Implications of miscoding urological procedures in an era of financial austerity – ‘Every Penny Counts’

Implications of miscoding urological procedures in an era of financial austerity – ‘Every Penny Counts’

OBJECTIVES The study aimed to find out any inaccuracy in coding of elective urology procedures and associated financial implications. DESIGN Retrospective audit and re-audit. SETTINGS Introduction of payment by results was introduced in the NHS in England in 2002. This meant that hospitals are paid on individual patient basis according to their human resource group (HRG) rather than a block...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Maternal Choice in the UK Should Be Promoted Despite the Current Era of Financial Austerity

The case for promoting maternal choice with regards to location of delivery is clear. The current default position is to give birth in hospital in a consultant-led unit. Yet, despite the ability to choose location, only 5% of women give birth in a midwife-led unit, and 3% at home. For most low risk mothers, perinatal outcomes are generally the same regardless of location, with the exception of ...

Is doctoral health research entering an era of austerity?

an investigation of the types of text reduction in subtitling: a case study of the persian film gilaneh with english subtitles

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