Private day cases and outpatient diagnostic services.

Outpatient (Same-day care) Neuroangiography and Neurointervention

PURPOSE There have been few reports regarding same-day discharge following uncomplicated procedures such as cerebral angiography and neurointervention. We present same-day experience with cerebral angiography and neurointervention during the past three years. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred and fifty-three patients underwent cerebral angiography or neurointervention at Asan Medical Center ...

Costing the outpatient rehabilitation services in Nezam-Mafi Rehabilitation Center

Objectives: One of the basic challenges of health care centers is the inflated costs of services. Rehabilitation services play a significant role in restoring people's functional ability and returning people with disabilities to society. Costing the rehabilitation services in an accurate way could sustain advisable decisions on activity based budgeting and optimal resource allocation. The objec...

Outpatient Diagnostic Errors: Unrecognized Hyperglycemia

CASE DEFINITIONS. We identified all patients with abnormal test results suggestive of diabetes (i.e., hemoglobin [Hb] A1c ≥ 7.0% or plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dL) on one or more occasions. Patients were considered to have recognized diabetes if they had an ICD-9 diagnostic code for diabetes in the administrative database or a diagnosis mentioned in their medical record (on the basis of medical rec...

Quality of Outpatient Visits in Selected Public and Private Clinics in Tabriz City in 2018

Quality of Outpatient Visits in Selected Public and Private Clinics in Tabriz City in 2018 Raana Gholamzadeh Nikjoo1, Mobin Sokhanvar2, Khadijeh Motahari rad*3, mohamad taghi khodayari4 1Faculty member. School of Management & medical informatics, Iranian center of excellence in health management, health services management research center, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2...

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