The study was conducted with the purpose of determining the level and the differences of sport talents in boys and girls attending primary schools in the Split-Dalmatia County. Using the ‘’TALENT’’ expert system we established potential talent in 93 randomly selected male and female primary school pupils in 14 different sports and sport disciplines based on the level of their motor and function...

Dog bite cases among humans were investigated in light of treatment-seeking preferences of rural and urban Liberian public and were used to estimate yearly incidence of rabies-like-illnesses in the country during the post-conflict period, 2008-2012. Dog bite records were retrieved countrywide and re-validated at county hospitals. Data at the Liberian Government Hospital (LGH), Buchanan; Phebe H...

BACKGROUND Despite recent reductions in prevalence, China still faces a substantial tuberculosis (TB) burden, with future progress dependent on the ability of rural providers to appropriately detect and refer TB patients for further care. This study (a) provides a baseline assessment of the ability of rural providers to correctly manage presumptive TB cases; (b) measures the gap between provide...

Maryland's Emergency Petition statute allows a violent or suicidal person with a mental disorder to be brought to an emergency facility for rapid evaluation regarding the need for emergency treatment. Although many states have similar laws, little has been written in the psychiatric literature about the emergency petition process. The investigators evaluated emergency petition documents, demogr...

OBJECTIVE To document infrastructure, personnel, procedures performed, and supplies and equipment available at all county hospitals in Liberia using the World Health Organization Tool for Situational Analysis of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. DESIGN Survey of county hospitals using the World Health Organization Tool for Situational Analysis of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. ...

BACKGROUND In fall of 2004, the authors began an investigation to characterize the correlations between the storage of Household Hazardous Materials and the associated health risks, particularly to children. The study area selected was Genesee County, Michigan, near Flint, with data to be collected by a phone survey of residents and through the acquisition of county hospital records containing ...

The evaluation of hospital reform effectiveness in health care reform is very important and beneficial since it helps the government to understand the current situation of pilot county public hospitals and smoothly start the reform in all county hospitals. This study used sample hospitals data from 2010 to 2012 to evaluate the effectiveness of public hospital reform through comparisons between ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com and concentration of physicians [1]. It is also reported that allowing SD to permeate all medical specialties will cause damage both to patients and healthcare professionals [2]. Errors reported in nurses affected by SD are, an incorrect characterization of a patient’s problem, neglected medication, neglected care, mistakes in the communication of d...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this research was to examine racial differences in trust in various healthcare institutions. METHOD In telephone interviews, 195 Whites, 183 Blacks, and 171 Latinos from Durham, NC indicated how often they trust various institutions (community doctors, local hospitals, county health department, insurance companies, and state and federal government) to do what is best for...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether the acute care of frail elderly patients in a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) unit is superior to the care in a conventional acute medical care unit. DESIGN This is a clinical, prospective, randomized, controlled, one-center intervention study. SETTING This study was conducted in a large county hospital in western Sweden. ...