PROBLEM Rising demand and increasing waiting times for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy). DESIGN Quality improvement study with pre- and post-intervention data collection. SETTING Three endoscopy units in two hospital trusts (Singleton, Morriston and Baglan Hospitals endoscopy units), UK. KEY MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT Number of gastroscopy requests from general practitioners (...

BACKGROUND Planned relaparotomy and relaparotomy on demand are two frequently employed surgical treatment strategies for patients with abdominal sepsis. METHODS The available literature was evaluated to compare the efficacy of both surgical treatment strategies. A systematic search for studies comparing planned and on-demand relaparotomy strategies in adult patients with secondary peritonitis...

The magnitude of child mortality in Nigeria shows that child healthcare demand has not been significantly addressed by the policy makers. As a result of this, this study examined the impact of parental education on child health care in Nigeria. The study adopted the use of the Multinomial (MLM) estimation techniques in the attempt to determine the influence of Parental education on child Health...

conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

Background Transparency in quality of care is an increasingly important issue in healthcare. In many international healthcare systems, transparency in quality is crucial for health insurers when purchasing care on behalf of their consumers, for providers to improve the quality of care (if necessary), and for consumers to choose their provider in case treatment is needed. Conscious consume...

Amenities such as good food, attentive staff, and pleasant surroundings may play an important role in hospital demand. We use a marketing survey to measure amenities at hospitals in greater Los Angeles and analyze the choice behavior of Medicare pneumonia patients in this market. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in a hospital’s amenities raises its demand by 38.5% on average, wher...