Results Demographic characteristics A total of 5‚617 patients were seen at Limbe Regional Hospital ED over the study period with 88.2% of these patients residing in the Limbe municipality (Table 1). The average age of patients was 26.8 years [CI: 26.4‚ 27.2] with a median age of 26 years [IQR: 19‚ 34]. The peak age incidence of injury was 20 to 29 years (36.5%) followed by patients aged 30-39 years (22.4%) and 10-19 years (15.3%) (Figure 1). About two-thirds of patients were male (67.6%) (Table
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Hospitals often elicit surprising emotions from incoming patients; feelings of dread‚ mortality‚ and a loss of control. These emotions come contrary to the goal of a hospital: to heal‚ to help‚ and to provide a general sense of positivity. Of course the former emotions are valid‚ but they are seemingly over-dramatic with the goal of a hospital kept in mind. The author of this account carefully crafts his writing using diction‚ strong details‚ and a specific tone‚ to paint his hospital visit in a
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Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs)‚ or healthcare associated infections‚ encompass almost all clinically evident infections that do not originate from a patients original admitting diagnosis. Most infections that become clinically evident after 48 hours of hospitalization are considered hospital-acquired. HAIs represent a frequent nonspecific clinical problem with potential consequences for morbidity and mortality. The highest rates of HAIs are observed in intensive care units (ICUs)‚ which are
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Trinidad and Tobago’s health care industry has become an immense business‚ as seen in the excess of Private and Public hospitals‚ clinics‚ medical centres and health centres established. Since the late 20th Century the island of Trinidad has seen the emergence of private and public hospitals in an attempt to deliver wider services to treat individuals and to become a safe haven for people to get well and live longer lives. Currently in Trinidad there are private hospitals especially along the East/West
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Front Street Hospital Case Study Domonique Chapman Professor Ed Schaffer August 09‚ 2014 Serving the Uninsured According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2013)‚ more than 47 million Americans were uninsured in 2012. These gaps in health insurance undoubtedly increase healthcare costs‚ discourage the use of preventative care‚ and negatively impact the lives and health of the American people. One way to combat this issue is for hospitals and providers to offer charity care to those who qualify
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This hospital is one of 1‚332 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that provide care to the patients in remote areas of the country. The services provided by CAHs are the only link for many patients to healthcare. The care provided is limited by 96-hour length of stay and 25 bed capacity. The Jordan Rau article in USA Today indicates mortality rate in CAHs are inferior to other hospitals. The concern is the community may view this rate as the only indicator of quality. In response to the article‚ the
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strategies proposed to control the rising cost of health care are aimed at reducing medical resource consumption rates. These approaches may be limited in effectiveness because of the relatively low variable cost of medical care. Variable costs (for medication and supplies) are saved if a facility does not provide a service while fixed costs (for salaried labor‚ buildings‚ and equipment) are not saved over the short term when a health care facility reduces service. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative
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We have all seen the infomercials for Wen Hair Care by Chaz Dean featuring actress Brook Shields. We are all too familiar with the gorgeous women shaking hteir heads and flipping their long‚ hair to show how bouncy‚ shiny and voluminous it is. But how much of this is Hollywood trickery and how much of it is real is what a reporter for the popular website Bustle wanted to know. Being a professional stylist herself she wanted to give Wen a real world test and decided to devote seven days to the
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this case study‚ one problem can obviously been observed- paradox of change. Shouldice is operating at its "best operating level"(as we can see from the case)‚ a specialized work force but it is failing to meet all the demand for its chosen market niche. Adding additional capacity to meet market need may upset the existing work force and lower quality of operations. Failing to meet market requirements may cause competition that would lead hospital to loss market share. I make a SWOT analysis for
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that many businesses are going to have to refocus the services in order to accommodate this newly expanded demographic. This holds true for Alegent Health Hospital in Omaha
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