Patient Admission - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prolonged acquired neutropenia in children.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Acquired neutropenia is not uncommon in childhood. This study investigated the risk factors associated with developing prolonged acquired neutropenia. PROCEDURE: We reviewed 66,062 hospital admission medical records from the 5-year ... Read more...

The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Although African American adults bear a disproportionate burden from diabetes mellitus (DM), few randomized controlled trials have tested culturally appropriate interventions to improve DM care. METHODS: We randomly assigned 542 African ... Read more...

Utilisation of inpatient cardiology services including by Maori: a study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled with Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007.

7 Oct 2009 AIMS: Some previous studies have shown that Maori utilise cardiology inpatient services at a much lower rate than would be expected by their health status and mortality. Using more recent data, this study seeks to determine whether this is still the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Admission - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prolonged acquired neutropenia in children. 13 Dec 2009
• The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults". 24 Oct 2009
• The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. 24 Oct 2009
• Utilisation of inpatient cardiology services including by Maori: a study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled with Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007. 7 Oct 2009
• [Can psychiatric acute teams reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards?] 6 Oct 2009
• [A community short-term crisis unit does not reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards] 6 Oct 2009
• Impact of 24-hour in-house intensivists on a dedicated cardiac surgery intensive care unit. 29 Sep 2009
• Cardiovascular effect of bans on smoking in public places: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 27 Sep 2009
• Complication rates among trauma centers. 17 Sep 2009
• Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in African infants: a pooled analysis of six randomised, placebo-controlled trials. 14 Sep 2009
• Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. 12 Sep 2009
• Emergency Department utilisation: a natural experiment. 9 Sep 2009
• Hypokalemia is associated with lengthening of QT interval in psychiatric patients on admission. 8 Sep 2009
• Interventions to circumvent intensive care access block: a retrospective 2-year study across metropolitan Melbourne. 5 Sep 2009
• Methods and preliminary results for a data linkage project to determine long-term survival after intensive care unit admission. 30 Aug 2009
• Heart failure clinics are associated with clinical benefit in both tertiary and community care settings: data from the Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia (ICONS) registry. 30 Aug 2009
• On the effectiveness of care co-ordination services aimed at preventing hospital admissions and emergency attendances. 30 Aug 2009
• Syncope. Foreword. 30 Aug 2009
• Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician. 29 Aug 2009
• Effect of tiotropium on outcomes in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UPLIFT): a prespecified subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial. 25 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Admission'

Definition: The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution.

Descriptor UI: D010343

Alternative terms: Patient Admission; Admission, Patient; Admissions, Patient; Patient Admissions; Voluntary Admission; Admission, Voluntary; Admissions, Voluntary; Voluntary Admissions;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Readmission;

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

Tree Number: E02.760.400.600; N02.421.585.400.600;

History Note: 78