A prospective study was carried out during the month of November, 1990 in the A&E Department, St John's Hospital, Livingston in order to assess the extended role of the A&E nurse and their ability to request X-rays prior to patients being seen by a doctor. A total of 579 randomly selected patients were triaged by A&E Department nurses. Almost 3/4 of these patients were X-rayed at the request of...

impact of hospital deductions imposed by the social security insurance on patient’s teaching hospitals of kashan karami m* , safdari r , moini m received: 22 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: deductions not only waste a large amount of hospitals revenue and reduce hospital finance but also result in financial burden on patients through increasing out of pocket expe...

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Program(s) of Interest Accounting [1] Animal & Biosciences [2] Applied Nutrition [3] Art History & Visual Culture [4] Bioinformatics [5] Biomedical Sciences [6] Biophysics [7] Biotechnology [8] Business Administration [9] Capacity Development & Extension [10] Chemistry [11] Clinical Studies [12] Computational Science [13] Computer Science [13] Creative Writing [14] Criminology & Criminal Justic...

Program(s) of Interest Animal & Poultry Science [1] Applied Nutrition [2] Art History & Visual Culture [3] Bioinformatics [4] Biomedical Sciences [5] Biophysics [6] Business Administration [7] Capacity Development & Extension [8] Chemistry [9] Clinical Studies [10] Computational Science [11] Computer Science [11] Creative Writing [12] Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy [13] Economics [14] En...

Program(s) of Interest Accounting [1] Animal & Biosciences [2] Applied Nutrition [3] Art History & Visual Culture [4] Bioinformatics [5] Biomedical Sciences [6] Biophysics [7] Biotechnology [8] Business Administration [9] Capacity Development & Extension [10] Chemistry [11] Clinical Studies [12] Computational Science [13] Computer Science [13] Creative Writing [14] Criminology & Criminal Justic...

Program(s) of Interest Animal & Poultry Science [1] Applied Nutrition [2] Art History & Visual Culture [3] Bioinformatics [4] Biomedical Sciences [5] Biophysics [6] Biotechnology [7] Business Administration [8] Capacity Development & Extension [9] Chemistry [10] Clinical Studies [11] Computational Science [12] Computer Science [12] Creative Writing [13] Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy [14...

OBJECTIVE To describe Ontario emergency physicians' knowledge of colleagues' sexual involvement with patients and former patients, their own personal experience of such involvement, and their attitudes toward postvisit relationships. DESIGN Mailed survey. SETTING Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Emergency physicians practising in Ontario. RESULTS Of 974 eligible mailed surveys, 599 (61.5%) were re...

In the last decade, there has been a growing concern in Japan about proper use of resources related to emergency medical services, including ambulances. This letter proposes two new methods optimize ambulance deployment using dynamic model, which precisely represents sequential decision-making process ambulances dispatched each request. These give allocations minimize arrival times all requests...