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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"patient characteristics"”.
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Cardiac sarcoidosis defined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: patient characteristics and outcomes
… (CS) is common, occurring in 20% or more of patients with systemic sarcoidosis, but because many people with CS may have nonspecific clinical manifestations or subclinical disease, the real extent of the disease prevalence is uncertain and possibly underestimated. Methods: Medical records of …
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Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in Texas Medicare Population: The Role of Patient Characteristics
… Texas Medicare population and 2) assess which patient characteristics are associated with receipt of PSA screening. The 100% Texas Medicare claims data and 2009 population estimates from the Dartmouth Institute were used to examine temporal trends in PSA testing from 2000-2009. Chi Square …
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Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Patients Undergoing Imatinib Plasma Level Testing
… challenges in the optimal treatment of these patients. The plasma steady-state trough level of imatinib has been proposed to correlate with clinical outcome. Plasma imatinib level may be affected by a number of patient characteristics. Additionally, the ideal plasma trough concentration of …
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Perceptions of Metabolic Syndrome Management Utilization in relation with Patient Characteristics and Health-related Quality of Life
… of management services, possibly due to patients' perceptions of disease management resource utilization (PMU). Therefore, understanding patients' PMU is crucial for improving health outcomes. The study investigated PMU, explored PMU predictors, and investigated the impact of PMU and …
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Analyzing Patient Characteristics Associated With Hepatitis C Follow-Up Care After Implementation Of A Pharmacy Technician-Driven Service
… have examined models of testing and connecting patients to care for hepatitis C and why patients do not follow-up for hepatitis C care. However, no studies have looked at characteristics of patients not connected to care and characteristics associated with follow-up with and without targeted …
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A New Model for Acute Pain Management in Children: Examining Patient Characteristics and Potential Implications for Research and Practice
… needed to establish genuine partnerships with patients and families and the potential influence of parents on effective pain management.
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Long term outcomes of methadone substitution therapy (OST-M) for opiate dependency: the effect of patient characteristics and co-morbidities
… between a selection of baseline variables (patient characteristics, comorbid conditions, the nature of substance misuse and the treatment received), the clinical process and long term outcomes achieved in a large cohort of OST-M patients in a standard NHS treatment setting. <br/><br/>Methods …
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The impact of patient-centered care on physician job satisfaction and patient satisfaction: the influence of physician and patient characteristics
… dissertation examines the relationship between patient-centered care initiative (PCC) and physician job satisfaction and patient satisfaction by focusing on physician professional culture and patient culture. The research questions were drawn by the fact that PCC has widely been adopted in …
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An investigation into the prehospital diagnosis, patient characteristics and treatment of cardiogenic acute pulmonary oedema (APO) patients: A scoping review
… key information on risk-stratifying CAPO patients to guide patientcentered care and transportation decision-making. Interestingly most of the published literature discovered in this scoping review were those published from high-income country settings, this reflects the gap in evidence on …
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Analgesic Use in U.S. Emergency Departments for Patients Reporting Moderate to Severe Pain: Diagnosis and Select Patient Characteristics Influencing Narcotic Analgesic Prescribing Practices
… the relationship between emergency department patient encounter characteristics and narcotic analgesic prescribing practices in order to determine what patient characteristics, if any, influence the decision to prescribe narcotics.Methods: Cross sectional data on patients presenting to U.S. …
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Non-Psychiatric Hospitalization For Patients With Psychotic Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Study
Patients with psychotic disorders face a multitude of medical health disparities in addition to psychological symptoms. They have a higher medical disease burden than the general population and are more likely to have a non-psychiatric hospitalization. In the hospital, these patients have an …
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Is the Probability of Survival for A Liver Transplant Dependent on the Patient's Choice of Hospital?
… for Organ Sharing (UNOS) allocates organs to patients based on patient characteristics and assumes all hospitals have equal skill. The question for a patient thus becomes, which hospital to choose? This thesis investigates whether the differences in liver transplant survival rates for …
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A Retrospective Chart Review of Hospital Based Wound Discharge Planning and 30-Day Readmission Rates
… Based on a recent thesis (Kyles, 2011), 83 patients with both a wound related complication and same-cause diagnosis consisted of 5% of the 1,781 readmitted patients. Patients with wounds comprise the largest population discharged from HMC, but wound care in particular requires adequate …
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Regional Epidemiology and the Medical Environment as It Pertains to Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Evaluation and Applicable Health Policy
… professionals can incorporate more relevant patient characteristics and the medical environment – which is here defined as the context in which the patient and healthcare system reside that has any health-related influences. To better appreciate why medical evaluation should include local …
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The relationship of antidepressant use, depression, depressive symptomatology and reported pain to multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment outcome measures
… objective measures of treatment outcome among patients that participated in a multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment program and to compare these measures to the absence or presence of antidepressant medication, the level of depression, and the quality of pain and depression reported. In …
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Acute Appendicitis in the Public and Private Sectors in Cape Town, South Africa
… and private sectors in Cape Town, exploring patient characteristics, perforation rates, outcomes, and return to work.
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Biospectroscopy investigations Into cervical cytology
… of cervical length excised. Post-hoc analyses of patient characteristics found that spectral absorbance was different for treated women according to whether they were current/non-smokers; nulliparous/parous; by luteal/follicular phase; and by combined oral contraceptive pill use; these patient …
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Patient charactaristics and outcomes in antepartum haemorrhage due to placenta praevia and abruptio placenta at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… mortality in Zambia. Objective: To explore patient characteristics and outcomes in Antepartum haemorrhage due to placenta praevia and abruptio placenta at UTH, Lusaka, Zambia.Study Design: Cross sectional studyMethodology: All women who presented with APH due to placenta praevia and abruptio …
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