling Teoh, Esther Tantsis, Jihee Sohn, Nancy Briggs, Nickson Ning, Matthew C. Kiernan, Didu S. Kariyawasam, Michelle A. Farrar   +13 more
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Incentives to transfer patients under alternative reimbursement mechanisms [PDF]

Journal of Public Economics, 1988
Alternative hospital reimbursement systems may influence the frequency and timing of patient transfers between hospitals as well as the patient's length of stay. This paper examines the characteristics of reimbursement systems that result in efficient and equitable transfers and efficient lengths of stay.
Randall P. Ellis, Christopher J. Ruhm
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Nontobacco Nicotine Dependence Is Associated With Perioperative Complications and Repeat Surgery After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare perioperative complications and revision surgery rates between following primary rotator cuff repair among patients with nontobacco nicotine dependence (NTND), no nicotine dependence, and traditional tobacco‐related nicotine dependence.
Samuel A. Florentino, Alexander N. Berk, Logan M. Good, Jeremy M. Adelstein, Robert J. Wetzel, George Ochenjele, Joshua K. Napora   +6 more
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European priority review vouchers for neglected disease product development

BMJ Global Health
Introduction Neglected diseases are a significant global health challenge. Encouraging the development of therapeutics and vaccines for these diseases would address an important unmet medical need.
David B Ridley, Agustín Martín Lasanta, Ffion Storer Jones, Sarah K Ridley   +3 more
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Resistance to Axial Traction Decreases Over Time Following Repaired Periportal Capsulotomies During Hip Arthroscopy

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To determine if distraction distance changes on an axial traction examination between the time zero capsular repair state and a later follow‐up traction examination in patients with staged bilateral hip arthroscopies for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.
Benjamin T. Johnson, Zoe D. Trutner, Allan K. Metz, Richard N. Puzzitiello, William L. Johns, Joseph Featherall, Stephen K. Aoki   +6 more
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Coding errors in an analysis of the impact of pay-for-performance on the care for long-term cardiovascular disease: a case study

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2014
Objective There is no standard method of publishing the code ranges in research using routine data. We report how code selection affects the reported prevalence and precision of results.Design We compared code ranges used to report the impact of pay-for ...
Simon de Lusignan, Benjamin Sun, Christopher Pearce, Christopher Farmer, Paul Stevens, Simon Jones   +5 more
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Prophylactic Enoxaparin Reduces Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism Compared With No Chemoprophylaxis Within 95 Days After Knee Arthroscopy

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To investigate whether prophylactic use of low‐molecular‐weight heparin (enoxaparin) after knee arthroscopy reduces the incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with no postoperative pharmacological prophylaxis. Methods We conducted a population‐based cohort study using linked national insurance and hospital data from ...
Aylin Albrecht, Lorenz Kapral, Felix Gruber, Christoph Dibiasi, Oliver Kimberger, Christian Albrecht   +5 more
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