Elective surgery: predicting the outcomes of interventions

The role of marital intimacy and spiritual intelligence in predicting pain after elective cesarean section surgery

 The purpose of this study was to determine the role of marital intimacy and spiritual intelligence in predicting pain after elective cesarean section surgery. This research was a descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population of the study consisted of all women who underwent elective cesarean section in Qom governmental  hospitals during the summer of 1397 who were selected by non-ra...

Evaluation of indications for and outcomes of elective surgery.

BACKGROUND Wide small-area variations in the rates of elective surgical procedures and lack of systematic outcome measurement have raised questions about the appropriateness of such surgery. Our objective was to determine the feasibility of routine evaluation of indications for and outcomes of elective surgery. METHODS Participants consisted of 138 surgeons and 5313 patients who underwent 1 o...

Predicting outcomes of rectus femoris transfer surgery.

Rectus femoris transfer surgery is a common treatment for stiff knee gait in children with cerebral palsy. Unfortunately, the improvement in knee motion after surgery is inconsistent. There is great interest in understanding the causes of stiff knee gait and determining predictors of improved knee motion after surgery. This study demonstrates that it is possible to predict whether or not a pati...

Elective fetal reduction: the ultimate elective surgery.

Medicare elective surgery outcomes and State prospective reimbursement programs

This article examines the relationship between the introduction of State prospective reimbursement (PR) programs and mortality rates for elective surgery. We study 15 such programs using a sample of about 40 percent of U.S. hospitals. We examine mortality data for 1974 to 1983 for these hospitals, selecting a 20-percent sample of all Medicare admissions for eight elective procedures. Indirect s...