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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Hospital admissions"”.
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A retrospective observational study of the effectiveness of long acting antipsychotic injectable on hospital admissions
Background: The impact on hospitalisations/ relapse rates of utilising long-acting antipsychotic injectable (LAIs) in a South African population suffering from chronic psychotic spectrum mental illness is poorly researched. Aim: To compare the duration and number of hospitalisation episodes 12 and …
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Family Care Giver Knowledge, Patient Illness Characteristics, and Unplanned Hospital Admissions in Older Adults with Cancer
Unplanned hospital admissions (UHA) in older adult populations are a recurring problem in older adults with cancer. Older adults comprise approximately 60% of cancer diagnoses and receive the majority of cancer treatment. However, little is known about why older adults under treatment for cancer …
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Why hospital admissions have declined : technologic change and changing patterns of care for cataract and diabetes mellitus
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, 1990.
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Trends in child maltreatment in the Northern Territory, using child protection reports and hospital admissions, 1999 to 2010.
… of information – child protection activity and hospital admissions. From child protection activity data, annual rates of notifications for Aboriginal children increased by an average of 21% per year (Incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.21, 95%CI: 1.19-1.24) compared with a more modest increase among …
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Congestive Heart Failure Hospital Admissions among Non-Elderly Medicaid and Uninsured Working-Age Adult Patients in South Carolina, 2008
<p>Congestive Heart Failure Hospital Admissions among Non-Elderly Medicaid and Uninsured Patients in South Carolina, 2008.</p> <p>Background: Despite significant advances in the quality of care in some areas, hospital admissions for heart failure (HF) continue to rise . Data for this study examined …
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An analysis of the relationship between alcohol availability and alcohol-related hospital admissions in the city of Chicago, 1990--1997
… between alcohol availability and alcohol related hospital admissions, such as acute intoxication and liver damage, has not been widely explored. Measuring alcohol availability by alcohol outlet density and using data for alcohol related hospital admissions in the city of Chicago, a Poisson …
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Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions for Adult Cancer Patients Post Outpatient Chemotherapy: Does the Oncology Nurse Navigator Make a Difference?
… United States and worldwide. Oncology related hospital visits account for over $88 billion annually; 35% of this cost is attributable to inpatient hospital stays even though most cancer treatments are given outpatient. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced the Chemotherapy …
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A mixed-methods evaluation of the ‘Closer to Home’ community intervention programme for preventing frail and elderly hospital admissions in NHS Forth Valley
… alternative care pathways to reduce avoidable hospital admissions for frail and elderly people. Previous research indicates mixed results on the effectiveness of such programmes. This thesis reports the results of a mixed-methods evaluation of a community-based programme called ‘Closer to …
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Are people with diabetes on an equal footing? Examining administrative healthcare data for variables associated with diabetes foot-related hospital admissions in Aotearoa New Zealand
Aim: We investigated hospitalisations caused by diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on inequalities between Māori and non-Māori, preceding contacts with the health service as opportunities for earlier intervention, strategies to improve outcomes, and gaps in …
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The epidemiology of hospital admissions in a general population: record linkage of hospital episode statistics to the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk) cohort
… by taxation free at the point of delivery. Hospitals account for approximately 50% of overall NHS spending. Two-thirds of people admitted to hospital are over 65 with those over 85 accounting for 25% of bed days. This thesis aims to quantify hospital usage in a general population of …
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Illness episodes in a cohort of preterm infants in their first year of life
… available regarding the illness episodes and hospital admissions of preterm infants after initial discharge in low- and middle-income countries. Objectives: To prospectively follow a cohort of HIV unexposed preterm infants (29-34 weeks) and describe their illness episodes, admissions and …
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Public health implications of hot summer days and vulnerability indexes in Massachusetts
… because they are related to a rise in all-cause hospital admissions and other health outcomes. We sought to clarify how Massachusetts may improve their extreme heat event response policies. To do so, we examined Massachusetts' current policies and best practices for extreme heat event response as …
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Essays on insurance
… approach to examine the economic consequences of hospital admissions in two datasets: survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, and hospitalization data linked to credit reports. For non-elderly adults with health insurance, hospital admissions increase out-of-pocket medical spending, …
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Modelling the impact of climate change on health
… accounting the non-linear relationships between hospital admissions due to lower respiratory (LR) disease and factors of climate and pollution, and their delayed effects on hospital admissions. This study also evaluates whether the model fits can be improved by considering the non-linearity of …
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Monitoring medication problems in the elderly and strategies for their reduction.
… of the population. Determining the incidence of hospital admissions related to the use of medications could provide an indication of the more serious drug-induced morbidity in the community. The present study measured the incidence of medication-related hospital admissions in the elderly and …
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The effect of a long-term condition management programme on hospital presentations: A retrospective three group study
… could be seen in emergency presentations or hospital admissions for patients who had participated in the PLTM service. METHODS This study applied a quasi-experimental, retrospective design using a total of 287 participants. Presentations and admissions to hospital were analysed for both …
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Developing quantitative tools for asthma forecast in London using weather and air quality
… the forecasting of respiratory events, generally hospital admissions for asthma, but also mortality. The focus of the thesis is forecasting accuracy rather than model specification per se. The thesis is a compilation of eight papers (seven published, one “under review”), broken in to four …
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Characteristics of and factors associated with infectious disease hospital admissions in children by HIV-exposure status in an era of high coverage of prevention of vertical HIV transmission in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
… health outcomes, including infectious disease hospital admissions, among children HEU vs. children unexposed to HIV and uninfected (HUU). Conversely, ART initiation before conception may result in higher risk of adverse birth outcomes (e.g. preterm delivery, which may drive increased risk of …
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Nurse Caring Behaviors Perceived as Most Important and Least Important by Adult Patients with Cancer
… level, length of time since diagnosis, number of hospital admissions, or perceived level of wellness.</p>
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A descriptive epidemiological review of hospital admissions for UTI from long term care facilities and a systematic review of strategies to reduce the risk of catheter associated UTI in long term care facilities in order to reduce these admissions.
… database to find the number and attributes of hospital admissions from LTCF for UTI in order to describe the epidemiology of the problem. Second, it aims to do a systematic review of the literature and assess strategies for reducing risk of CA-UTI in LTCF, especially in terms of feasibility and …
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