Urban Health Services
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Evaluating the views of paramedics, cardiologists, emergency department physicians and nurses on advanced prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Although advanced prehospital management (PHM) in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reduces reperfusion delay and improves patient outcomes, its use in North America remains uncommon. Understanding perceived barriers to and ... Read more...

The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency.

30 Aug 2009 This study measures the effect of TennCare, a Medicaid managed care reform initiated in 1994, on the efficiency of hospitals in Tennessee. We apply a multiple-output stochastic frontier approach to a panel dataset that represents all short-term ... Read more...

Implementation of a rapid whole blood D-dimer test in the emergency department of an urban academic medical center: impact on ED length of stay and ancillary test utilization.

30 Aug 2009 Overcrowding and prolonged patient length-of-stay (LOS) in emergency departments (EDs) are growing problems. We evaluated the impact of implementing a rapid whole blood quantitative D-dimer test (Biosite Triage, Biosite Diagnostics, San Diego, CA) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Urban Health Services'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Evaluating the views of paramedics, cardiologists, emergency department physicians and nurses on advanced prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency. 30 Aug 2009
• Implementation of a rapid whole blood D-dimer test in the emergency department of an urban academic medical center: impact on ED length of stay and ancillary test utilization. 30 Aug 2009
• Medicare program; inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for federal fiscal year 2010. Final rule. 5 Aug 2009
• Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. Final rule. 4 Aug 2009
• Regional differences among employed nurses: a Queensland study. 30 Jul 2009
• Home management of malaria. 23 Jul 2009
• Risk factors for inadequate prenatal care use in the metropolitan area of Aracaju, Northeast Brazil. 20 Jul 2009
• General and relative time in urban general practice. 18 Jul 2009
• Survey of views of metropolitan general practitioners about teaching medical students. 18 Jul 2009
• Disparity in cancer survival between urban and rural patients--how can clinicians help reduce it? 15 Jul 2009
• The impact of recession on the health of rural citizens in British Columbia, Canada. 13 Jul 2009
• Conflict, crisis, and abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: experiences from six years at a centre for vulnerable women and children. 5 Jul 2009
• Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China. 29 Jun 2009
• Suburban poverty and the health care safety net. 29 Jun 2009
• Ethnic origins of patients attending specialist eating disorders services in a multiethnic urban catchment area in the United Kingdom. 29 Jun 2009
• A piece of my mind. Clinic of tears. 8 Jun 2009
• Perceptions of UK medical students on rural clinical placements. 31 May 2009
• The adherence support gap: the 'ideal' versus 'reality' of antiretroviral adherence support provided by HIV health providers in clinical practice. 31 May 2009
• A major Canadian initiative to address mental health and homelessness. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Urban Health Services'

Definition: Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.

Descriptor UI: D019037

Alternative terms: Urban Health Services; Services, Urban Health; Health Services, Urban; Health Service, Urban; Service, Urban Health; Urban Health Service;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.914;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific health serv (IM); SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES is also available; DF: URBAN HEALTH SERV