OBJECTIVES To compare the cost effectiveness and safety of inpatient cataract surgery (with one night in hospital postoperatively) with ambulatory day case surgery under local anaesthesia. DESIGN Prospective study of patients receiving inpatient (group 1) or day case (group 2) surgery. SETTING One ophthalmic surgical firm. PATIENTS 100 patients in each group, excluding those with coexisti...

Nurses are one of the health workers who provide primary services. Apart from being a large number in hospitals, its presence and role strongly associated with patient safety quality care. Nurse job satisfaction has become benchmarks for Research on effects professionalism structural empowerment simultaneously never been done before. This study examines impact among inpatient nurses. is form cr...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine to what degree the spiritual needs of patients near the end of life are met. DESIGN Descriptive. SETTING One inpatient and five outpatient hospices. SAMPLE 62 female and 38 male hospice patients with a mean age of 67 years; 74% were dying from cancer. METHODS Each subject completed the Spiritual Needs Inventory and rated life satisfaction via the Cantril ...

BACKGROUND We aim to provide data on a diabetes technology simulation course (DTSC) that instructs internal medicine residents in the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) devices. METHODS The DTSC was implemented during calendar year 2012 and conducted in the institution's simulation center. It consisted of a set of prerequisit...

BACKGROUND Emerging research indicates that standard treatments for alcohol use disorders may not fully meet the needs of patients with co-occurring severe mental health symptoms. Investigating health quality indicators may provide insight into how current treatment might be improved. OBJECTIVE To better understand the experiences of patients receiving treatment for alcohol use disorders and ...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate evidence of the efficacy, safety, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) models. DESIGN A systematic review. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database (EED), Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry, Hea...