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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"inpatient mortality"”.
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Bacterial pneumonia hospitalization and pneumonia inpatient mortality in Texas, 1999-2007
… Pneumonia hospitalization and pneumonia inpatient mortality rates of older Texans during 1999-2007, and identifies the associated individual and contextual factors. \r\nThe data were from the Texas Hospital Discharge data during 1999-2007, linked with US Census data and Area Resource …
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The prognostic value of electrocardiography to predict inpatient mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a retrospective cohort analysis
… embolism represents the third leading cause of mortality globally after myocardial infarction with an overall mortality of 30%. ECG findings may play a valuable role in the prognostication of patients with PE, with various ECG abnormalities proving to be reasonable predictors of haemodynamic …
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Association Between Clinical Decision Support System Use and Health Care Disparities in the Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pneumonia
… and those that do not and their respective CAP mortality rates and quality process indicators. Findings: Paper 1. Hospitals in metropolitan ZCTAs had significantly higher unadjusted process composite scores as compared to micropolitan and small rural hospitals. Hospitals that use CDSS for …
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Health and Wealth: Relationship Between Unexplored Economic Factors and COVID-19 Inpatient Health Outcomes
… and two health outcomes (length of stay and mortality). Data from adult patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a community hospital in eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California between March 9, 2020, and April 30, 2021, were used in the logistic and …
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The Association of Socioeconomic Status with Mortality and Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Parapneumonic Empyema
… quarters of 2015. Health outcomes of empyema (mortality, length of hospital stay and annual hospitalization rate) are also examined. Methods: The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) / The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) database was queried for parapneumonic empyema hospitalizations …
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Delirium amongst HIV-infected general medical admissions in Cape Town, South Africa
Background Delirium is associated with increased mortality and hospital length of stay. Limited data are available from HIV-infected acute hospital admissions in developing countries. We conducted a prospective study of delirium amongst acute medical admissions in South Africa - a developing …
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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
… 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 also utilized to capture the effect of occupancy rate and length of stay …
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Community correlates of pneumonia hospitalization and mortality among persons 65 years and older in Texas counties
… pneumonia hospitalization rates and pneumonia inpatient mortality rates. Population counts and contextual factors were derived from Census 2000 Summary Files. Population mortality rates were estimated from 1999-2001 Texas vital statistics files.\r\n Study results showed an association between …
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Applying at scale genomic and phenotypic approaches to study pathogens linked to nosocomial transmission and disease
… all of which cause high levels of morbidity, mortality and burden on healthcare systems. In this thesis I have investigated three pathogens that are archetypes of these threats: the Gram-negative bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae, the seasonal respiratory virus influenza and the pandemic …
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The natural history of Efavirenz Drug Induced liver injury
… and biochemical recovery, the associated mortality rate and to establish if any demographic or clinical factors predict poor outcomes. Methods Patients were prospectively included after establishing causality criteria for EFV DILI. Clinical, demographic and histological features were …
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Clinico-epidemiological profile of cardiac admissions at a district level hospital in South Africa: a cohort study
… management and specialist intervention. The inpatient mortality rate was 9.2%, and one-year mortality rate was 18.8%. Readmission within six months was reported amongst 30.8% of our cohort. Discussion and Conclusion Our study provides important insight into the clinico-epidemiological profile …
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Clinico-epidemiological profile of cardiac admissions at a district level hospital in South Africa: a cohort study
… management and specialist intervention. The inpatient mortality rate was 9.2%, and one-year mortality rate was 18.8%. Readmission within six months was reported amongst 30.8% of our cohort. Discussion and Conclusion Our study provides important insight into the clinico-epidemiological profile …
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What Cost Hospital Quality: Performance Uncertainty Under Market Reform
… to test efficient market thesis propositions. Inpatient administrative data was used to develop two latent hospital quality performance variables, a Mortality quality indicator and an Errors quality indicator. The two latent variables were derived from three selected AHRQ patient safety …
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The Epidemiology of Cognitive Function In a Community Based Population. The EPIC-Norfolk Study
… for disease outcomes, including dementia and mortality, has been established via linkage to health records. Education was strongly associated with cognitive function for all abilities tested. Cross-sectional and prospective analyses showed those who were physically inactive during work, were …
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Transcriptomic predictors of outcomes in acute infection
… to infection, lead to high patient morbidity and mortality. Conditions that mimic acute infections and sepsis also lead to delays in appropriate patient care and adverse outcomes given the low threshold for suspicion and initial treatment of infection in the emergency department (ED). …