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Economic Determinants Of Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes
<p>ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF QUALITY OF CARE IN NURSING HOMES</p> <p>This dissertation examines the factors that will affect nursing home quality of care using several national data sources on market regulation, county demographic characteristics, market structural and the characteristics of …
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Quality of care in rheumatology. Translating evidence into practice
Contains fulltext : 160313.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Quality of care and drug surveillance : a data-driven perspective
In this thesis, we describe the use of medical insurance claims data in three important areas of medicine. First, we develop expert- trained statistical models of quality of care based on variables derived from insurance claims. Such models can be used to identify patients who are receiving poor …
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Evaluating the quality of care within residential services for older people
The quality of care within residential services for older people has been a source of concern within health and social care for some time. Several attempts have been made to develop a means of assessing the quality of care; however, the nature and quality of these varies enormously. The Quest …
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Quality of care in head and neck oncology Development of a nationwide instrument
Contains fulltext : 182825.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Evaluating the effectiveness of clinical practice benchmarking in improving the quality of care
Clinical practice benchmarking is a new quality improvement benchmarking approach that involves structured learning from others in order to improve, accepting the subjective nature of health care. Evaluative research of clinical practice benchmarking requires mixed methods, quantitative and …
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Improving quality of care in inflammatory bowel disease: treatment targets and body composition
Introduction: Quality care for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) aims to modify the course of disease and normalise quality of life (QoL). Treatment directed at objective inflammation has been shown to improve outcomes in IBD, yet represents a paradigm shift for clinicians trained to …
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Interventions: Improving Quality of Care Through Collaboration
… in recent years, prompting the exploration of novel approaches for effective treatment and management. This work focuses on a comprehensive population health perspective in addressing these conditions, with a particular emphasis on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The …
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Quality of Care in Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites, Hepatic Encephalopathy or Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
… analyze concordance with evidence-based clinical care guidelines in real world clinical practice in patients with cirrhosis and ascites, hepatic encephalopathy (HE), or spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP).</p> <p>Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis of the UPMC EMR database (2009-2014) …
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The Role of Quality of Care in the Demand for Family Planning Services in Tanzania
… contraceptive prevalence rate and the existence of unmet demand for family planning services in Tanzania presents a challenge for parties involved in family planning research. The observed situation has been explained by the demand side variables such as socio-economic characteristics and …
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The effect of cost, competition, profit and cost containment policy on hospital quality of care
The effects of cost containment and related factors on hospital quality of care were studied. A major purpose of this study was to explore the usefulness of Peer Review data in quality of care research. National data (50 states) and a 119-hospital sample from three states with strict cost …
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A case study on the quality of care for sexually transmitted disease patients: the nursing perspective
This is a non experimental case study of nursing intervention in respect of students of a tertiary institution in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The overall aim was to assess and evaluate the quality of management and care of sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients. The study was anchored on the nursing …
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Assessment of quality of care provided to patients who died in the care of Tshwane District Hospital
Objective: To assess the quality of care rendered to admitted patients in need of end-of- life care at Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria Central, Gauteng, South Africa. Method: A combined retrospective review of the patient’s folder and a descriptive qualitative study through interviewing the …
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Clinical mentorship of nurse-initiated Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a quality of care assessment
… National Strategic Plan calls for task shifting of HIV care from doctors to nurses by 2016 to increase access to ART. There is little research demonstrating sustainable success of competent HIV management by nurses after training and mentorship. In February 2011, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) …
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Symbolic Convergence of Family, Organizational, and Health Communication : Family-Staff Interaction and Quality of Care in Group Homes
… Four focus groups were conducted with a total of 19 participants (n=19). Two group home agencies participated with two focus groups each, one management group and one direct care staff group. The qualitative method of grounded theory was used to analyze focus group data. The following five …
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Neonatal resuscitation training in Ireland integrating teaching and research: a quality of care initiative in health services research
Resuscitation training is a vital area of education that could have a significant impact on patient outcome. This is especially true in the newborn period where inexperienced, inadequate or inappropriate resuscitation responses could affect the entire life span of a newborn infant. In addition, …
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An exploratory investigation of middle childhood friendships, quality of care and children's satisfaction with school-age care programs
… investigation was conducted to address the issue of middle childhood friendships in relation to 8-to-12-year-old children's levels of satisfaction and willingness to return to school-age programs the following year. Various aspects of middle childhood friendships were explored in this study: (1) …
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