Hospitalization - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy.

29 Nov 2008 The feasibility and validity of proposed radical prostatectomy quality indicators has not been well studied. We assessed indicator availability from treating charts. We tested the convergent construct validity of a modified subset that were ... Read more...

Skull base osteomyelitis: the effect of comorbid disease on hospitalization.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Skull base osteomyelitis is a rare disease that has a high morbidity and mortality rate if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Our objective was to perform a more detailed analysis of skull base osteomyelitis in the ... Read more...

An empirical basis for standardizing adherence measures derived from administrative claims data among diabetic patients.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare the predictive validity of 8 different adherence measures by studying the variability explained between each measure and 2 outcome measures: hospitalization episodes and total nonpharmacy cost among Medicaid eligible persons ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitalization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy. 29 Nov 2008
• Skull base osteomyelitis: the effect of comorbid disease on hospitalization. 30 Oct 2008
• An empirical basis for standardizing adherence measures derived from administrative claims data among diabetic patients. 30 Oct 2008
• Medicare home health patients' transitions through acute and post-acute care settings. 30 Oct 2008
• Changes in malaria indices between 1999 and 2007 in The Gambia: a retrospective analysis. 30 Oct 2008
• Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya. 30 Oct 2008
• QRS duration in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure. 20 Oct 2008
• QRS duration in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure. 20 Oct 2008
• QRS duration in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure. 20 Oct 2008
• Cost-effectiveness of nurse-led disease management for heart failure in an ethnically diverse urban community. 19 Oct 2008
• Transient ischaemic attack: Wrong conclusion. 18 Oct 2008
• Patient safety indicators for England from hospital administrative data: case-control analysis and comparison with US data. 15 Oct 2008
• Continuous vs episodic prophylactic treatment with amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation: a randomized trial. 13 Oct 2008
• Smoking cessation interventions for hospitalized smokers: a systematic review. 11 Oct 2008
• Health-related quality of life after myocardial infarction is associated with level of left ventricular ejection fraction. 10 Oct 2008
• Reducing injuries from falls. 7 Oct 2008
• Availability of inpatient beds for psychiatric admissions in the NHS. 7 Oct 2008
• Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics, involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983, and number of psychiatric beds in England 1996-2006. 7 Oct 2008
• Does a functional activity programme improve function, quality of life, and falls for residents in long term care? Cluster randomised controlled trial. 7 Oct 2008
• Patterns of antibiotic use and risk of hospital admission because of Clostridium difficile infection. 5 Oct 2008

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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