Physicians and foundation hospitals.

Running, ischaemic stroke and carotid artery dissection.

1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, R3 Clinical Neurosciences (Box 83), Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge. CB2 0QQ 2 Department of Stroke Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge. CB2 0QQ 3 Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundatio...

Changes in Hospital-Physician Affiliations in U.S. Hospitals.

Background Growing evidence shows that hospitals are increasingly employing physicians. Objective To examine changes in U.S. acute care hospitals that reported employment relationships with their physicians and to determine whether quality of care improved after the hospitals switched to this integration model. Design Retrospective cohort study of U.S. acute care hospitals between 2003 and ...

Management Practices in Hospitals

We develop a new methodology for measuring management practices in hospitals, and use this in 182 interviews of physicians and managers in public and private hospitals (covering 61% of English acute trusts). We find our management measure is strongly correlated with hospital performance, both clinical outcomes like survival rates from heart attacks, and general operational and financial outcome...

Are Pharmaceutical Company Payments Incentivising Malpractice in Japanese Physicians?

Exploring Accountable Care in Canada Integrating Financial and Quality Incentives for Physicians and Hospitals Final Report to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

An Anteriorly Presenting ‘Wrap Around’ Popliteal Cyst

The article describes a case in which a popliteal cyst was identified presenting as a mass on the anterior aspect of theright tibia. This occurred as a result of polyethylene wear debris from previous total knee arthroplasty. Although alternativediagnoses for an anterior tibial mass are more likely, a popliteal cyst must be considered, particularly if the patient has ahistory of total knee arth...