background: drug use evaluation (due) aims at improving the patients’ care. studying the administration pattern of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an important research topic due to its significant role in the treatment and controlling of many disorders, high prices, and limited availability of this drug. methods: this observational cross-sectional study was conducted at shahid sadoughi ho...

This paper describes three bed prediction models in aiding hospital planners to anticipate bed demand so as to manage resources efficiently. The Poisson bed occupancy model provides an estimation of bed occupancy and optimal bed requirements in each class based on length of stay and admissions data. The simulation model was developed to predict bed occupancy levels for every class for the follo...

OBJECTIVE To share four Canadian cities' experiences with bed bug infestations and to explore public health roles in managing them. METHODS We summarize presentations from a workshop at the 2010 Canadian Public Health Association Conference which examined the re-emergence of bed bugs in Canada and compared management approaches of municipal and public health authorities in four large Canadian...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the longitudinal value of a chronic disease management program, My Health Guardian (MHG), in reducing hospital utilization and costs over 4 years. METHODS The MHG program provides individualized support via telephonic nurse outreach and online tools for self-management, behavior change and well-being. In follow up to an initial 18-month analysis of MHG, the current stud...

BACKGROUND We studied the relationship between physician organization (PO) care management capabilities and inpatient utilization in order to identify PO characteristics or capabilities associated with low inpatient bed-days per thousand. METHODS We used fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to conduct an exploratory comparative case series study. Data about PO capabilities were ...

the goal of this study was to evaluate the pattern and the suitability of the human albumin usage according to the available and reliable guidelines. a concurrent, cross-sectional study was performed in shariati hospital (associated with tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran). all inpatient adults that were prescribed albumin during the study period were evaluated to register the ...

INTRODUCTION Hospitals are studying the focused factory concept and attempting to increase their power in a competitive industry by becoming more specialized. METHODOLOGY This study uses the information theory index (ITI) and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) to analyze the extent of specialization by Korean hospitals that receive national health insurance reimbursements. Hierarchical regr...

BACKGROUND The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Hospital Quality Alliance began collecting and reporting United States hospital performance in the treatment of pneumonia and heart failure in 2008. Whether the utilization of hospice might affect CMS-reported mortality and readmission rates is not known. METHODS Hospice utilization (mean days on hospice per decedent) for ...