Off-Hours and In-Hospital Mortality

Assessment of mortality rate and its relation to off-hours and holidays in patients admitted to the CCU of a Noor general hospital

Despite the reduction of mortality rate in the past years, coronary artery diseases (CADs) are the main reason of death in the world. Many factors including changes in nurses and medical staffs, numbers of beds influence the mortality rate of patients admitted in holidays and night time. The objectives of this study were to clarify the association between mortality rate and off-hours and holida...

Off-hours admission to pediatric intensive care and mortality.

BACKGROUND Critically ill patients are admitted to the pediatric ICU at all times, while staffing and other factors may vary by day of the week or time of day. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether admission during off-hours is independently associated with mortality in PICUs. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of admissions of patients <18 years of age to PICUs was performed us...

assessment of mortality rate and its relation to off-hours and holidays in patients admitted to the ccu of a noor general hospital

despite the reduction of mortality rate in the past years, coronary artery diseases (cads) are the main reason of death in the world. many factors including changes in nurses and medical staffs, numbers of beds influence the mortality rate of patients admitted in holidays and night time. the objectives of this study were to clarify the association between mortality rate and off-hours and holida...

The first few hours off a respirator.

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...