Browsing by Subject "Hospitals"
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A prospective neurosurgical registry evaluating the clinical care of traumatic brain injury patients presenting to Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda.
(PloS one, 2017-01)<h4>Background</h4>Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is disproportionally concentrated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with the odds of dying from TBI in Uganda more than 4 times higher than in high income countries ... -
Adapting to CONNECT: modifying a nursing home-based team-building intervention to improve hospital care team interactions, functioning, and implementation readiness.
(BMC health services research, 2022-07)<h4>Background</h4>Clinical interventions often need to be adapted from their original design when they are applied to new settings. There is a growing literature describing frameworks and approaches to deploying and documenting ... -
An analysis of emergency care delays experienced by traumatic brain injury patients presenting to a regional referral hospital in a low-income country.
(PloS one, 2020-01)<h4>Background</h4>Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), trauma patients have a higher risk of experiencing delays to care due to limited hospital resources ... -
Association between hospital volume and network membership and an analgesia, sedation and delirium order set quality score: a cohort study.
(Critical care (London, England), 2012-06)<h4>Introduction</h4>Protocols for the delivery of analgesia, sedation and delirium care of the critically ill, mechanically ventilated patient have been shown to improve outcomes but are not uniformly used. The extent to ... -
Boda Bodas and Road Traffic Injuries in Uganda: An Overview of Traffic Safety Trends from 2009 to 2017.
(International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020-03)Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are an important contributor to the morbidity and mortality of developing countries. In Uganda, motorcycle taxis, known as boda bodas, are responsible for a growing proportion of RTIs. This study ... -
Can we understand population healthcare needs using electronic medical records?
(Singapore medical journal, 2019-09)<h4>Introduction</h4>The identification of population-level healthcare needs using hospital electronic medical records (EMRs) is a promising approach for the evaluation and development of tailored healthcare services. Population ... -
Comparison of performance achievement award recognition with primary stroke center certification for acute ischemic stroke care.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-10-14)BACKGROUND: Hospital certification and recognition programs represent 2 independent but commonly used systems to distinguish hospitals, yet they have not been directly compared. This study assessed acute ischemic stroke ... -
Duty Hours on Surgery Clerkship: From Compliance Nightmare to Leadership and Professional Development Opportunity.
(Journal of surgical education, 2023-06)<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the impact of an innovative leadership development initiative in the core surgery clerkship that addressed duty hours compliance and time-off requests.<h4>Design</h4>A combination of deductive ... -
Effects of regulation on hospital costs and input use.
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Essays on the Industrial Organization of Health Care
(2018)This dissertation explores the industrial organization of two U.S. health care markets, outpatient dialysis and long term acute care hospitals, and examines how health care provision responds to market structure, ownership ... -
Estimating leptospirosis incidence using hospital-based surveillance and a population-based health care utilization survey in Tanzania.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)BACKGROUND: The incidence of leptospirosis, a neglected zoonotic disease, is uncertain in Tanzania and much of sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in scarce data on which to prioritize resources for public health interventions ... -
Hospital distance, socioeconomic status, and timely treatment of ischemic stroke.
(Neurology, 2019-08)OBJECTIVE:To determine whether lower socioeconomic status (SES) and longer home to hospital driving time are associated with reductions in tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration and timeliness of the treatment. ... -
Implementation of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate a hospital mobility program.
(Trials, 2020-10)<h4>Background</h4>Stepped wedge cluster randomized trials (SW-CRT) are increasingly used to evaluate new clinical programs, yet there is limited guidance on practical aspects of applying this design. We report our early ... -
Influenza vaccination of household contacts of newborns: a hospital-based strategy to increase vaccination rates.
(Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2010-10)We implemented a hospital-based influenza vaccination program for household contacts of newborns. Among mothers not vaccinated prenatally, 44.7% were vaccinated through the program, as were 25.7% of fathers. A hospital-based ... -
Multi-faceted strategies improve collection compliance and sample acceptance rate for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) active surveillance testing.
(American journal of infection control, 2021-08)<h4>Background</h4>Active surveillance testing (AST) is one element of a comprehensive Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) prevention strategy. However, the utility of AST may be impacted by compliance with sample ... -
Open and endoscopic fetal myelomeningocele surgeries display similar in-hospital safety profiles in a large, multi-institutional database.
(American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM, 2023-03)<h4>Background</h4>Open intrauterine fetal myelomeningocele repair has demonstrated decreased ventriculoperitoneal shunting and improved motor outcomes despite maternal and fetal risks. Few data directly compare the safety ... -
Patterns of care quality and prognosis among hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2014-06-05)BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about the quality of care and outcomes for hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined quality of care and in-hospital prognoses among patients ... -
Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty.
(J Arthroplasty, 2015-04)The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative predictors of length of stay after primary total hip arthroplasty in a patient population reflecting current trends toward shorter hospitalization and using readily ... -
Reaching the medicare allowable threshold in adult spinal deformity surgery: multicenter cost analysis comparing actual direct hospital costs versus what the government will pay.
(Spine deformity, 2022-03)<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective multicenter cost analysis.<h4>Objective</h4>To (1) determine if index episode of care (iEOC) costs of Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) surgeries are below the Medicare Allowable (MA) threshold, ... -
Relationship between hospital performance measures and outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: a prospective cohort study.
(BMJ open, 2018-08)OBJECTIVE:Evidence-based performance measures have been increasingly used to evaluate hospital quality of stroke care, but their impact on stroke outcomes has not been verified. We aimed to evaluate the correlations between ...