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User costs and informal payments for care in the largest maternity hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Maternity care costs in Nepal include formal and informal payment. Formal include for example the cost for blood or drugs; Informal payments can be voluntary such as gratitude payments, or bribes which patients are ‘expected’ to pay to get ...
Sharma, Gaurav   +4 more
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Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland nursing homes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundHealth care-associated infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in US nursing homes (NHs). The objective of the research is to assess the impact of Maryland NH infection preventionists (IPs) on NH quality measures.MethodsTwo ...
Castle, Nicholas G   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Family engagement on neuroscience units with Post‐covid visiting policies: A retrospective chart review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Knowledge, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Family engagement is crucial for achieving successful outcomes for both patients and hospitals. It supports safe transitions between care settings, providers, and ultimately, as illness progresses. However, in the hospital setting, family engagement is poorly operationalized.
Jennifer Morgan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Incentives in the Long-Term Care Context: A First Look at Relevant Information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Analyzes variations in Medicare payment and coverage among hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospices; "bed-hold" and "reserved-bed" revenue streams; and other factors that may shape decisions to transfer residents to ...
Henry Desmarais
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Physicians' hybridisation with accounting in public hospitals

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract Accounting information has become an integral part of management tools in public hospitals. Following COVID‐19, the crisis in the supply chain and the war in Ukraine severely impacted the financing of public hospitals. In response to this multi‐crisis environment, physicians have increased their awareness on an efficient use of scarce ...
Susana Gago‐Rodríguez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of 90-Day Perioperative Outcomes in Shoulder Arthroplasty Between the Elderly and Nonelderly Patients

open access: yesGeriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2018
Introduction: As life expectancy increases, the incidence of shoulder arthroplasty continues to increase as well. There are few shoulder arthroplasty studies investigating perioperative complication, readmission, and mortality.
Paul D. Crook MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

The unbearable (financial) burdens of parenting

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Alya Guseva
wiley   +1 more source

Women With Low Falls Are Less Likely To Be Admitted to a Specialist Trauma Unit: A Single Centre Observational Study of Older Adults

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Undertriage of women with trauma is associated with preventable deaths. This project was developed to determine whether older women with trauma were less likely to be admitted to a specialist trauma unit. Methods The study was undertaken at a specialist, level one trauma service and included all people aged 65 and older admitted ...
Katherine Gregorevic   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An investigation of quality improvement initiatives in decreasing the rate of avoidable 30-day, skilled nursing facility-to-hospital readmissions: a systematic review

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
Michael Mileski, Joseph Baar Topinka, Kimberly Lee, Matthew Brooks, Christopher McNeil, Jenna Jackson School of Health Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA Objectives: The main objective was to investigate the applicability and ...
Mileski M   +5 more
doaj  

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