We explore product category and customer characteristics that affect the likelihood of engaging in unplanned purchases. Additionally, we examine consumer activities that can exacerbate or limit these effects. We employ a hierarchical modeling approach to test our hypotheses using a dataset of in-store intercept interviews conducted with 2,300 consumers across 28 stores. The results show that ca...

We have established a "second-look operation" protocol that consists of whole biopsy of surgical scar tissue following radio-hyperthermo-chemotherapy (RHC) after unplanned excision of soft tissue sarcoma. Out of 30 patients who underwent RHC for soft tissue sarcoma at our Institution, 6 were enrolled into this study to undergo a second-look operation for unplanned excision. Radiotherapy was giv...

The authors explore product category and customer characteristics that affect consumers’ likelihood of engaging in unplanned purchases. In addition, they examine consumer activities that can exacerbate or limit these effects. The authors employ a hierarchical modeling approach to test their hypotheses using a data set of in-store intercept interviews conducted with 2300 consumers across 28 stor...

Public communication related to emergency, unplanned, or "wildfire" biomass burning is best understood as a function of the audience for that communication. Two enduring communication models, the Health Belief Model and the Stages of Change or Transtheoretical Model, are instructive in analyzing and preparing differing communication response strategies that are indicated for communities with va...

Introduction Unplanned surgical admissions to critical care are indicative of poor outcome in surgical patients [1]. There has been an increase in the number of unplanned admissions to critical care units, which impacts on the allocation of resources, affecting mortality [2]. The hospital where this study took place has seen a doubling of admissions in the last 5 years [3]. A large proportion a...

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To purchase reprints, contact The InnoVision Group, 101 Columbia, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656. Phone, (800) 8092273 or (949) 362-2050 (ext 532); fax, (949) 362-2049; e-mail, [email protected]. administration and a physician champion. As information and data were evaluated, the committee determined that although sedation and restraint were intermittently contributing factors to unplanned extubation, t...

The paradigm of the 'pyramid of need' and the relatively high per unit cost of telehealth has led to its use being targeted at supporting those 'high-risk' patients who it is widely believed account for a significant proportion of unplanned admissions. However, close examination of the frequency distribution of such admissions shows that the number of patients repeatedly admitted is low. This m...