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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Hospital Utilization"”.

  1. Spatial Analysis of Medicare Hospital Utilization in Texas

    Ransom, Sandra L.Southwest Texas State University1994

    … the mapping of selected DRGs. Population based utilization rates investigated through small area analysis techniques and presented in a graphic display can tell at a glance where potential problems exist. The results of this investigation lay the groundwork for closer examination of variations …

    texas-state Repository record

  2. Home-Based Rehabilitation and its Impact on Hospital Utilization

    Knott, T. Christine2013

    … elderly clients receiving home care following a hospital discharge during 2009-2010. The aim of this study was to: understand the difference between those home care clients who received occupational therapy or physiotherapy and those who did not; and determine if receiving these therapies …

    queens Repository record

  3. A study of the hospital utilization of clinical laboratory tests

    Flax, Martin Howard, Brand, Michael John DinnisMassachusetts Institute of Technology1979

    Thesis. 1979. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management.

    mit Repository record

  4. MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF HOSPITAL UTILIZATION AND READMISSIONS

    Callahan, Kathryn E.Wake Forest University2014

    Although frequent hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmissions are considered a marker of poor quality care for older adults, healthcare studies have neglected mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a potential contributor to high cost utilization. This study explored whether a) older adults …

    wfu Repository record

  5. Diabetes mellitus and hospital utilization in the province of Manitoba 1991/1992

    Dow, Gordon C. K.1999

    … Claims data to measure diabetes prevalence, hospital utilization and mortality for the fiscal year 1991-92. A cohort of 45,117 persons with diabetes were identified, of whom 20,496 (45%) were hospitalized. Standardized comparisons between the diabetic and non-diabetic population revealed a …

    manitoba Repository record

  6. Locational factors in hospital utilization: a case study of Massachusetts General Hospital.

    Bruton, Laura GrantMassachusetts Institute of Technology1967

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1967. M.C.P.

    mit Repository record

  7. Future general hospital bed requirements in the Newcastle region

    Miller, Kenneth H.UNSW, Sydney1968

    unsw Repository record

  8. A study of health care reform effects on the function and philosophy of discharge planners: a proposed change in the curriculum for hospital discharge planners

    Keillor, Ann M.2015

    … RAND studies and data from a sample community hospital for comparisons of average lengths of stay, post hospital utilization, characteristics of patients who have a propensity to use post hospital care by gender, age and diagnosis. The study examines how reimbursement has effected patient care …

    wayne-thes Repository record

  9. A Comparison of the Utilization of Health Services in the Presence or Absence of Prescriptive Drug Insurance in a Managed Care Environment

    Groblewski, Martha2019

    … insurance was associated with a change in the utilization of four types of health services in an independent practice association (IPA). The study employed the individual determinants component of the Andersen-Newman theoretical framework for health services utilization. Groups of employees in …

    odu Repository record

  10. Application and Extension of Weighted Quantile Sum Regression for the Development of a Clinical Risk Prediction Tool

    Bello, Ghalib2019

    … with concurrent chronic conditions, recent hospital utilization, and self-rated health. We develop the HSM using Weighted Quantile Sum (WQS) regression (Gennings et al., 2013; Carrico, 2013), a novel penalized regression technique that imposes nonnegativity and unit-sum constraints on the …

    vcu Repository record

  11. Comparison of Rehabilitation Resources and Outcomes by Functional Measurement

    Haugen, Nancy A.

    … of a rational basis for rehabilitation hospital payments has become a critical issue due to legislature and policy-maker efforts to control rising health care costs. Payer focus on financial outcomes challenges rehabilitation clinicians to modify treatment techniques to produce optimal …

    sdstate Repository record

  12. Ring-fencing : a strategy to enhance elective surgery performance

    Potter, Katherine M. (Katherine Marie)2024

    … units for elective surgery, refers to reserving hospital beds specifically for patients undergoing elective or non-emergent procedures. A ring-fenced elective orthopedic unit is only open to patients admitted to the hospital to undergo elective orthopedic procedures as they have been previously …

    msu Repository record

  13. Health Care Transitions in Sickle Cell Disease

    Kayle, Mariam2017

    … to adult care, and the patterns of health care utilization during transition and the factors associated with these patterns.</p><p>Findings from our integrative review indicated that few studies examined health care transition in AYAs with SCD. Most of the research on health care transition in …

    duke Repository record

  14. The relationship of nutritional status to unreimbursable costs and length of hospital stay

    Dilworth, Joyce Carroll

    csusb-retro Repository record

  15. The relationship of nutritional status to unreimbursable costs and length of hospital stay

    Dilworth, Joyce Carroll

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