"Providing good-quality care for hip fractures will become of increasing importance due to an ageing population and the corresponding rise in hip fracture incidence. This analysis explores the quality and outcomes of treatment by looking at ten years of hospital inpatient activity data in England."
Focus on hip fracture: trends in emergency admissions for fractured neck of femur, 2001 to 2011
P Smith, C Ariti, M Bardsley
QualityWatch
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
October 2013
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Showing posts with label readmissions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label readmissions. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Nurse staffing ratios and hospital readmission
"Children with common conditions treated in hospitals in which nurses care for fewer patients each are significantly less likely to experience readmission between 15 and 30 days after discharge."
An observational study of nurse staffing ratios and hospital readmission among children admitted for common conditions
HL Tubbs-Cooley, JP Cimiotti, JH Silber, DM Sloane, LH Aiken
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2013, 22:735-742
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An observational study of nurse staffing ratios and hospital readmission among children admitted for common conditions
HL Tubbs-Cooley, JP Cimiotti, JH Silber, DM Sloane, LH Aiken
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2013, 22:735-742
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Monday, 5 August 2013
Allocating scarce resources to reduce heart failure readmissions
"An electronic medical record-enabled strategy that targeted scarce care transition resources to high-risk HF patients significantly reduced the risk-adjusted odds of readmission."
Allocating scarce resources in real-time to reduce heart failure readmissions: a prospective, controlled study
R Amarasingham, PC Patel, K Toto, LL Nelson, TS Swanson, BJ Moore, B Xie, S Zhang, KS Alvarez, Y Ma, MH Drazner, U Kollipara, EA Halm,
BMJ Quality and Safety Online First, published on 31 July 2013
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Allocating scarce resources in real-time to reduce heart failure readmissions: a prospective, controlled study
R Amarasingham, PC Patel, K Toto, LL Nelson, TS Swanson, BJ Moore, B Xie, S Zhang, KS Alvarez, Y Ma, MH Drazner, U Kollipara, EA Halm,
BMJ Quality and Safety Online First, published on 31 July 2013
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Monday, 28 January 2013
Care management programs to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions
"Three case studies illustrate the potential of care management programs to address this problem by improving care coordination and transitions among high-risk patients."
Gaining ground: care management programs to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions among chronically ill and vulnerable patients
D McCarthy, A Cohen, M Bihrle Johnson
The Commonwealth Fund
January 2013
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