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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 312, Issue 7026) Peer-ReviewedFollowing evidence of clinical benefit in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation,[1] increasing numbers of patients with cardiac conditions are being referred to outpatient anticoagulant clinics, necessitating review of...
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From:Health Services Research (Vol. 30, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedStudy Questions. What is the extent of variation in patterns of ambulatory care practice across one state's Medicaid program once case mix is controlled for? How much of this variation in resource consumption is...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 103, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedFreestanding urgent care centers are increasing as a source of after-hours pediatric care. These facilities may be used as an alternative to hospital emergency departments for the care and stabilization of serious and...
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From:Geographical Analysis (Vol. 40, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBasic health system data such as the number of patients utilizing different health facilities and the types of illness for which they are being treated are critical for managing service provision. These data...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 54, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedOn September 8, HCFA published a program memorandum (PM A-00-63) with instructions for calculating the cost-to-charge ratios (CCRs) for outpatient services furnished by hospitals during calendar year 2000, which will be...
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From:MedSurg Nursing (Vol. 26, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedTo provide quality care, staff and healthcare providers need to possess knowledge of emergency management processes for patients and visitors. This project found specific emergency management knowledge and attitudes...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedBackground More than 70% of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are born in sub-Saharan Africa where the prevalence at birth of this disease reaches 2% or higher in some selected areas. There is a dearth of...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 321, Issue 7266) Peer-ReviewedUncertainty about impact demands careful evaluation and policy making Walk-in clinics have existed in Canada since the late 1970s, but the evidence on who uses them and why, and their effectiveness and economic...
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From:Hospitals & Health Networks (Vol. 69, Issue 16)HLW International, in conjunction with a survey of healthcare executives, compiled a list of design guidelines for ambulatory care services. Planners are advised to use time-specific instead of block...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedUnder APCs, an emergency department charge master will need up to 200 individual charges to account for all of the services provided. As the uneasily awaited Medicare outpatient prospective payment system becomes...
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From:Health Services Research (Vol. 33, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjective. To document the impact of psychological distress symptoms on the use of ambulatory medical services in a universal insurance coverage context. Data Sources. Data from the Quebec Health Survey (1987) linked...
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From:Health Services Research (Vol. 29, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective. This study explores the types of utilization information needed to produce a reasonable estimate of annual charges for ambulatory care that could be used in the absence of charge or cost data as an aggregate...
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From:Hospitals & Health Networks (Vol. 71, Issue 10)HealthSouth Chairman and CEO Richard Scrushy says he recognized in the early 1980s that hospitals would face increasing cost pressures and that the trend would create opportunities for outpatient treatment and...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 321, Issue 7266) Peer-ReviewedWalk-in clinics staffed by nurses may lead to problems with continuity of care, according to a survey of similar clinics in Canada. In Canada, the clinics are staffed by doctors and represent 3% of all health care...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 22, Issue 32) Peer-Reviewed'Can you prepare the patients?' the doctor asked ominously. No, he did not want me to get them ready for some procedure, or to prepare them for bad news. He merely wanted me to warn our service users, as we are now to...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 322, Issue 7278) Peer-ReviewedStaff at NHS walk-in centres are failing to assess patients adequately, according to an undercover investigation carried out by the Consumers' Association. The Department of Health has spent more than 30m [pounds...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 316, Issue 7145) Peer-ReviewedThe potential of the telephone in routine medical care has not been widely explored.[1, 2] On a detailed questionnaire on follow up by telephone that canvassed the views of 275 outpatients, 160 (80%) stated they would be...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 52, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedThe HHS Office of the Inspector General has released an advisory opinion where it has ruled that a group of doctors investing in an ambulatory surgery center is not subject to sanctions under Medicare/Medicaid...
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From:Health Services Research (Vol. 30, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective. The study tests a path model for the effects on organizational influence of an organization's centrality in four resource exchange networks in order to gain insight into the network relations that may affect...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 308, Issue 6936) Peer-ReviewedOn p 1083 Jacqueline Bailey and colleagues confirm the rapid growth in specialist outreach clinics in general practice.[1] Should this trend be encouraged or opposed? Until such clinics have been properly evaluated the...