Prayers to Those Who Wait

Patient characteristics and institutional factors associated with those who "did not wait" at a South East Queensland Emergency Department: who are those who "did not wait" in ED?

BACKGROUND Patients who do not wait in Emergency Departments (ED) are a key concern for healthcare consumers, providers and policymakers. METHODS A six month descriptive retrospective cross-sectional designed study was undertaken at a public, metropolitan, adult tertiary referral ED in South East Queensland (SEQ). Using hospital administrative data, all patient presentations were examined ove...

Insurance-mandated medical programs before bariatric surgery: do good things come to those who wait?

BACKGROUND Insurance companies often require a mandated medical program (MMP) before bariatric surgery. It is unknown whether MMPs improve weight loss before and after surgery. The purpose of our study was to determine whether MMPs improve pre- and postoperative weight loss at a tertiary care, U.S. academic teaching hospital. METHODS After institutional review board approval, data were collec...

Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them

Supporting Those Who Go to Fight Ebola

1 Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, United States of America, 2 Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, 3 Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 4 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Ma...

Those Who Discourage Crime

Even by their simple presence, people can discourage crime from happening at specijic times and places. Such direct-contact discouragement can occur when "guardians" keep an eye on potential crime targets (Cohen and Felson, 1979), or when "handlers" do the same for potential offenders (Felson, 1986). Eck (1994) adds a third type of discouragement role: "managers" who monitor places. Eck present...