Hospitalization - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Analysis of 23 364 patient-generated, physician-reviewed malpractice claims from a non-tort, blame-free, national patient insurance system: lessons learned from Sweden.

30 Jan 2009 CONTEXT: In Sweden, patient malpractice claims are handled administratively and compensated if an independent physician review confirms patient injury resulting from medical error. Full access to all malpractice claims and hospital discharge data ... Read more...

[Compulsory hospitalization of non-compliant patients with tuberculosis]

30 Dec 2008 The procedure and results of forced treatment per curiam were analyzed in 584 bacteria-discharging persons registered as Group 1 patients to be examined in the tuberculosis facilities of the Kemerovo Region in 2004 to 2007. If a package of measures ... Read more...

[Legal aspects of compulsory hospitalization of incompliant patients with tuberculosis]

30 Dec 2008 The main task of an antituberculosis service is to treat patients with tuberculosis and to follow up needy persons in order to prevent the spread of tuberculosis among the population. However, phthisiatricians are unable to solve some problems ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitalization - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Psychiatric psychotherapeutic psychosomatic treatment by the hospital: framework for the development of a multi-sector budget for regional mandatory care] 4 Jul 2009
• Deprivation of liberty. Liberty safeguards in hospital. 13 Jun 2009
• Deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Mental Capacity Act. 17 May 2009
• Analysis of 23 364 patient-generated, physician-reviewed malpractice claims from a non-tort, blame-free, national patient insurance system: lessons learned from Sweden. 30 Jan 2009
• [Compulsory hospitalization of non-compliant patients with tuberculosis] 30 Dec 2008
• [Legal aspects of compulsory hospitalization of incompliant patients with tuberculosis] 30 Dec 2008
• [Decision against Duisburg family physicians. Cooperation with hospital prohibited] 2 Dec 2008
• CMS "never events" and other new trends in quality health care standards for hospitals. 29 Nov 2008
• [Roles and missions of the reliable person at the hospital: Insufficiently known by the patients] 17 Oct 2008
• [Improper cooperation contract between a hospital and a physician] 29 Sep 2008
• [Liability for outpatient examination and inadequately informing the patient during subsequent inpatient treatment] 30 Jul 2008
• [Comment on the article: "Geriatric treatment in the hospital? Medical, legal and economic aspects" by G. Plute and W. Vogel] 30 Mar 2008
• [Intercultural aspects of medical care for undocumented migrants] 28 Feb 2008
• Medicare inpatient treatment for elderly non-dementia psychiatric illnesses 1992--2002; length of stay and expenditures by facility type. 20 Feb 2008
• Evidence-based emergency medicine/critically appraised topic. Evidence behind the 4-hour rule for initiation of antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia. 11 Feb 2008
• [Social demands and operational problems in the observation law for criminals with mental disorder] 30 Dec 2007
• [Problems in forensic psychiatry--psychiatric evaluation of a criminal case with personality disorder] 30 Dec 2007
• [Influence of minimum volumes on the structure of inpatient care] 30 Dec 2007
• Admissions across state lines: harnessing the insight of the National Burn Repository for the healthcare accessibility, fiscal, and legislative concerns facing the American Burn Association. 30 Dec 2007
• [Dying in the hospital] 29 Nov 2007

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Technical information about 'Hospitalization'

Definition: The confinement of a patient in a hospital.

Descriptor UI: D006760

Alternative terms: Hospitalization; Hospitalizations;

Related Mesh Headings: Child, Hospitalized; Institutionalization; Length of Stay; Patient Discharge;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: E02.760.400; N02.421.585.400;

Technical Notes: being in a hosp or being placed in a hosp: do not confuse with PATIENT ADMISSION or PATIENT READMISSION