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Navigational Needs and Preferences of Hospital Patients and Visitors: What Prospects for Smart Technologies?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
In this paper, we map navigational needs and preferences of patients and visitors to evaluate the appropriateness of a smartphone navigation application in the hospital in contrast to other, more traditional navigational cues.
J. Ženka, J. Macháček, Pavel Michna, Pavel Kořízek   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relatives’ experiences of visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave: a PREMs study in Valais Hospital, Switzerland

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries introduced temporary visiting restrictions on the relatives of acute care hospital patients, whether or not they were infected with SARS-CoV-2.
N. Tacchini-Jacquier, S. Monnay, E. Bonvin, J. Dubuis, H. Verloo   +4 more
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Nasopharynx microflora features and its role in the spread of nosocomial infection

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction. The threat of the spread of nosocomial infection is exacerbated by a number of factors, among which we should note the increase in the number of multidisciplinary medical institutions of various forms of ownership, the creation of new ...
Nazarii Krulyk, Iryna Halabitska
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Defining Foreign Patients as ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’ in Japanese Medical Facilities: Difficulties in the Collection of Adequate Data

Journal of Epidemiology, 2021
We praise the insights of Ishii et al1 to differentiate foreign patients from Japanese patients using their names. In addition, we would like to point out that when acquiring data of foreign patients, they should be divided into ‘residents’ and ‘visitors’
Soichiro Saeki, K. Minamitani, I. Muraki, Tomoko Shingaki, K. Nagura, K. Nakata, H. Iso   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients and visitors has been a persistent problem worldwide. Prevalence estimates varied vastly across studies and there was a lack of quantitative syntheses of prevalence ...
Yi-lu Li, Rui-Qi Li, Dan Qiu, S. Xiao
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pediatric patients’ views regarding smoke-free hospital grounds compared to those of adults: A survey study

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2022
Introduction Children are important stakeholders in discussions about regulation of smoking and protection from secondhand smoke, but are rarely acknowledged as such.
Leonieke J. Breunis, Maud Versteylen, Márta K. Radó, Nazmi Dereci, Nienke W. Boderie, Marlou L. A. de Kroon, Jasper V. Been   +6 more
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Look right! A retrospective study of pedestrian accidents involving overseas visitors to London [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction: Research within the European Union has shown international visitors to have a higher injury mortality than residents. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of injury-related death among overseas visitors and evidence suggests overseas ...
Baldwin, A, Davies, G, Harris, T
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Care for bedridden patients, in Primary Health Care dentistry, in the peripheral region of São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia
Objective: The objective is to describe the actions and activities carried out by the dentist during home visits. Methods: The experience took place during visits to users of the Basic Health Unit UBS Vila São Pedro in the Municipality of São Bernardo ...
Bruno Lucena Antunes Abrante, Célia Regina Sanches, Luciana Munhoz, Henrique Aparecido Bueno da Silva, Josevan de Souza Silva, Cláudio Fróes de Freitas   +5 more
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Prediction of Recurrent Emergency Department Visits in Patients With Mental Disorders

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
BackgroundPatients with mental disorders are more likely to be frequent emergency department (ED) users than patients with somatic illnesses. There is little information about recurrent ED visitors (≥four ED visits/year) due to mental health problems in ...
Ksenija Slankamenac, Raphael Heidelberger, Dagmar I. Keller   +2 more
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Focus on vulnerable populations and promoting equity in health service utilization ––an analysis of visitor characteristics and service utilization of the Chinese community health service [PDF]

, 2014
Background Community health service in China is designed to provide a convenient and affordable primary health service for the city residents, and to promote health equity.
A Mills, A Williams, AJ Scott, B Mash, C Yang, Chen Yang, E Gowin, Fujian Song, HH Dib, Huajie Yang, I Okkes, J De Maeseneer, J Macinko, J Mo, J Qin, J Villani, J Xu, JH Flaskerud, JJ Hall, Jun Xie, KD Bertakis, KW Miller, Ling Liu, M Cui, M Marmot, PR China Ministry of Health, PR China Ministry of Health, R Bernabei, R Parslow, S Dahrouge, S Dunlop, S Xu, SA Margolis, Shiyi Cao, T Shen, The Statistic Center of PR China Ministry of Health, The Statistic Center of PR China Ministry of Health, TP Nteta, X Duan, X Li, X Ren, Xiaoxin Dong, Xiaoxu Yin, Xing Xu, Y Li, Y Liu, Y Liu, Y Zhou, Yanhong Gong, Yi Sun, Yunxia Wang, Z Lu, Zuxun Lu   +52 more
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