OBJECTIVES The intensive care unit (ICU) is a setting where a large number of drugs are administered to patients and the costs of hospitalization and drug treatment are high. Information on drug utilization in intensive care units (ICUs) are lacking in western Nepal. The present study was carried out to obtain information on the basic demographic pattern of the respondents, drug utilization dur...

BACKGROUND Insecticide-impregnated bed nets (ITNs) have been shown to be a highly effective tool against malaria in the endemic regions of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There are however different opinions about the role of ITN social marketing and ITN free distribution in the roll-out of ITN programmes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of free ITN distribution through antena...

Myocardial Bridge and Angiotomography of the Coronary Arteries: Perfusion under Pharmacological Stress Wilter dos Santos Ker1,2, Daniel Gama Neves1, Alair Sarmet A. A. Damas1,3, Cláudio Tinoco Mesquita1,2, Marcelo Souto Nacif1,3 Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro (HUAP) Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)1, Niterói; Hospital Pró-Cardíaco2, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Complexo Hospitalar de Niterói ...

The problem of decreasing bed utilization resulted in a decrease hospital income during the Covid-19 pandemic, including class D private hospital, Tulungagung, that experienced 32.5% revenue. has made suffer losses and, at same time, threatened cash flow, operating expenses, and continuity service operations. study was conducted to identify root cause patient visits hospital. research with case...

BACKGROUND Children with chronic complex-medical conditions comprise a small minority of children who require substantial healthcare with major implications for hospital utilization and costs in pediatrics. Community-Based Pediatric Palliative Care (CBPPC) provides a holistic approach to patient care that can improve their quality of life and lead to reduced costs of hospital care. This study's...

Reduction of the inappropriate hospital patient stay for hospitals has been an important issue for healthcare policy-makers and practitioners. Understanding factors influencing the likelihood of inappropriate hospital patient stay is critical in developing healthcare policy for reducing inappropriate hospital utilization. Hence, the present study aims to determine factors of inappropriate hospi...

introduction : indicators are regarded as tools of evaluating different situations in all systems. hospitals as a part of health systems are not an exception. they should also be evaluated based on different views, the main aim of this study was to determine the rate of utilization of hospital resources in isfahan province. methods : this is a descriptive, trend study which was carried out in i...