BackgroundSubstantial ethnic variations have been found in incidence, pathways to care and outcomes in psychosis. It is unknown whether these remain as marked in the presence of specialist Early Intervention Services (EIS) for psychosis. We present the first UK study exploring ethnic differences in compulsory detention and hospitalization rates for EIS patients. We investigated whether the exce...

We investigate whether the modern management practices and publicly reported performance measures are associated with choice of hospital for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We define and measure management practices at approximately half of US cardiac care units using a novel survey approach. A patient's choice of a hospital is modeled as a function of the hospital's performanc...

In Italy, Law 231/99 and subsequent amendments standardize the conditions allowing or not a HIV positive inmate to remain in jail. Currently such clinical conditions are not automatically associated with the decline of preventive detention and the Court evaluates the incompatibility with detention on the basis of two additional and independent criteria. We have been observing the tendency by ja...

The term high-rate sedimentation used here refers to the use of shallow gravitational settlers with detention periods of not more than 15 min to achieve comparable or better settling efficiencies normally obtained in conventional rectangular settling tanks having detention periods of usually more than 2 hr. The settlers can be rectangular, circular, or any other convenient shape. They can be ei...

INTRODUCTION Obesity and overweight are universally recognized as risk factors for cardiovascular disease, stroke and other chronic diseases. The few studies of overweight and obesity in inmate populations suggest that the prevalence of obesity in an institution is associated with the prevalence of the region. The goal of the study is to describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sa...

background: snakebite is the most important cause of envenomation in south asia particularly in bangladesh, though there is lack of data from the rural part of the country. about 82 species of snakes (28 venomous) exist in bangladesh. in this study, demographic characteristics of the victim, circumstances behind the bite along with pre-hospital and hospital managements and outcomes were evaluat...

BACKGROUND Improving end-of-life care in the hospital is a national priority. PURPOSE To explore the prevalence and reasons for implementation of hospital-wide and intensive care unit (ICU) practices relevant to quality care in key end-of-life care domains and to discern major structural determinants of practice implementation. DESIGN Cross-sectional mixed-mode survey of chief nursing offic...

OBJECTIVES After discharge from an acute care hospital, some children require ongoing care at a post-acute care hospital. Care transitions occur at both admission to the post-acute care hospital and again at discharge to the home/community. Our objective was to report the current practices used during the admission to and discharge from 7 pediatric post-acute care hospitals in the United States...

Based on interviews with bureaucrats and judges in several Swiss cantons, this article analyzes how decide to order immigration detention the judicial review shapes their decisions. The authors argue that discretionary decision-making regarding is structured by web of relationships which decision-makers are embedded affected practices other street-level actors. varying cantonal configurations r...