a model for evaluating the performance of nursing services

extract: most information about family assessment are gathered during home visits have many benefits. one of them is that information about structure and habits of families may be more real when you observe the house and around it to find supportive and obstacles for promotion of family health. in addition family members are often more comprehensive in their home and can better act for their ne...

Objectives: Establish baseline attendance data to inform quality improvement for patient follow-up care at BRIDGE Physical Therapy Clinic. Background: The BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic is a student-run free clinic affiliated with the University of South Florida, serving the surrounding University Area community. Based on informal observation, there is potential for improving patient attendance. Quan...

PURPOSE We investigated changes in anisometropia and aniso-axial length with myopia progression in the Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET) cohort. METHODS Of 469 myopic children, 6 to <12 years old, enrolled in COMET, 358 were followed for 13 years. Cycloplegic autorefraction and axial length (AL) in each eye were measured annually. The COMET eligibility required anisometropia (inte...

It is essential to study whether physicians' perceptions align with their patients' views, as understanding patient perception leads to superior satisfaction and health outcomes. Previous studies have established differences in physician-patient perceptions, but no studies have been conducted in orthopedic clinics. The authors' primary goal was to evaluate differences in physician and patient p...

BACKGROUND Previous studies investigating the association between an infant and child feeding index (ICFI) and length-for-age were based on a cross-sectional design and on the assumption that data collected with brief recalls could provide information about more enduring processes. OBJECTIVES The objectives were to test the stability of the individual ICFI values over time and to investigate ...