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Newest firstObjectivesAsthma exacerbations pose substantial risk to adolescents. We evaluated whether documented nicotine use, cannabis use, or concurrent use is associated with increased emergency department (ED) management intensity and adverse short-term outcomes during asthma exacerbations.MethodsUsing the TriNetX database, we identified adolescents aged 11 to 21 years presenting to the ED with an acute asthma exacerbatio…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background and importance Emergency Department (ED) crowding is an increasing public health concern, with evidence of harms to patients, the public and healthcare systems. When the number of patients requiring emergency care exceeds the capacity of EDs, operational decisions must be made regarding the best place of care for patients. It is not known if there is an association between place of escalation area care…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of discharge against medical advice (DAMA) among schizophrenia patients in Germany and to identify factors associated with the risk of DAMA. Methods This multicenter cross-sectional study was based on data from the IQVIA hospital database, which contains records from 36 hospitals across Germany. This study included all hospitalizations for pa…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Patients with mental health conditions represent a significant concern in emergency departments, consistently ranking as the third or fourth most prevalent diagnoses during consultations. Globally, over the past two decades, there was a marked increase in such incidences, largely driven by a rise in nonurgent visits related to somatic complaints. However, the implications of these nonurgent visits for m…
The purpose of this study was to determine the healthcare utilization patterns in a national sample of older adults across several social determinants of health factors (ethnicity, gender, race, education) with normal and dementia/impaired cognition. We used datasets from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS, 2018) to evaluate healthcare utilization, including metrics such as hospital and nursing home stays, hospi…
BackgroundThe purpose was to investigate the impact of sociodemographic factors on healthcare utilization among adults with different cognition levels (normal and impairment/dementia). MethodsWe used cross-sectional data from the Health and Retirement Study (N=17,698) to assess healthcare utilization: hospital stay, nursing home stay, hospice care, and doctor visits. ResultsA cohort comparison between normal and d…
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been employed as a performance evaluation tool in the evaluation of efficiency and productivity in numerous fields. This includes hospitals in particular as well as the broad healthcare industry. This review examines 89 papers that discuss the use of DEA in hospitals, paying particular attention to approaches for choosing inputs and outputs as well as the most recent development…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundHospital falls are a major global problem responsible for considerable morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Clinical practice guidelines for hospital falls prevention, facilitate the implementation of falls prevention research into practice, through the provision of evidence-based recommendations to mitigate the risk of falls. The review aims to identify, synthesise, appraise, and compare publishe…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectivesTo identify a comprehensive set of variables associated with quitting success among tobacco smokers contacting secondary healthcare services in the United Kingdom (UK) who are offered support to quit smoking and subsequently set a quit date. DesignRapid systematic literature review of five electronic databases. SettingStudies eligible for inclusion investigated quitting success in one of three contexts:…
Open article record in new tab ↗IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence, sources and effect of incivility in a tertiary hospital in Northern Ghana. MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among 321 nurses at a tertiary-level hospital in Northern Ghana. Between October and November 2022, participating nurses responded to an online or self-administered questionnaire using the 43-item incivility scale de…
Open article record in new tab ↗extensive protective measures, SARS-CoV-2 widely circulates within healthcare facilities, posing a significant risk to both patients and healthcare workers. Several control strategies have been proposed; however, the global efficacy of local measures implemented at the ward level may depend on hospital-level organizational factors. We aimed at better understanding the role of between-ward interactions on nosocomia…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has challenged healthcare systems and research worldwide. Data is collected all over the world and needs to be integrated and made available to other researchers quickly. However, the various heterogeneous information systems that are used in hospitals can result in fragmentation of health data over multiple data silos that are not interoperable for analysis. Consequently, clinical…
Open article record in new tab ↗Hepatitis C Virus is an important cause of preventable morbidity and mortality among Injecting Drug Users worldwide. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and correlations of HCV infection among IDUs in Saudi Arabia. A point cross-sectional survey was conducted between May 2012 and Nov 2012 to determine hepatitis C viral antibodies serological status using venous blood among IDUs (N=300) accessing c…
Open article record in new tab ↗Smoking is a major public health problem. Doctors and paramedical staff are not excluded from this plague. Smoking ban in hospitals originated from government effort to reduce passive smoking. The objectives were to evaluate smoking habits among doctors and paramedical staff in order to implement tobacco control strategy in this study population and to refer them to the smoking-cessation counselling. We conducted…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background:There is a lack of information about the prevalence of stress and types of stressors experienced by Emergency Department (ED) patients.Objective:The present aim is to study the prevalence of stress, types of stressful situations and the relationship with other health issues within the ED population.Materials and Methods:This is a cross-sectional study performed in an ED at a level-1 urban trauma center…
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