Acute hospital care

1 New Hampshire Acute Care Hospital Comparison

This analysis was performed by the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) to compare short term general hospital costs incurred by commercial insurance carriers in New Hampshire (NH). The term " costs " is used to describe the amount due to the hospital for commercially insured patients, and includes the amounts paid by the health insurance carrier and the total patient liability (deductible...

DPC in Acute-phase Inpatient Hospital Care

The Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) is a global assessment system based on the standardization and visualization of medical data. This system was introduced into the Japanese medical system after its reformation [1]. Since the introduction of the DPC system, medical data have been used secondarily to promote the standardization of medical care as the following studies show. Recent studies...

Acute sports injuries requiring hospital care.

The present investigation reports 138 consecutive patients injured in sports, who needed treatment as in-patients in a one year period. More injuries were sustained in soccer than in other sports. The lower extremity was the site of most injuries, fractures and dislocations being the most common type of injury. At follow-up 50% of the patients complained of discomfort. The average stay in hospi...

Enabling compassionate care in acute hospital settings

Acute hospital care for frail older people.