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Showing 1 to 20 of 372 for “"Length of Stay"”.
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Developing Ostomy Educational Tools To Decrease Hospital Length Of Stay
… Ostomy Educational Tools To Decrease Hospital Length Of Stay” is aimed at reducing length of stay (LOS) for patients undergoing elective ostomy surgery from the current twelve days (Kirkland-Kyhn, 2017), to less than five days. Methods included use of a Pre-Ostomy Survey, which was distributed …
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Length of Stay: A Case Study of A Clinical Review Committee
… in DSpace on 2015-05-12T22:34:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 7206853.PDF: 7997353 bytes, checksum: 662baa74ce59969bc4df191af4a75a86 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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Addressing Delirium in Hip Fracture Patients to Reduce Post-Operative Length of Stay
Pages iv-vi are misnumbered as pages vi-viii.
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The Impact of Prealbumin on Postoperative Length of Stay in Elderly Orthopedic Patients.
<p>The purpose of this research was to evaluate whether serum prealbumin levels would serve as a predictor of hospital length of stay for elderly orthopedic patients who underwent hip replacement surgery. The study consisted of a set of 54 patients admitted to a hospital in Bristol, Tennessee. …
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Factors related to length of stay in a state psychiatric hospital for schizophrenic patients
The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between schizophrenic patients' length of stay in a state psychiatric hospital and readily available intrapersonal, interpersonal, and sociodemographic factors. The factors selected for study were:1. Admission Legal Basis2. Relationship of …
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PATIENT LENGTH OF STAY: PREDICTIVE VARIABILITY AMONG FORENSIC AND CIVIL PSYCHIATRIC UNITS AND POPULATIONS
Patient length of stay (LOS) in psychiatric inpatient services has become one of the most popular but least understood measures of treatment efficiency and total cost of care. The initiative to decrease LOS in an effort to reduce total treatment costs will ultimately be more costly, unless LOS …
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Risk of malnutrition in hospitalized children: Association with length of stay and readmissions within 30 days
… Vannæring barna á sjúkrahúsum er algengt og oft vangreint vandamál. Vannæring getur verið til staðar við innlögn eða þróast meðan á sjúkrahúsvist stendur. Klínískar afleiðingar vannæringar geta falist í tíðari sýkingum, auknum sjúkrahúskostnaði, lengri sjúkrahúslegu og auknum líkum á …
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Analysis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Patients' Hospital and Intensive Care Charges, Length of Stay and Mortality
AbstractThis research investigated the amount of potential increase in charges, mortality and length of stay of patients with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) over non - VAP patients at the Wexner Medical Center between the dates of 11/1/2011 and 12/31/2012VAP patients were identified and …
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The Association of Socioeconomic Status with Mortality and Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Parapneumonic Empyema
… empyema is an uncommon but serious complication of pneumonia. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the prevalence of empyema may be on the rise. The aim of this study is to estimate the current prevalence of empyema and its demographic distribution in the US in 2014 and the first three quarters of …
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Factors That Influence Medicare Part A Beneficiaries' Length of Stay in the Nursing Home, After a Hospitalization
The purpose of this study was to begin testing of a downward cross-level model for studying the ability of older adults to transition from a nursing home after a Medicare Part A reimbursed stay. Transitions are known to be a weak point in the provision of healthcare to older adults and thus far, …
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Reducing the Length of Stay for Patients with Stable/Nonoperative Pelvic Fractures by Working with a Multidisciplinary Team
… as a clinical outcomes manager. The global aim of this project is to decrease length of stay for patients ≥65 years old with stable/nonoperative pelvic fractures by 0.5 days in a community hospital, verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level III Trauma Center. This will be …
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Unlocking Stroke Susceptibility: A Pilot Retrospective Analysis of In-Hospital Factors and Length of Stay in Adult Patients
… In-hospital strokes (IHSs) represent 2% to 17% of strokes in non-stroke admissions. Hospital length of stay (LOS) for patients with an IHS adds another layer of concern. Research has yet to fully address the variations in hospital LOS associated with these occurrences and how certain factors …
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On change in length of stay associated with an intermediate event: estimation within multi-state models and large sample properties
This thesis is on the impact of an intermediate on a terminal event. <br>More precisely, it is concerned with quantifying such an impact in <br>terms of (expected) change in length of stay until occurrence of the <br>terminal and associated with the intermediate event. Essentially, we <br>treat the …
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Studying The Impacts of Occupancy Rate on Length of Stay and Outcomes At The Emergency Department At The Regina General Hospital
… The following thesis addresses the impact of high occupancy rates on length of stay, the odds ratio of bounce-back, mortality, and leaving without being seen. Quantile regression is used to analyze the association between occupancy rate and length of stay at the emergency department. It is …
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The association between length of emergency department boarding and hospital length of stay for patients with mental health and behavioural disorders
… cross-sectional study investigated the impact of an initiative to reduce psychiatric boarding on length of stay and readmission rate, as well as exploring the relationship between boarding times and length of stay. Methods All adult patients referred over a 24-month period (June 2017 – May …
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The impact of malnutrition in premature infants on hospital length of stay: a retrospective study in a metropolitan neonatal intensive care unit
Background: The importance of nutrition for the preterm infant is clear, as providing both the appropriate quality and quantity of nutrition to premature infants has been shown to influence infant growth, morbidity, and neurodevelopment outcomes. Nutrition is a lifesaving and life-sustaining …
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Can postoperative length of stay or discharge within five days of first time isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery be predicted from preoperative patient variables?
… there has been a steady increase in the number of patients being discharged within five days of coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The ability to be able to predict those patients likely to be discharged within five days of surgery is important to improve the individual patient pathway, plan …
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