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Psychiatric Ward Atmosphere and Patient Behavior Change
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Impact of physicians’ medical jargon use on patient behavior
… easy communication is the key to building doctor-patient relationships. It has become increasingly important for doctors to use the right language with their patients. Since doctor-patient communication may include complex technical language and/or medical terminology, it is often difficult for …
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Improving patient satisfaction by training emergency department physicians to respond to patient behavior
This study examined patient behavior in the emergency department and trained physicians to respond to that behavior. It demonstrated that physicians can increase patient satisfaction by responding to the thoughts, feelings and actions which the patients are experiencing. The literature provided …
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The effects of outcome and process feedback on staff and patient behavior in a human service organization
… feedback has been shown to be an effective behavior change technique in a variety of settings, across a broad spectrum of behaviors, and with subjects differing on a number of important dimensions. This study investigated the effects of publicly posted process behavior feedback with goal …
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The Association Between Nurses' Perceptions and the Use of Physical Restraints in the Psychiatric Setting
… an intervention in the treatment of psychiatric patients. Viable alternatives exist to address patient behavior that is disruptive or presents a threat to the safety of the patient or others in the milieu. Restraint is the intervention most often chosen to control that behavior. The purpose of …
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Healthcare Access and Equity
… a focus on India. The first essay investigates patient behavior in hospital selection following the implementation of a universal insurance program, shedding light on factors influencing healthcare utilization patterns. The second essay evaluates the multifaceted impacts of a large-scale …
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A Comparison of Nurses' Attitudes Concerning Therapeutic Ward Atmosphere with those of Other Members of the Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Team
… ward has been found to have an influence on patient behavior and on treatment outcome. The ward atmosphere is affected by the patients, the multi—disciplinary team and the nurse who is the team member who spends the greatest amount of time on the ward. A multi-disciplinary team which shares …
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Early warning of patient deterioration in the inpatient setting
Early signs of patient deterioration have been documented in the medical literature. Recognition of such signs offers the possibility of treatment with sufficient lead time to prevent irreversible organ damage and death. Pediatric hospitals currently utilize simple, human evaluated rubrics called …
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Reconciling Temporalities: A Substantive Explanation of the Origins of Difficulty in the Nurse Patient Encounter
Nurses describe patients as difficult on a regular basis. Nursing research to date has assumed the existence of this phenomenon. Most studies have listed descriptors of the difficult patient and offered interventions for nurses to use to alter patient behavior. Locating of difficulty within the …
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Actuarial Contributions to the Study of Health Insurance
This dissertation examines how patient characteristics and actuarial methods can be combined to design fairer, more sustainable health insurance in Hungary. I start by mapping the landscape of key private health insurance products and the pricing techniques that underpin them. Alongside classic …